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May 24, 2007
Ian Fleming and the Litvinenko Affair
Yesterday, Britain charged this man (see picture) with using a radioactive isotope to poison KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
A closer look at the accused's neckware reveals that he is sporting the dreaded Full Winsor knot. The knot was first immortalized in the novel From Russia With Love, when James Bond identified it on a SPECTRE assassin posing as a British agent:
"He was wearing ... the dark blue and maroon zig-zagged tie of the Royal Artillery. It was tied with a Windsor knot. Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot. It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad. Bond decided to forget his prejudice."
Bond would later kick himself for failing to heed this telltale warning. In the film, our assassin makes another suspicious gaffe while ordering dinner.
Bond: “Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something.”
Good thing today's British investigators didn't make the same mistake.
UPDATE: A cad indeed.
Posted by Barron YoungSmith at May 24, 2007 12:10 AM
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