ADDING ON TO POST NO. 1297:
UPDATE...
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=977930
"Accused Russian Spy Deported From Canada
Dec 26th - 6:55pm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MONTREAL (AP) - A man accused by authorities of being a Russian spy while masquerading as a Canadian citizen was deported to his homeland Tuesday, officials said.
Canada's Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said the man, who went by the name Paul William Hampel in Canada, left the country under close supervision on Tuesday morning.
The Canada Border Services Agency took Hampel into custody on Nov. 14 after finding he was carrying a fraudulent Ontario birth certificate.
According to documents filed in Federal Court in Montreal, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service believes Hampel is a member of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, a successor to the Soviet-era KGB. Officials had asked for his immediate deportation, saying he was suspected of acts of espionage. There were no immediate details on those alleged acts.
The man acknowledged to he was a Russian citizen in Federal Court earlier this month. The court agreed to protect his real identity me after he said he feared for the safety of his family and himself.
Calls to the Russian Embassy in Ottawa were not immediately returned Tuesday night.
Despite his department's allegations the man was spying for Russia, Day rejected the suggestion that the case may harm relations between the two countries.
"We understand that these things go on in the world, the Russians understand that also," Day said. "This will not hurt relations between the two countries."