1 00:00:04,341 --> 00:00:07,820 She normally keeps her distance from foreign journalists, 2 00:00:07,821 --> 00:00:13,461 but Anna Chapman agreed to meet us on the set of her TV show. 3 00:00:17,541 --> 00:00:19,860 Every single being is interested in mysteries 4 00:00:19,861 --> 00:00:22,301 because they're secrets, you know, they're unsolved. 5 00:00:23,781 --> 00:00:26,340 Are you considering devoting one of the programmes 6 00:00:26,341 --> 00:00:28,980 to secrets of Anna Chapman? 7 00:00:28,981 --> 00:00:31,580 The secrets of your own life as a secret agent? 8 00:00:31,581 --> 00:00:33,901 Absolutely not. SHE CHUCKLES 9 00:00:42,621 --> 00:00:44,940 NEWS READER: Anna Chapman, the accused spy 10 00:00:44,941 --> 00:00:47,901 who some call the femme fatale of this operation... 11 00:00:49,581 --> 00:00:51,060 Their goal was to blend in, 12 00:00:51,061 --> 00:00:53,821 gather information for Russia and recruit people. 13 00:01:04,261 --> 00:01:07,140 QUEEN ELIZABETH: Mr President, welcome to London. 14 00:01:07,141 --> 00:01:09,860 There are ten Russian spies prepared to cut our guts out. 15 00:01:09,861 --> 00:01:12,141 SOLDIERS ALL SHOUT 16 00:01:13,861 --> 00:01:16,981 We will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat. 17 00:01:18,181 --> 00:01:20,661 Putin's Russia is the enemy of the West. 18 00:01:24,741 --> 00:01:28,220 Invisible ink, secret meetings and coded messages. 19 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,461 It has it all. 20 00:01:30,501 --> 00:01:33,500 The game of espionage is life or death. 21 00:01:33,501 --> 00:01:36,741 Radioactive poison on the streets of London. 22 00:01:39,381 --> 00:01:42,740 She was naturally talented, very intelligent, 23 00:01:42,741 --> 00:01:45,340 and she was extremely dangerous. 24 00:01:45,341 --> 00:01:47,900 So, you deny being a secret agent? 25 00:01:47,901 --> 00:01:51,060 As I said before, numerous of times, 26 00:01:51,061 --> 00:01:56,421 I will never deny and I will never confirm the fact. 27 00:02:08,741 --> 00:02:13,300 MARCUS READ: This whole story starts in about 2001. 28 00:02:13,301 --> 00:02:17,061 I was living in Brighton and I was in my late 20s. 29 00:02:18,901 --> 00:02:20,860 I was DJing a lot 30 00:02:20,861 --> 00:02:24,340 and having an amazing time in my life, 31 00:02:24,341 --> 00:02:27,940 but also waking up to the big picture. 32 00:02:27,941 --> 00:02:29,261 Thank you very much. 33 00:02:30,901 --> 00:02:33,100 I was going on an inner journey 34 00:02:33,101 --> 00:02:37,380 to work out this whole life existence mystery, 35 00:02:37,381 --> 00:02:40,981 and I ended up going to have an adventure in Africa. 36 00:02:42,981 --> 00:02:44,660 So I thought I'd take my records with me. 37 00:02:44,661 --> 00:02:48,301 One night, I ended up getting a gig in a club... 38 00:02:49,981 --> 00:02:51,660 ...and at the end of the night, 39 00:02:51,661 --> 00:02:54,100 this girl walked by wearing a white hoodie 40 00:02:54,101 --> 00:02:56,540 so I could just see her little cute face poking through. 41 00:02:56,541 --> 00:03:00,501 We kind of caught eyes and I ushered her over. 42 00:03:03,501 --> 00:03:04,981 She was highly seductive. 43 00:03:06,421 --> 00:03:09,500 She's, like, got this piercing seduction 44 00:03:09,501 --> 00:03:11,580 just oozing from her being. 45 00:03:11,581 --> 00:03:15,180 Well, I haven't met any girls that have that power. 46 00:03:15,181 --> 00:03:17,260 I realised she was Russian 47 00:03:17,261 --> 00:03:19,861 and that made the whole thing quite exciting. 48 00:03:21,101 --> 00:03:23,821 She gave me her number and tells me her name. 49 00:03:25,301 --> 00:03:28,340 Little did I know where this whole thing was going 50 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:31,380 and how crazy this whole situation was. 51 00:03:31,381 --> 00:03:33,740 And here I am today, 20-odd years later, 52 00:03:33,741 --> 00:03:35,261 still talking about it. 53 00:03:45,341 --> 00:03:48,380 In 2010, the FBI were told 54 00:03:48,381 --> 00:03:52,621 of this new young female Russian spy coming to New York. 55 00:03:54,661 --> 00:03:56,021 And her name was Anna Chapman. 56 00:03:57,381 --> 00:04:01,341 Anna quickly became the face of the story and the investigation. 57 00:04:03,061 --> 00:04:05,341 Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. Mark it. 58 00:04:07,021 --> 00:04:10,780 I'm Ed Foley. I spent 36 years in surveillance. 59 00:04:10,781 --> 00:04:13,300 I always joked with some of my partners over the years, 60 00:04:13,301 --> 00:04:14,660 I said if I ever wrote a book, 61 00:04:14,661 --> 00:04:16,740 it would be "If The Public Only Knew". 62 00:04:16,741 --> 00:04:19,220 Because everyone is oblivious. 63 00:04:19,221 --> 00:04:22,580 At any given time in Manhattan, 64 00:04:22,581 --> 00:04:25,900 it's riddled with spies from around the world, 65 00:04:25,901 --> 00:04:29,101 and there's a half a dozen operations going on. 66 00:04:30,181 --> 00:04:33,860 When I first started, the Cold War was technically still on. 67 00:04:33,861 --> 00:04:35,300 It was still the Soviet Union. 68 00:04:35,301 --> 00:04:37,500 You grew up with it, 69 00:04:37,501 --> 00:04:41,260 us versus them type of mentality and communism versus the West. 70 00:04:41,261 --> 00:04:44,860 The Soviet organisation of terror threatens our freedom, 71 00:04:44,861 --> 00:04:47,181 our way of life, our country. 