Aide to British lawmaker allegedly a Russian spy

[Elmore Furth]

Source: MSNBC

A Russian woman who works for a British lawmaker has been arrested on suspicion of being a spy for Russia and faces deportation, the Sunday Times of London reported.

Katia Zatuliveter, 25, was arrested by the MI5 security service, which believes she was a "sleeper" agent for Russia's intelligence service, the Times added.

Zatuliveter had been working for Mike Hancock, a member of parliament for the Liberal Democrats. He is a member of the House of Commons defense committee and has a strong interest in Russia.

Hancock, 64, dismissed the allegations, saying that his aide "is not a Russian spy."



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40514274/ns/world_news-europe/

[Citizen Worker]

1. Could this be a replay of the Christine Keeler/John Profumo scandal of a few decades ago?

[intaglio]

2. No, and check your history

I'd be interested in seeing the MI5 evidence because a "sleeper" agent, almost by definition, is inactive.

[Turbineguy]

3. Yeah

like that's never happened before!