Russian Spy in the British Parliament

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_britain_russia_spy

LONDON (Reuters) – A young Russian woman working for a British lawmaker is facing deportation after security services detained her on suspicion of espionage, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.

The paper reported that Katia Zatuliveter, 25, secretly worked for the Russian intelligence as a "sleeper" agent.

She had been working for Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock who sits on parliament's defense select committee which examines defense policy but has no access to secret material.

Hancock, who is also an MP for Porstmouth in southern England where there is a large naval base, denied his research assistant had done anything wrong.

"She is not a Russian spy. I know nothing about espionage, but she has been subjected to a deportation order," Hancock said in a statement. He said she would appeal moves to deport her.

The lawmaker said that the domestic security service, MI5, had never raised any concerns about her with him.

"No one has ever said to me under any circumstances whatsoever that she has been involved in anything like that," he said. "It is now in the hands of her lawyers. I am sure that in the end she will be proved to be right."

Hancock told the BBC in an interview she was arrested on Thursday morning and taken to an immigration detention center in London, before being moved to another center where she is being held and putting her appeal together.

"Nobody has shown me any evidence to support the view that she is any way a threat to the United Kingdom," Hancock said.

He said his assistant, who had worked for him for close to three years, had passed strict security vetting procedures to work in parliament.

The paper said her removal was approved by Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May after being briefed about her activities.

The Home Office said it could not comment on individual cases or confirm deportation orders were in place. London's Metropolitan police referred all queries to the UK Border Agency, who was not answering calls.

The Russian embassy in London could not be reached for comment.

A security source told the Sunday Times Zatuliveter's presence was not "conducive to national security," and the intention was to "show her the door."

The paper said it was the first time since the end of the Cold War that someone working in parliament had been accused of spying for the Russians.
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Meus Renaissance said:
Article says she is an alleged spy though
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Saw thread title, thought she was only an alleged spy, came in to mention this, first reply nailed it! :lol

Hancock has been all over the news defending her and claiming she isn't a spy... but how is he to know?
 
LordAlu said:
Saw thread title, thought she was only an alleged spy, came in to mention this, first reply nailed it! :lol

Hancock has been all over the news defending her and claiming she isn't a spy... but how is he to know?
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Must have slept with her. Doesn't want to lose his only access to free pussy.
 
xbhaskarx said:
She only has to be hot relative to British chicks.
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what you talkin' about - we have loads of hot chicks here in Britain!
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Google "Miss Great Britain" to see some of what we have to offer!
 
xbhaskarx said:
She only has to be hot relative to British chicks.
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Someone posts a load of images of arse-faced fat American girls.
Someone makes a teeth joke.
Someone posts the stats that show the English have the healthiest teeth in the developed world, despite the stereotype.
Someone starts the whole thing all over again.

Don't stop being tiresome. ;|
 
reakt said:
what you talkin' about - we have loads of hot chicks here in Britain!
340x_81500071.jpg

Google "Miss Great Britain" to see some of what we have to offer!
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Notice they are on a boat? They are going where the hot chicks are (aka not Britain)
 
British people didn't reproduce enough with people from other races. You need to spread your genes and nature will reward you with a more beautiful people!

Edit: She's not bad looking. Flashes make everyone look worst.

Katia-Zatuliveter-006.jpg


But seriously, if diplomats are trying to get each other's frequent flyer numbers by spying, you can bet any Russian working close to the British parliament is also a spy!
 
Sir Fragula said:
Someone posts a load of images of arse-faced fat American girls.
Someone makes a teeth joke.
Someone posts the stats that show the English have the healthiest teeth in the developed world, despite the stereotype.
Someone starts the whole thing all over again.

Don't stop being tiresome. ;|
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Yep every thread is the same fucken thing every time.
 
Ether_Snake said:
British people didn't reproduce enough with people from other races. You need to spread your genes and nature will reward you with a more beautiful people!

Edit: She's not bad looking. Flashes make everyone look worst.

Katia-Zatuliveter-006.jpg


But seriously, if diplomats are trying to get each other's frequent flyer numbers by spying, you can bet any Russian working close to the British parliament is also a spy!
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huge chin. you could land a plane on that thing.
 
From the BBC

The news that a Russian woman who has been working in the House of Commons faces possible deportation, amid newspaper reports that she is a spy, has been greeted with disbelief by many MPs.

Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock, who employed 25-year old Katia Zatuliveter as a parliamentary assistant, says there is "no evidence" that she presented a threat to national security and she would appeal.


The MP, who is a member of the defence select committee, points out that the security services had the opportunity to remove her when they interviewed her during the summer but chose not to.