72 00:04:48,501 --> 00:04:51,820 Back then, we were tasked to follow 73 00:04:51,821 --> 00:04:54,900 known intelligence officers who were here in New York City, 74 00:04:54,901 --> 00:04:58,100 who had worked in the consulates or the UN, 75 00:04:58,101 --> 00:05:01,100 and had that protection of diplomatic cover. 76 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:05,300 Those old school, professionally trained intelligence officers. 77 00:05:05,301 --> 00:05:08,860 At 10.30 last night, the FBI caught a big one, 78 00:05:08,861 --> 00:05:12,140 a colonel at the Soviet embassy in Washington. 79 00:05:12,141 --> 00:05:16,141 The FBI said he had just picked up some classified US documents. 80 00:05:18,541 --> 00:05:22,101 But by 2010, it's a different world. 81 00:05:23,861 --> 00:05:26,701 I knew that the tides have shifted, if you will. 82 00:05:30,381 --> 00:05:33,141 The first time we worked Anna - you notice her red hair? 83 00:05:34,621 --> 00:05:37,860 She's young. She was maybe 28. 84 00:05:37,861 --> 00:05:39,820 So I'm like, all right, you know, 85 00:05:39,821 --> 00:05:42,380 give me a redhead as a surveillance person, 86 00:05:42,381 --> 00:05:43,861 I'll follow 'em all day. 87 00:05:46,341 --> 00:05:49,300 She's got a blue jacket on, which is great for surveillance. 88 00:05:49,301 --> 00:05:53,821 We love loud colours. You stick out. My team's not going to lose her. 89 00:05:57,421 --> 00:05:59,260 She came here on a house-hunting trip. 90 00:05:59,261 --> 00:06:02,740 She was looking at apartments. She was looking at some nice areas, 91 00:06:02,741 --> 00:06:04,620 so it's clear to see that she has some money. 92 00:06:04,621 --> 00:06:06,540 Despite being so young, 93 00:06:06,541 --> 00:06:08,741 she was going to put roots down and live here. 94 00:06:09,861 --> 00:06:12,781 So she wound up living at 20 Exchange Place. 95 00:06:16,101 --> 00:06:17,700 Her rent was maybe, you know, 96 00:06:17,701 --> 00:06:20,060 $4,000 or $5,000 a month or something. 97 00:06:20,061 --> 00:06:22,140 When I was 28, I couldn't afford that. 98 00:06:22,141 --> 00:06:23,580 Still can't afford that. 99 00:06:23,581 --> 00:06:26,021 Which was a red flag. 100 00:06:27,901 --> 00:06:29,860 That's not normal, you know. 101 00:06:29,861 --> 00:06:31,701 Where is she getting this money from? 102 00:06:33,341 --> 00:06:34,980 One of the telltale signs 103 00:06:34,981 --> 00:06:37,500 of what Anna Chapman was sent here to do came from 104 00:06:37,501 --> 00:06:41,541 a covert communications message that her handlers in Moscow sent. 105 00:06:43,381 --> 00:06:46,820 You were sent here for intelligence gathering 106 00:06:46,821 --> 00:06:49,660 to make connections in policy-making circles, 107 00:06:49,661 --> 00:06:53,181 to develop intelligence networks here inside the United States. 108 00:06:54,221 --> 00:06:56,820 Everything that you have here, 109 00:06:56,821 --> 00:07:00,861 your home, your car, is and belongs to Russia. 110 00:07:04,021 --> 00:07:08,300 We discovered that Anna was actually a UK national 111 00:07:08,301 --> 00:07:13,980 coming here to the United States under a business visa. 112 00:07:13,981 --> 00:07:19,620 What her ties were while she was in the UK, it's unclear to us. 113 00:07:19,621 --> 00:07:22,941 And that's where our investigation started. 114 00:07:32,501 --> 00:07:34,300 TONY BLAIR: Welcome to President Putin, 115 00:07:34,301 --> 00:07:36,861 who I'm delighted to welcome here to London. 116 00:07:38,141 --> 00:07:39,860 NEWS READER: This has been his first trip to the West 117 00:07:39,861 --> 00:07:42,020 since assuming the huge powers and challenges 118 00:07:42,021 --> 00:07:44,261 that come with the Russian presidency. 119 00:07:46,941 --> 00:07:48,500 I'm Roderic Lyne. 120 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:51,500 I became the British Ambassador in Moscow 121 00:07:51,501 --> 00:07:55,061 about two weeks after Putin became the acting President. 122 00:07:56,541 --> 00:08:00,340 Throughout that period, the British were part of a big Western effort 123 00:08:00,341 --> 00:08:02,580 to bury the Cold War 124 00:08:02,581 --> 00:08:05,740 and bring Russia much more closely into the fold. 125 00:08:05,741 --> 00:08:08,300 We said we no longer consider each other as adversaries. 126 00:08:08,301 --> 00:08:09,781 We are going to work together. 127 00:08:11,061 --> 00:08:14,500 Putin decided that Russia's future should lie 128 00:08:14,501 --> 00:08:17,020 by building closer relations with the West. 129 00:08:17,021 --> 00:08:18,940 The Russian economy was in pretty dire straits. 130 00:08:18,941 --> 00:08:20,460 They needed help. 131 00:08:20,461 --> 00:08:23,940 The Prime Minister drinking vodka with President Putin 132 00:08:23,941 --> 00:08:25,740 in a Moscow bar. 133 00:08:25,741 --> 00:08:28,700 Tony Blair saw that there was an opportunity. 134 00:08:28,701 --> 00:08:31,180 Here was a guy who wanted to be friends. 