LONDON (LALATE) – Katia Zatuliveter (photos below) says she’s not a Russian spy. Katia Zatuliveter admits she faces spy charges and deportation. But Zatuliveter tells news that she doesn’t know why is she is charged.

Katia Zatuliveter is the latest spy-scandal to rock the West in 2010. Anna Chapman, who went on to pose in Maxim Magazine, capitalized on her fame after being deported from the U.S. on espionage charges.

Katia Zatuliveter is now accused of getting a job with the British Parliament three years ago to access secrets. But her employer say she is innocent. Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock hired Zatuliveter three years ago. He sits on the Commons Defense Committee and is vice-chairman of the all-party Russia group. Hancock claims he and certainly Zatuliveter don’t have access to military or government secrets.

Others disagree.

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In a new fascinating report, Oleg Gordievsky explains how espionage works, from recruitment, to avoiding surveillance. Despite Hancock’s remarks, Gordievsky says, if Katia was in fact a spy, her job would have made her a “treasure for the London station”.  Espionage experts have also claimed that Zatuliveter’s position may have granted her access to other members of Parliament to target for personal data.

How are young spies recruited? Gordievsky explains a large majority of spies today are former students, often living in St Petersburg, approached when they are 17 or 18 years old. In many cases, the Russian spies are then sent to western universities, taught how to gain useful positions.

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But if Katia was a spy, how was she not caught until three years later? MI5 resources are reportedly limited. Once a person like Katia is suspected, immediately MI5 would have attempted to determine her alleged supervisor.

Today, Katia’s father came to her defense. “[England is] dipping my daughter in dirt… why is everything happening in such an uncivilized way?” Katia in a news statement proclaimed her innocence today indicating “I was arrested on Thursday and told I would be deported. Nobody explained why.”

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LONDON (LALATE) – Move over Anna Chapman. Katia Zatuliveter  (photos below) is the latest accused Russian spy; but Katia faces different allegations that have prompted both fascination and confusion.

Katia Zatuliveter is accused of being a “sleeper spy”.  The term might conjure up images of a James Bond film, but sleeper spies are nothing like that. A new report explains that sleeper spies’ duties can be as boring as taking out the garbage for other higher ranking spies.

So why did Katia Zatuliveter allegedly target a random British MP? As Edward Lucas explains today, spies are not always deployed to gain political, military or technology secrets. Mike Hancock told news Sunday that he has never has had access to secrets. And yet Katia was “able to persuade the portly, bearded Mike Hancock that she would be the ideal addition to his office.”

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If Hancock didn’t have access to secrets, what would the Soviets be allegedly after? Sleeper spies are often “spotters” explains Lucas. Their focus may be finding other persons, with access to secrets, who have money troubles, infidelity issues, or are easily set to blackmail.

Hancock reportedly sits on the Commons Defense Committee and is vice-chairman of the all-party Russia group. One source tells news today that Katia would come to work “in very short skirts and high heels with Hancock and they would be seen having lunch together. “

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While Anna Chapman was accused of using high powered devices to connect with Russian intelligence, sleeper spies may not be as empowered during their dispatch. Anna told an undercover investigator during a meetup  “Everything is cool, apart from connection [on the computer].” Anna Chapman was accused of using a “laptop-to-laptop convert communications [device] between her and Russian Government Official 1.”

After being deported, Anna Chapman cashed in on her notoriety. She posed for Maxim magazine. She even got her own doll.

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LONDON (LALATE) – Katia Zatuliveter (photos below) is suspected as a Russian spy, but is Katia is “sleeper spy” as MI5 British intelligence believes? Or is this another hunt to find the next Anna Chapman among us?

Katia Zatuliveter is facing deportation charges now Sunday after working nearly two years for a British member of Parliament, after going through a background check by British Home Security. If found to have engaged in espionage, Katia Zatuliveter’s case will call into question the sophistication and accuracy of the Home Security’s vetting process prior to employing staffers for Parliament.

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Her boss is Mike Hancock. He says that Katia Zatuliveter is not a spy, did not have access to security sensitive materials while working for her, and passed all background checks prior to employment.

Katia Zatuliveter and MI5 have yet to issue a statement. But Hancock is defending his staffer today. Katia’s deportation hearing date has yet to be set. She was detained Thursday, news of her scandal hit British news Sunday.

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In July, Anna Chapman & Co pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom. The deal involved immediate deportation of the 10 spies in exchange for a reported 4 foreigners held for espionage by Russia. Thereafter, she was transported via Vision Airways from LaGuardia to Vienna.

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It started with the meetup between US undercover agent “UC-1?, aka Roman, and Anna. The complaint in the Chapman’s case explained the encounter.

“At approximately 4:30 pm, UC-1 met with ANNA CHAPMAN, the defendant, at the previous agreed upon location in Manhattan. This meeting was recorded by a hidden recording device worn by UC-1. … At the beginning of the meeting, UC-1 and CHAPMAN spoke to each other in Russian, but then UC-1 suggested they speak in English so as to draw less attention to themselves.”

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UC-1 began the conversation with Anna. “Tell me how is everything? How are you doing? Anna replied “Everything is cool, apart from connection” [on the computer]. Anna complained about technical difficulties with the laptop-to-laptop convert communications between her and Russian Government Official 1.

