British government seeks to limit disclosure in Litvinenko case

02/26/13:  The New York Times reports the British government sought on Tuesday to limit the information it would disclose at a planned inquest into the death of Alexander V. Litvineko, a former officer in the KGB who succumbed to radiation poisoning in London more than six years ago. The coroner hearing the case said that itmay now be postponed. “Due to the complexity of the investigation which necessarily precedes the hearings,” Sir Robert Owen, the coroner, said, “it may not be possible to adhere” to the the planned May 1 start date for the hearings.