135 00:08:31,181 --> 00:08:33,580 In that first year, we were providing as much help 136 00:08:33,581 --> 00:08:37,780 as we possibly could to help Russia get back on its feet. 137 00:08:37,781 --> 00:08:39,180 The United Kingdom has become 138 00:08:39,181 --> 00:08:41,860 a major hub for Russian oligarchs and their wealth, 139 00:08:41,861 --> 00:08:45,140 with London gaining the moniker "Londongrad". 140 00:08:45,141 --> 00:08:48,020 And of course, unless there was a good reason not to give 141 00:08:48,021 --> 00:08:51,301 a Russian a visa, we would grant visas to Russians. 142 00:08:55,941 --> 00:08:57,740 MARCUS READ: Later that summertime, 143 00:08:57,741 --> 00:09:00,540 I got back to England with this memory, 144 00:09:00,541 --> 00:09:02,940 thinking about this Russian girl I just met. 145 00:09:02,941 --> 00:09:05,261 And then suddenly, out of the blue, she called. 146 00:09:06,621 --> 00:09:09,140 She wanted to come and visit, but she said, 147 00:09:09,141 --> 00:09:11,340 "I need to get a couple of signatures 148 00:09:11,341 --> 00:09:13,500 "for my visa to come through." 149 00:09:13,501 --> 00:09:15,701 I said, "No problem. I'll ask some friends." 150 00:09:17,101 --> 00:09:19,301 And she came. HE CHUCKLES 151 00:09:24,821 --> 00:09:29,421 She gave me her flight details. She was arriving at Heathrow. 152 00:09:32,661 --> 00:09:34,620 Suddenly, I saw this girl walk along. 153 00:09:34,621 --> 00:09:38,061 She was wearing a short T-shirt with a red star. 154 00:09:41,421 --> 00:09:42,701 Better. 155 00:09:44,461 --> 00:09:47,100 And I don't think Anna had been to England before. 156 00:09:47,101 --> 00:09:53,221 She was wide-eyed and seemed really happy to be there. 157 00:09:54,381 --> 00:09:56,540 We... Yeah, we got really close straight away. 158 00:09:56,541 --> 00:09:59,340 We were sharing the same bed the first night 159 00:09:59,341 --> 00:10:01,501 and it was like we were meant to be together. 160 00:10:04,821 --> 00:10:06,301 We had so much fun in Brighton. 161 00:10:07,901 --> 00:10:11,940 Anya used to really like me being her own personal chauffeur. 162 00:10:11,941 --> 00:10:14,540 I was driving these cranky stretch limousines 163 00:10:14,541 --> 00:10:16,060 at the time as a job. 164 00:10:16,061 --> 00:10:19,980 And she'd sit right at the back so I could see her in the mirror, 165 00:10:19,981 --> 00:10:22,460 just this, like, classy young Russian girl 166 00:10:22,461 --> 00:10:24,221 being taken somewhere posh. 167 00:10:27,741 --> 00:10:30,940 From the very beginning, the air of mystique she carried 168 00:10:30,941 --> 00:10:33,940 with her was consistent. 169 00:10:33,941 --> 00:10:36,861 I never really knew, ever, what was going on in their mind. 170 00:10:38,501 --> 00:10:42,780 The information I did have was very minimal. 171 00:10:42,781 --> 00:10:48,060 Obviously, she told me her name and she told me she was Russian, 172 00:10:48,061 --> 00:10:52,620 but the only thing that really struck me 173 00:10:52,621 --> 00:10:56,301 in getting to know her was when she told me her dad was in the KGB. 174 00:11:05,141 --> 00:11:09,340 In the mythology of Russian spies, the KGB are seen 175 00:11:09,341 --> 00:11:12,780 as the most valuable spies in the Cold War. 176 00:11:12,781 --> 00:11:14,940 The people willing to do what it took 177 00:11:14,941 --> 00:11:16,980 to protect the motherland, 178 00:11:16,981 --> 00:11:20,061 to protect the regime, using the most ruthless methods. 179 00:11:21,581 --> 00:11:24,340 Vladimir Putin was a former KGB man. 180 00:11:24,341 --> 00:11:26,500 It is at the core of his identity, 181 00:11:26,501 --> 00:11:29,541 of his training, of how he sees the world. 182 00:11:31,061 --> 00:11:34,100 When the Cold War ended, a lot of people thought, 183 00:11:34,101 --> 00:11:35,580 this kind of old school spying, 184 00:11:35,581 --> 00:11:37,421 well, this is the past. It's history. 185 00:11:39,781 --> 00:11:43,020 It's a magnificent setting for the signing 186 00:11:43,021 --> 00:11:45,740 of a treaty which says that we're friends, 187 00:11:45,741 --> 00:11:46,941 that, uh... 188 00:11:48,061 --> 00:11:50,580 ...that we're going to cast aside old doubts 189 00:11:50,581 --> 00:11:53,820 and suspicions and welcome a new era 190 00:11:53,821 --> 00:11:57,461 between the relations between your great country and our country. 191 00:11:59,741 --> 00:12:03,101 But the truth is, Russian spying hasn't stopped. 192 00:12:04,581 --> 00:12:06,940 Whether it's spreading misinformation 193 00:12:06,941 --> 00:12:08,180 and conspiracy theories, 194 00:12:08,181 --> 00:12:11,380 whether it's running agents and influence operations, 195 00:12:11,381 --> 00:12:13,020 that is what they do. 196 00:12:13,021 --> 00:12:14,380 CROWD CHANTING 197 00:12:14,381 --> 00:12:15,461 BARACK OBAMA: Thank you. 198 00:12:16,701 --> 00:12:20,460 America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace. 199 00:12:20,461 --> 00:12:22,940 And the problem is, we forgot our history, 200 00:12:22,941 --> 00:12:24,380 closed our eyes to it. 201 00:12:24,381 --> 00:12:27,060 We were all trying to make nice with the Russians. 202 00:12:27,061 --> 00:12:29,100 With old friends and former foes, 203 00:12:29,101 --> 00:12:32,460 we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat. 204 00:12:32,461 --> 00:12:34,421 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 205 00:12:36,541 --> 00:12:39,101 The reality was that Russia remained a superpower. 