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
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 berezofsky, 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. he was a good officer. reporter: he didn t think it would get him in trouble? he said they will kill me or they will arrest me. reporter: he was jailed for nine months, but that billionaire he d warned, berezofsky, bailed him out and helped litvinenko and his family flee to london. there, litvinenko kept up the
sprauns a group of agents, several in disguise claiming the sfb 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. litvinenko even claimed he had been ordered to aassassinate a prominent billionaire. 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. he was a good officer. he didn t think it would get him in trouble. he said they will kill me or arrest me. he was jailed for nine months but that billionaire he had warned bailed him out and helped