He has made clear that Ms Zatuliveter graduated from a British university before initially working as an intern at the Commons and her sister is married to a UK citizen.

But the case does raise questions about how parliamentarians vet their staff - thousands of whom have daily access to MPs and sometimes ministers - and how watertight the procedures are.

Anyone wanting to work for an MP, either in their parliamentary or constituency office, has to get security clearance from the Home Office.

Applicants have to undergo an enhanced criminal records check.

However, unlike in some other public sector fields, the process is not limited to finding out whether someone has been convicted of any criminal offence.


Serious matter

It also seeks to identify any risks stemming from someone's past or family background.

The kind of questions it will ask are details about an individual's parents and relatives and what kind of political activity they have been involved in.

It is designed to sift out anyone who has a personal or family history of involvement with extreme political groups or causes.

The vetting process for foreign nationals, and those outside the EU, generally takes longer.

Those given approval to work in Parliament - both in the Commons and Lords - normally get an initial nine-month clearance. They will then be expected to reapply for clearance every two years.

One security expert said suggestions that MI5 had sought the deportation of a Commons researcher was a "very serious" matter for Parliament.

"In recent years MI5 has tried to keep well away from the House of Commons," Professor Anthony Glees, Director of the Centre for Security and Intelligence at the University of Buckingham, told the BBC.

"It is worried what MPs will say if it looks too closely at their affairs.

"But, in fact, the director general of MI5 and the chief of the Secret Intelligence Service [MI6] have, in public, warned precisely against this danger," he added.


Recruitment guidance

After last year's expenses scandal in Westminster, one suggestion floated to improve the system of staff support was for researchers, secretaries and other helpers to be hired and employed centrally by the House of Commons, not by individual MPs.

This was eventually rejected as impractical and many MPs - who have relied for years on support from their wives and family members to run their offices - felt that it represented an assault on their freedom to organise their own affairs.

But the Committee for Standards in Public Life, whose blueprint for expenses reform was largely adopted by Parliament, recommended there should be "binding guidance" for MPs when recruiting staff.

It called for a code of conduct for MPs' employees, setting out "appropriate restrictions" on party political activities they could undertake.

It also said MPs should be responsible for ensuring their staff abide by this code and sign an annual declaration attesting to having done so.

Commons security is ultimately the responsibility of the House of Commons Commission, which oversees Parliamentary buildings, chaired by Speaker John Bercow.
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So to keep "spies" out they'll make it a pain in the ass for anyone to work as aides, to the point where only spies would put enough energy and dedication in becoming aides.

Brilliant.
 
Ether_Snake said:
British people didn't reproduce enough with people from other races. You need to spread your genes and nature will reward you with a more beautiful people!

Edit: She's not bad looking. Flashes make everyone look worst.

Katia-Zatuliveter-006.jpg


But seriously, if diplomats are trying to get each other's frequent flyer numbers by spying, you can bet any Russian working close to the British parliament is also a spy!
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Is she drinking semen?
 
:lol

I love, just love, how the Lib Dem nurk thinks graduating from a British university precludes you from spying for the Russians.
 
Where has this nonsense that british girls are not 'hot' come from? i've seen plenty of US girls over here and their nothing to write home about and the accents! oh god :lol
 
Dabanton said:
Where has this nonsense that british girls are not 'hot' come from? i've seen plenty of US girls over here and their nothing to write home about and the accents! oh god :lol
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Actually US girls are also not hot. It probably reinforces the idea actually.

The hot girls are all those mixed women all over Europe and South America. Ooooooh yes!
 
Dabanton said:
Where has this nonsense that british girls are not 'hot' come from? i've seen plenty of US girls over here and their nothing to write home about and the accents! oh god :lol
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lol generalizations how do they work(this is not aimed at you but more of the thread in general)
that's right i generalized the generalizations
 
Dabanton said:
Where has this nonsense that british girls are not 'hot' come from? i've seen plenty of US girls over here and their nothing to write home about and the accents! oh god :lol
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Ether_Snake said:
Actually US girls are also not hot. It probably reinforces the idea actually.

The hot girls are all those mixed women all over Europe and South America. Ooooooh yes!
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Ether_Snake said:
Actually US girls are also not hot. It probably reinforces the idea actually.

The hot girls are all those mixed women all over Europe and South America. Ooooooh yes!
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That doesn't make sense. There is more racial mixing going on in the US than in a place like spain or Columbia

I will give you Brasil and Cuba though. They get all sorts over there so naturally their women are just outstanding
 
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