206 00:12:40,541 --> 00:12:42,420 They had thousands of nuclear weapons, 207 00:12:42,421 --> 00:12:44,620 missiles and bombers that were pointed largely 208 00:12:44,621 --> 00:12:46,421 at the United States and Western Europe. 209 00:12:49,061 --> 00:12:51,460 So from a national security perspective, 210 00:12:51,461 --> 00:12:53,980 there was very much an adversarial relationship. 211 00:12:53,981 --> 00:12:56,381 SOLDIERS ALL SHOUT 212 00:12:59,541 --> 00:13:03,101 Anna Chapman became the tip of the spear. 213 00:13:07,061 --> 00:13:09,220 We knew the fact that obviously, 214 00:13:09,221 --> 00:13:12,980 that she was the daughter of a Russian intel officer. 215 00:13:12,981 --> 00:13:16,020 So that right there set off our Spidey senses. 216 00:13:16,021 --> 00:13:19,740 When it came to traditional spycraft and discipline 217 00:13:19,741 --> 00:13:22,700 from highly trained, hyper vigilant intelligence officers, 218 00:13:22,701 --> 00:13:28,540 she didn't have anything like that, but she didn't have to. 219 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:31,820 She was naturally talented, very intelligent, 220 00:13:31,821 --> 00:13:34,580 and in a lot of ways a stunner, right? 221 00:13:34,581 --> 00:13:36,260 This is probably the best way to describe it. 222 00:13:36,261 --> 00:13:40,420 Her ways of doing things were laser focused. 223 00:13:40,421 --> 00:13:42,580 It's the oldest trick in the book, right? Seduction. 224 00:13:42,581 --> 00:13:44,741 She knew exactly what she was doing. 225 00:14:00,501 --> 00:14:03,980 One of the most important aspects of the investigation was surveillance. 226 00:14:03,981 --> 00:14:09,341 We needed teams to develop a pattern of life for Anna Chapman. 227 00:14:10,941 --> 00:14:13,860 With any surveillance, you're identifying contacts, 228 00:14:13,861 --> 00:14:18,580 seeing what they are interested in, what they're tasked to do, 229 00:14:18,581 --> 00:14:20,620 any anomalies or break from the norm 230 00:14:20,621 --> 00:14:23,821 that you can exploit for the investigative side. 231 00:14:25,261 --> 00:14:27,580 She was pretty uneventful during the day, 232 00:14:27,581 --> 00:14:31,660 just a normal 28-year-old, going shopping at the supermarket, 233 00:14:31,661 --> 00:14:33,460 doing Bikram yoga. 234 00:14:33,461 --> 00:14:35,421 Very, very routine. 235 00:14:38,701 --> 00:14:40,620 But at night, it was a different story. 236 00:14:40,621 --> 00:14:43,700 MUSIC: Bad Guy by Billie Eilish 237 00:14:43,701 --> 00:14:46,380 She is a young socialite in Manhattan 238 00:14:46,381 --> 00:14:48,180 who loves going out at night. 239 00:14:48,181 --> 00:14:51,020 ♪ White shirt now red, my bloody nose... ♪ 240 00:14:51,021 --> 00:14:54,780 On the night shifts, we followed her all over town. 241 00:14:54,781 --> 00:14:57,700 She would get picked up and shuttled around 242 00:14:57,701 --> 00:15:00,820 in fancy cars or high-end limos. 243 00:15:00,821 --> 00:15:02,500 ♪ So you're a tough guy... ♪ 244 00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:05,060 We watched her come out dressed to the nines 245 00:15:05,061 --> 00:15:07,660 and go out to these clubs 246 00:15:07,661 --> 00:15:10,020 that were VIP-only accesses, 247 00:15:10,021 --> 00:15:12,781 different parties, things like that. 248 00:15:14,221 --> 00:15:15,900 We couldn't get too close to her, 249 00:15:15,901 --> 00:15:19,621 but one of my team members was monitoring her social media. 250 00:15:21,461 --> 00:15:25,060 Anna became very good at the nightclub scene, 251 00:15:25,061 --> 00:15:26,660 networking, socialising. 252 00:15:26,661 --> 00:15:29,181 There was just a lot of movement. 253 00:15:31,141 --> 00:15:33,700 We were able to see who she came out with, 254 00:15:33,701 --> 00:15:36,461 and it seemed like there were multiple boyfriends. 255 00:15:38,741 --> 00:15:42,220 She was mission driven and did whatever it took, 256 00:15:42,221 --> 00:15:45,940 with whomever it took, to get whatever she needed to 257 00:15:45,941 --> 00:15:48,381 for the betterment of the Russian intelligence service. 258 00:15:56,101 --> 00:15:59,180 MARCUS READ: There was one night that changed everything. 259 00:15:59,181 --> 00:16:03,460 I wanted to give Anya, like, a good club night out, 260 00:16:03,461 --> 00:16:06,461 so we went up to this really good techno night up in London. 261 00:16:11,781 --> 00:16:14,940 Anya, funnily enough, was wearing the white hoodie again, 262 00:16:14,941 --> 00:16:17,900 which she was wearing the first night I met her. 263 00:16:17,901 --> 00:16:21,861 She kind of got up and wandered off and started talking to this guy. 264 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:28,501 She must have been in there talking to him for two or three hours. 265 00:16:30,141 --> 00:16:33,301 The whole thing was like... "Oh, what's going on?" 266 00:16:36,741 --> 00:16:39,381 She said, "I ended up really connecting with him." 267 00:16:40,781 --> 00:16:44,500 So, you know, went out with a girlfriend, 268 00:16:44,501 --> 00:16:47,301 she met somebody else and off she went. 269 00:16:50,541 --> 00:16:52,741 His name was Alex Chapman. 