outrageous crimes committed, sometimes by the very people sent to investigate them. back then, alexander litvinenko was a young fsb agent who claimed to be disturbed by what he saw. litvinenko specialized in organized crime investigations but became obsessed with what he believed to be corruption within the fsb. crimes committed by the cops. he compiled a dossier, complete with flow charts detailing his allegations and presented it personally to the head of the agency. and the result was? opposite. reporter: surveillance on your family? exactly. reporter: an outraged litvinenko now did the unthinkable. he led a nationally televised press conference. a group of agents, several of them in disguise, claiming the fsb had become corrupted by russian mafia money. not only was it absolutely extraordinary, but as you see from the picture of that news conference, he did not have a mask. reporter: litvinenko even claimed he d been ordered to assassinate a prominent billionaire, boris
crimes committed by the cops. he compiled a dossier, complete with flow charts detailing his allegations and presented it personally to the head of the agency. and the result was? opposite. reporter: surveillance on your family? exactly. reporter: an outraged litvinenko now did the unthinkable. he led a nationally televised press conference. a group of agents, several of them in disguise, claiming the fsb had become corrupted by russian mafia money. reporter: litvinenko even claimed he d been ordered to assassinate a prominent billionaire, boris berezovsky, but instead warned him that his life was in danger. the essential motivation of this very simple man was his feeling that his country was being betrayed by the leadership. he believed he didn t do anything wrong.
claimed to be disturbed by what he saw. litvinenko specialized in organized crime investigations but became obsessed with what he believed to be corruption within the fsb. crimes committed by the cops. he compiled a dossier, complete with flow charts detailing his allegations and presented it personally to the head of the agency. and the result was? opposite. reporter: surveillance on your family? exactly. reporter: an outraged litvinenko now did the unthinkable. he led a nationally televised press conference. a group of agents, several of them in disguise, claiming the fsb had become corrupted by russian mafia money. reporter: litvinenko even claimed he d been ordered to assassinate a prominent billionaire, boris berezovsky, but instead warned him that his life was in danger. the essential motivation of
he compiled a dossier, complete with flow charts detailing his allegations and presented it personally to the head of the agency. and the result was? opposite. reporter: surveillance on your family? exactly. reporter: an outraged litvinenko now did the unthinkable. he led a nationally televised press conference. a group of agents, several of them in disguise, claiming the fsb had become corrupted by russian mafia money. not only was it absolutely extraordinary, but as you see from the picture of that news conference, he did not have a mask. reporter: litvinenko even claimed he d been ordered to assassinate a prominent billionaire, boris berezovsky, but instead warned him that his life was in danger. the essential motivation of this very simple man was his feeling that his country was being betrayed by the
back years. back in the 1990s, russia was in chaos after the collapse of the soviet union. it was a time when enormous fortunes were created and outrageous crimes committed, sometimes by the very people sent to investigate them. back then alexander litvinenko was a young fsb agent who claimed to be disturbed by what he saw. litvinenko specialized in organized crime investigations, but became obsessed with what he believed to be corruption within the fsb, crimes committed by the cops. he compiled a dossier, complete with flow charts, detailing his allegations, and presented it personally to the head of the agency. and the result was? opposite. reporter: surveillance on your family. exactly. reporter: an outraged litvinenko now did the unthinkable. he led a nationally televised press conference, a group of agents, several of them in