COLUMN-Commentary: Was there another target in the Skripal poisoning?

The poisoning of former Russian double
agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has taken yet
another dramatic turn. After UK authorities named two Russians –
both said to be from the GRU military intelligence service – as
suspects in the attack, Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the
pair were civilians, not criminals, and that he hoped they “will
turn up themselves and tell everything.”