270 00:16:55,021 --> 00:16:57,140 First time I heard about Anya, 271 00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:59,260 I was working with Alex at Sony. 272 00:16:59,261 --> 00:17:02,181 He loved listening to music, going out to events. 273 00:17:03,301 --> 00:17:05,620 Alex turned up after a weekend 274 00:17:05,621 --> 00:17:09,540 and he was brimming with enthusiasm over this new Russian girl 275 00:17:09,541 --> 00:17:11,260 he'd sort of got involved with, 276 00:17:11,261 --> 00:17:13,661 and how attractive and wonderful she was. 277 00:17:16,181 --> 00:17:19,621 Quite rapidly he announced, "We're getting married." 278 00:17:21,101 --> 00:17:22,980 I always remember him saying, 279 00:17:22,981 --> 00:17:25,180 "Well, you know, it's rock and roll, isn't it? 280 00:17:25,181 --> 00:17:27,540 "You've got to get a few marriages under your belt." 281 00:17:27,541 --> 00:17:29,701 I was, you know, a bit shocked. 282 00:17:30,781 --> 00:17:33,540 I don't know any details about how it came about, 283 00:17:33,541 --> 00:17:36,661 but it seemed quite sudden to me. 284 00:17:38,661 --> 00:17:40,421 It was quite a rush. 285 00:17:42,181 --> 00:17:45,501 They'd gone on this lavish honeymoon in Zimbabwe. 286 00:17:49,141 --> 00:17:52,141 It was exotic and he was quite taken back. 287 00:17:54,101 --> 00:17:57,621 I think it was more than he'd expected, you know. 288 00:17:59,421 --> 00:18:01,900 After he got back from the honeymoon, 289 00:18:01,901 --> 00:18:03,940 they were living in London. 290 00:18:03,941 --> 00:18:06,900 He was into music and partying, 291 00:18:06,901 --> 00:18:10,021 just a laidback kind of London lifestyle. 292 00:18:11,301 --> 00:18:12,820 But she started getting involved 293 00:18:12,821 --> 00:18:15,861 in more high level kind of circles, social circles. 294 00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:23,421 Can I have another cigarette, please? 295 00:18:26,661 --> 00:18:28,900 I'm a confident guy. 296 00:18:28,901 --> 00:18:33,740 My name is Nicholas Camilleri. I'm a capital markets financier. 297 00:18:33,741 --> 00:18:37,380 In the 2000s, London was a great place to be. 298 00:18:37,381 --> 00:18:41,660 There was lots of money around, there was a big social circuit. 299 00:18:41,661 --> 00:18:44,020 We used to go out every night of the week. 300 00:18:44,021 --> 00:18:46,100 We used to start out in a restaurant, 301 00:18:46,101 --> 00:18:48,180 and then we used to go to nightclubs. 302 00:18:48,181 --> 00:18:52,540 Tuesday night to Boujis, Wednesday night to Annabel's, 303 00:18:52,541 --> 00:18:56,861 Thursday night to Tramp, Friday night to a private party. 304 00:18:58,061 --> 00:18:59,541 Every week, yeah. 305 00:19:00,661 --> 00:19:02,141 For ten years, you know. 306 00:19:03,541 --> 00:19:04,660 Yeah. 307 00:19:04,661 --> 00:19:07,620 At that time, there were Russians everywhere. 308 00:19:07,621 --> 00:19:11,700 Wealthy people, bankers, property owners, 309 00:19:11,701 --> 00:19:14,780 investors, hedge fund managers. 310 00:19:14,781 --> 00:19:17,101 And there were lots of Russian women. 311 00:19:19,341 --> 00:19:23,620 One night I organised a dinner and I invited a Mayfair socialite, 312 00:19:23,621 --> 00:19:25,420 and she showed up with 313 00:19:25,421 --> 00:19:29,621 this very beautiful Russian redhead called Anya Chapman. 314 00:19:30,901 --> 00:19:35,540 Tall, redhead, green eyes, and very beautiful. 315 00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:39,700 I was seated next to her and I found her very charming, 316 00:19:39,701 --> 00:19:41,740 very intelligent. 317 00:19:41,741 --> 00:19:45,060 Anna was working as a teller at Barclays Bank, 318 00:19:45,061 --> 00:19:50,300 and she said she wanted something more... exciting. 319 00:19:50,301 --> 00:19:53,021 So I gave her a job as my personal assistant. 320 00:20:10,101 --> 00:20:13,981 Unclear, you know, when she would have been recruited. 321 00:20:15,101 --> 00:20:19,620 Obviously, she was very young, probably 25, 26. 322 00:20:19,621 --> 00:20:23,100 But she really started getting developed, I think, 323 00:20:23,101 --> 00:20:26,061 during the time span that we had this investigation open. 324 00:20:27,741 --> 00:20:29,780 Anna quickly became operational. 325 00:20:29,781 --> 00:20:33,180 On one day, we knew it was a meet, 326 00:20:33,181 --> 00:20:35,660 but it wasn't a traditional meet that we're used to. 327 00:20:35,661 --> 00:20:37,980 There was no physical meeting somebody. 328 00:20:37,981 --> 00:20:40,140 There was no handshake at a bus stop. 329 00:20:40,141 --> 00:20:41,860 If you look at the video, 330 00:20:41,861 --> 00:20:43,860 there was just a young woman shopping 331 00:20:43,861 --> 00:20:46,381 at the cosmetic counter in Saks Fifth Avenue. 332 00:20:47,661 --> 00:20:51,861 And then there's a guy across the street in Rockefeller Plaza. 333 00:20:53,341 --> 00:20:56,500 It just so happens that we had a separate investigation 334 00:20:56,501 --> 00:21:00,140 into this individual, who we knew was here 335 00:21:00,141 --> 00:21:01,820 under non-official cover 336 00:21:01,821 --> 00:21:04,700 for the Russian intelligence service. 337 00:21:04,701 --> 00:21:07,221 And now he was there too. 338 00:21:08,821 --> 00:21:12,021 We were like, well, that can't be a coincidence, right? 