Anna started “I just need to get some more information about you before I can talk.” UC-1 responded “I work in the same department as you but I work here in the consulate. Okay. My name is Roman. My name is Roman, I work in the consulate.”

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UC-1 then stated the details of a meetup between an agent (uncover for the U.S.) and Anna. “[She] will tell you … ‘excuse me, but haven’t we met in California last summer’. And you will say to her, ‘No I think it was the Hamptons.”

Anna asked “The Hamptons?” UC-1 responded “The Hamptons and that it is it. That is how you know and you just exchange, just give her the document.”

Anna responded. “Okay, tomorrow at 11, I am going to be sitting at one of the benches and she is going to ask me if she saw me in California. I am going to say no, it was the Hamptons. I will take the documents, tell her to sing. I will hold the journal, this is how she will recognize me and I got back and put the postal stamp.”

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LONDON (LALATE) – Is Katia Zatuliveter (photos below) a spy? Katia Zatuliveter has been detained on spy charges. Zatuliveter faces charges that she is a Russian Spy who tried to target British intelligence.

Mike Hancock is the Lib Dem MP who hired Katia Zatuliveter as his parliamentary aide. Zatuliveter had to undergone a vigorous background check prior to her employment for Hancock. He says that this vetting process came back clean. He defends Katia Zatuliveter as not being a spy;  he says the claims that she a “sleeper spy” are fiction.

On Thursday, Katia was taken into custody. As of this weekend, Katia faces deportation. On Sunday, the news surfaced of her scandal in the Sunday Times.

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That British paper reports today that MI5 launched the investigation and determined that Zatuliveter is a sleeper spy, hired by Moscow’s intelligence service, and sought to target Hancock, 65, specifically.

How important was she? “Her presence here is not considered to be conducive to national security. There was unhappiness about what she could have access to. The intention is to show her the door” claims a source to the Paper.

She had yet to issue a news statement. But Hancock denounced the situation, calling it “absolutely ludicrous” in an interview today with Sky News. She has been employed for him  two-and-a-half years and is a graduate of Bradford University.

Is she another Anna Chapman?

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Could Zatuliveter have gotten critical information from her employment? Hancock says no to BBC: “As far as I am concerned, there was nothing she was doing for me that was sensitive. Defense Select Committee papers have been leaked to newspapers before now, and I have never read anything in a Defense Select Committee paper or report which was worth someone believing they couldn’t get from another source.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Anna Chapman Maxim photos hit as the Russian spy’s first spread. Anna Chapman does Maxim pictures in a pic spread that will turn even the enemy’s head. Anna Chapman aka Anya Chapman or Anya Kushchenko, whose pictures became a U.S. net-sensation earlier this year, has never commented about her conviction.

Chapman’s own ex husband Alex Chapman has said of Anna “If she is a spy then she’s fallen into it because of the glitz and the glamour of it all. She used her looks to get noticed.”

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In July, Anna Chapman & Co pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom. The deal involved immediate deportation of the 10 spies in exchange for a reported 4 foreigners held for espionage by Russia. Thereafter, she was transported via Vision Airways from LaGuardia to Vienna.  Once in Vienna, the Vision Airways jet was photographed as parking next to a Russian-flagged aircraft on the Austrian tarmac. For a mere 15 minutes, the two planes were said to have stagged the biggest spy swap since the Cold War.

As previously reported on LALATE, Anna Chapman’s future remains unclear. Today, that all changes.

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Anna Chapman’s story couldn’t be more ready for a U.S. audience, a stunning redhead, told to communicate with Moscow computers with a special wireless add-on devices inserted into her laptop. And then, of course, there are the meetups.

“Do I know you from California?” one undercover agent was set to tell Anna. Her planned response? “No you know me from the Hamptons”. It’s all detailed in today’s FBI complaint.

It starts with the meetup between US undercover agent “UC-1?, aka Roman, and Anna. “At approximately 4:30 pm, UC-1 met with ANNA CHAPMAN, the defendant, at the previous agreed upon location in Manhattan. This meeting was recorded by a hidden recording device worn by UC-1. … At the beginning of the meeting, UC-1 and CHAPMAN spoke to each other in Russian, but then UC-1 suggested they speak in English so as to draw less attention to themselves.”

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UC-1 began the conversation with Anna. “Tell me how is everything? How are you doing? Anna replied “Everything is cool, apart from connection” [on the computer]. Anna complained about technical difficulties with the laptop-to-laptop convert communications between her and Russian Government Official 1.

Anna started “I just need to get some more information about you before I can talk.” UC-1 responded “I work in the same department as you but I work here in the consulate. Okay. My name is Roman. My name is Roman, I work in the consulate.”

UC-1 then stated the details of a meetup between an agent (uncover for the U.S.) and Anna. “[She] will tell you … ‘excuse me, but haven’t we met in California last summer’. And you will say ot her, ‘No I think it was the Hamptons.”

Anna asked “The Hamptons?” UC-1 responded “The Hamptons and that it is it. That is how you know and you just exchange, just give her the document.”

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Anna responded. “Okay, tomorrow at 11, Ia m going to be sitting at one of the benches and she is going to ask me if she saw me in California. I am going to say no, it was the Hamptons. I will take the documents, tell her to sing. I will hold the journal, this is how she will recognize me and I got back and put the postal stamp.”

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