339 00:21:24,141 --> 00:21:25,940 It's the middle of the day, 340 00:21:25,941 --> 00:21:30,700 and we see Anna Chapman perusing around Saks Fifth Avenue. 341 00:21:30,701 --> 00:21:34,541 And it's odd - there's no real reason for her to be there. 342 00:21:35,901 --> 00:21:38,780 Roughly 60 yards across Fifth Avenue 343 00:21:38,781 --> 00:21:40,860 into Rockefeller Plaza, 344 00:21:40,861 --> 00:21:43,740 standing there with a bag, 345 00:21:43,741 --> 00:21:45,861 was her Russian handler. 346 00:21:47,821 --> 00:21:49,460 There's no real reason for him to be there 347 00:21:49,461 --> 00:21:50,780 at Rockefeller Centre, right? 348 00:21:50,781 --> 00:21:52,740 He's got a day job where he should be. 349 00:21:52,741 --> 00:21:54,861 So this is not normal behaviour. 350 00:21:57,061 --> 00:21:59,380 As we're assigned to work Anna, 351 00:21:59,381 --> 00:22:03,780 our objective was to be even more vigilant than usual, 352 00:22:03,781 --> 00:22:07,141 because she's outfitted with a laptop. 353 00:22:10,621 --> 00:22:13,860 We keyed in on this bag because we had seen her before 354 00:22:13,861 --> 00:22:16,940 have a little laptop in this bag. 355 00:22:16,941 --> 00:22:20,020 We took pictures to see if the weight looked different. 356 00:22:20,021 --> 00:22:22,340 Maybe she had the laptop in the bag. 357 00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,620 That would tip us off that she may be operational, 358 00:22:25,621 --> 00:22:27,421 versus just out for a stroll. 359 00:22:28,741 --> 00:22:31,660 That individual has a computer in his bag 360 00:22:31,661 --> 00:22:35,380 that is identifying a signal in the air 361 00:22:35,381 --> 00:22:37,261 from Anna's laptop in her bag. 362 00:22:40,781 --> 00:22:43,540 The computers recognised each other. 363 00:22:43,541 --> 00:22:49,540 They perform an electronic handshake that sends information one way 364 00:22:49,541 --> 00:22:53,940 and then sends future taskings another way. 365 00:22:53,941 --> 00:22:57,261 Totally undetectable to anyone who's watching. 366 00:22:59,101 --> 00:23:02,220 Technically, as far as how to detect it from the air, 367 00:23:02,221 --> 00:23:05,900 that's, you know, much above my expertise level, 368 00:23:05,901 --> 00:23:08,940 but physically, you can never know 369 00:23:08,941 --> 00:23:12,741 that Anna Chapman met with anyone, really. 370 00:23:14,421 --> 00:23:19,660 It's the new breed of spycraft, moving away from personal meets. 371 00:23:19,661 --> 00:23:21,661 Everything was this Wi-Fi exchange. 372 00:23:28,901 --> 00:23:30,660 They didn't tell me, so, you know, 373 00:23:30,661 --> 00:23:32,260 we're not going to tell you, I guess. 374 00:23:32,261 --> 00:23:33,741 HE CHUCKLES 375 00:23:35,941 --> 00:23:41,100 These meets were really designed to test her ability 376 00:23:41,101 --> 00:23:45,901 to carry out specific instructions and tasks that they gave her. 377 00:23:47,781 --> 00:23:50,260 She kind of, quite frankly, just took it in stride 378 00:23:50,261 --> 00:23:52,020 in a very short period of time. 379 00:23:52,021 --> 00:23:54,780 I mean, she's a very savvy individual 380 00:23:54,781 --> 00:23:58,380 and that's exactly why they would have picked her. 381 00:23:58,381 --> 00:24:02,420 The Russians are the best, right, in this space. 382 00:24:02,421 --> 00:24:05,820 And the reason for that is, is they take 383 00:24:05,821 --> 00:24:11,341 a 20, 30 year time horizon when it comes to developing agents. 384 00:24:12,981 --> 00:24:17,260 QUEEN ELIZABETH: Mr President, it is a great pleasure for me 385 00:24:17,261 --> 00:24:21,300 to welcome you and Mrs Putina to London, 386 00:24:21,301 --> 00:24:22,820 and to underline once more 387 00:24:22,821 --> 00:24:25,820 the close friendship between our two countries. 388 00:24:25,821 --> 00:24:29,140 When Putin came here in 2003, 389 00:24:29,141 --> 00:24:30,780 {\an8}he was playing the part and he played the role. 390 00:24:30,781 --> 00:24:32,140 {\an8}He's good at that. He's a chameleon. 391 00:24:32,141 --> 00:24:37,780 It is clear for everyone that in spite of the differences 392 00:24:37,781 --> 00:24:43,700 that existed before, today we need to act jointly. 393 00:24:43,701 --> 00:24:45,140 Mr President. 394 00:24:45,141 --> 00:24:47,420 GLASSES CLINK 395 00:24:47,421 --> 00:24:50,100 The intelligence that we had, from the moment 396 00:24:50,101 --> 00:24:54,260 Putin stepped into office, really, was very concerning. 397 00:24:54,261 --> 00:24:57,700 The reality is that he is a man 398 00:24:57,701 --> 00:25:02,540 with a very high degree of anger and vengeance. 399 00:25:02,541 --> 00:25:06,300 Putin and the KGB officers that were running the government 400 00:25:06,301 --> 00:25:09,460 viewed the West as a massive threat to Russia. 401 00:25:09,461 --> 00:25:11,860 NEWS READER: A massive military exercise 402 00:25:11,861 --> 00:25:13,740 described by Russian officials 403 00:25:13,741 --> 00:25:15,381 as the largest in more than 20 years. 404 00:25:20,461 --> 00:25:23,620 Putin insists the latest weaponry isn't directed 405 00:25:23,621 --> 00:25:25,420 at the United States. 406 00:25:25,421 --> 00:25:29,340 He has the paranoid view of a KGB man 407 00:25:29,341 --> 00:25:32,940 who sees threats everywhere against his homeland, 408 00:25:32,941 --> 00:25:36,061 and who sees it as his job to combat those threats. 409 00:25:40,221 --> 00:25:42,940 NEWS READER: Putin is projecting himself as a leader 410 00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:46,581 bent on restoring Russia's military power and global clout. 411 00:25:48,581 --> 00:25:51,740 He believes that he is the one who's going to restore Russia 412 00:25:51,741 --> 00:25:53,780 to its true status as a great power. 413 00:25:53,781 --> 00:25:57,940 That is dangerous because the tools he's willing to use to do that 414 00:25:57,941 --> 00:26:02,420 include assassins, cyber attacks, sabotage, 415 00:26:02,421 --> 00:26:06,061 and the deep cover spies operating around the world. 416 00:26:09,621 --> 00:26:11,181 Anna was a social climber. 417 00:26:12,301 --> 00:26:15,021 She liked to be part of a scene. 418 00:26:19,901 --> 00:26:23,300 I used to like showing up with her to business lunches 419 00:26:23,301 --> 00:26:26,021 and nights when we used to take clients out on the town. 420 00:26:27,501 --> 00:26:31,020 They were all enamoured by her, just like I was. 421 00:26:31,021 --> 00:26:32,820 She was very confident, 422 00:26:32,821 --> 00:26:36,141 and that's very important when you run in those circles. 423 00:26:37,741 --> 00:26:39,340 She spoke very good English. 424 00:26:39,341 --> 00:26:41,661 She had an English husband at the time. 425 00:26:44,061 --> 00:26:47,420 Anna never told me much about her personal life. 426 00:26:47,421 --> 00:26:52,060 I just knew that she was married. Separated, but married. 427 00:26:52,061 --> 00:26:54,660 Through her social endeavours, 428 00:26:54,661 --> 00:26:57,980 she fell in love with this French guy, 429 00:26:57,981 --> 00:27:00,580 a very wealthy financier. 430 00:27:00,581 --> 00:27:03,021 And she wound up becoming his live-in girlfriend. 431 00:27:06,621 --> 00:27:09,100 MARCUS READ: It was probably two or three years. 432 00:27:09,101 --> 00:27:10,660 Life had gone by, 433 00:27:10,661 --> 00:27:13,340 and out of the blue I got a call from Anya. 434 00:27:13,341 --> 00:27:15,940 I think she was reaching out for some help, 435 00:27:15,941 --> 00:27:17,820 a little bit of support. 436 00:27:17,821 --> 00:27:21,460 I don't think she had many friends at the time, 437 00:27:21,461 --> 00:27:25,300 and we never really fell out at the time we parted, 438 00:27:25,301 --> 00:27:27,341 so I went to see her up in London. 439 00:27:28,941 --> 00:27:32,460 She had a big fancy flat somewhere in Mayfair. 440 00:27:32,461 --> 00:27:35,060 You know, it didn't surprise me that she was living 441 00:27:35,061 --> 00:27:37,540 this type of lifestyle. 442 00:27:37,541 --> 00:27:39,100 When I was with her, 443 00:27:39,101 --> 00:27:42,860 she was expecting me to buy her presents all the time. 444 00:27:42,861 --> 00:27:44,260 You know, different culture, 445 00:27:44,261 --> 00:27:45,901 totally different person altogether. 446 00:27:47,661 --> 00:27:50,581 She told me she was fascinated with billionaires. 447 00:27:52,101 --> 00:27:54,940 And so, I was kind of starting to join the dots a little bit 448 00:27:54,941 --> 00:27:56,941 about who she was, really. 449 00:27:58,901 --> 00:28:01,660 Looking back, a couple of friends did suggest 450 00:28:01,661 --> 00:28:04,061 that maybe she was using me to get in the country. 451 00:28:11,101 --> 00:28:15,220 I think whatever happened between us was definitely real. 452 00:28:15,221 --> 00:28:18,500 But maybe, yes, I was a stepping stone 453 00:28:18,501 --> 00:28:20,421 to get on her path to become a spy. 454 00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:31,660 Theoretically, Anna's cover was that she was a realtor, 455 00:28:31,661 --> 00:28:36,020 starting a business to sell New York City properties to Russians. 456 00:28:36,021 --> 00:28:38,620 I never saw her show any properties, 457 00:28:38,621 --> 00:28:42,021 but, yeah, that was that was what she purported to be. 458 00:28:43,741 --> 00:28:47,540 Anna was a young entrepreneur. 459 00:28:47,541 --> 00:28:49,700 She was looking to develop, essentially, 460 00:28:49,701 --> 00:28:53,301 a real estate website for buying and selling real estate. 461 00:28:54,581 --> 00:28:57,901 And really, she wanted it to be like an international brand. 462 00:29:01,741 --> 00:29:02,940 One, two, three, four. 463 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,221 La, la, la, la, la. 464 00:29:06,661 --> 00:29:07,941 La, la, la. 465 00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:11,500 When a good looking red-headed girl walks in the room, 466 00:29:11,501 --> 00:29:14,260 every guy's attention turns and everyone wants to know 467 00:29:14,261 --> 00:29:16,301 what company she works for, who she represents. 468 00:29:19,541 --> 00:29:22,060 I will, uh, shop. 469 00:29:22,061 --> 00:29:27,380 I will shop, I will have a business meeting at two o'clock. 470 00:29:27,381 --> 00:29:30,540 {\an8}My name is Aron Schoenfeld. One. 471 00:29:30,541 --> 00:29:33,301 I got involved in the whole entrepreneurial scene in New York. 472 00:29:35,421 --> 00:29:39,100 We were working with start-ups, and we used to do some small events, 473 00:29:39,101 --> 00:29:42,301 and it came to the events and she clearly stood out. 474 00:29:47,541 --> 00:29:49,381 {\an8}It's really making me hot, this one. 475 00:29:51,261 --> 00:29:54,780 We wanted to do a video shoot of her about Entrepreneur Week. 476 00:29:54,781 --> 00:29:57,340 Anna actually came over to me at one of the events 477 00:29:57,341 --> 00:29:59,900 and she's like, "This company sounds really cool. 478 00:29:59,901 --> 00:30:01,740 "Can you make that introduction for me?" 479 00:30:01,741 --> 00:30:05,140 So I facilitated that introduction and then it gradually became, 480 00:30:05,141 --> 00:30:06,660 "Hey, do you know this person? 481 00:30:06,661 --> 00:30:08,380 "Do you know that person? When's your next event?" 482 00:30:08,381 --> 00:30:10,740 And I thought, she's an entrepreneur looking to grow. 483 00:30:10,741 --> 00:30:12,740 This girl really knows how to hustle. 484 00:30:12,741 --> 00:30:16,260 Now I know a lot of people that introduced me to someone else, 485 00:30:16,261 --> 00:30:17,940 and those introduced me to someone else. 486 00:30:17,941 --> 00:30:21,981 So now I know where to go if I have something to solve. 487 00:30:28,341 --> 00:30:30,060 I remember at an event, 488 00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:33,341 we introduced her to the head of an international ad agency. 489 00:30:34,581 --> 00:30:36,980 He was very powerful, knew a lot of people. 490 00:30:36,981 --> 00:30:38,700 Politicians went to the parties. 491 00:30:38,701 --> 00:30:40,421 They would leave together. 492 00:30:42,581 --> 00:30:44,940 I think they both lived down near Wall Street. 493 00:30:44,941 --> 00:30:46,820 I don't think in our heads, we had any doubt 494 00:30:46,821 --> 00:30:48,180 what was going on with them. 495 00:30:48,181 --> 00:30:51,461 For all I know, they were sharing an apartment at a certain point. 496 00:30:52,861 --> 00:30:55,900 She has a high degree of emotional intelligence, 497 00:30:55,901 --> 00:30:59,340 so she is able to make connections 498 00:30:59,341 --> 00:31:02,661 with people in a very easy and fluid way. 499 00:31:03,981 --> 00:31:05,341 It comes natural to her. 500 00:31:06,701 --> 00:31:09,500 A couple months after the event, we had another event. 501 00:31:09,501 --> 00:31:11,661 This is the place to do business. 502 00:31:12,781 --> 00:31:15,860 She would show up with that CEO of the global ad agency, 503 00:31:15,861 --> 00:31:18,420 or the CEO of that entertainment technology, 504 00:31:18,421 --> 00:31:19,860 and they would come in together. 505 00:31:19,861 --> 00:31:23,700 When she came to a party and she left with someone, 506 00:31:23,701 --> 00:31:26,301 you kind of had the idea that something more was going on. 507 00:31:28,421 --> 00:31:34,180 She was able to exact favours from men as a result of that. 508 00:31:34,181 --> 00:31:38,140 You know, many of those favours were funding her lavish lifestyle. 509 00:31:38,141 --> 00:31:40,420 Thank you. Nice job. 510 00:31:40,421 --> 00:31:42,660 She was with the powerful people that had access 511 00:31:42,661 --> 00:31:44,340 to the other powerful people, 512 00:31:44,341 --> 00:31:47,540 and we just thought it was to raise funding for her company. 513 00:31:47,541 --> 00:31:48,700 But... 514 00:31:48,701 --> 00:31:50,020 CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING 515 00:31:50,021 --> 00:31:55,500 Given her technique, if you will, to keep it professional, 516 00:31:55,501 --> 00:31:57,220 she was extremely dangerous. 517 00:31:57,221 --> 00:31:59,340 She didn't sleep around with anybody. 518 00:31:59,341 --> 00:32:02,061 She could have been the First Lady of New York City. 519 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,500 No. 520 00:32:11,501 --> 00:32:13,180 I was never aware 521 00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:16,140 of any infiltration of any spies in London. 522 00:32:16,141 --> 00:32:19,020 I never questioned that she used to like going out, 523 00:32:19,021 --> 00:32:21,781 she used to like going to parties, going to clubs. 524 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:27,340 One night I took Anya to Movida, a prominent London nightclub, 525 00:32:27,341 --> 00:32:30,460 and sitting at the next table was Boris Berezovsky. 526 00:32:30,461 --> 00:32:32,780 And he was very infamous. 527 00:32:32,781 --> 00:32:34,740 He was Russia's richest man, 528 00:32:34,741 --> 00:32:38,620 and he was forced to leave Russia by Putin, 529 00:32:38,621 --> 00:32:40,581 and he resettled in the UK. 530 00:32:42,421 --> 00:32:45,100 I interviewed Boris Berezovsky once in his office - 531 00:32:45,101 --> 00:32:46,660 in Mayfair, where else? 532 00:32:46,661 --> 00:32:49,340 The richest, most exclusive part of London. 533 00:32:49,341 --> 00:32:53,180 Big Mercedes car waiting outside with his chauffeur. 534 00:32:53,181 --> 00:32:55,940 Lots of flunkies and people around him. 535 00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:58,140 He was Putin's enemy, 536 00:32:58,141 --> 00:33:00,100 and you could sense this was a person 537 00:33:00,101 --> 00:33:03,540 who was building a power base in London to plot against Putin. 538 00:33:03,541 --> 00:33:06,780 It's very important that West recognise 539 00:33:06,781 --> 00:33:09,140 who is Mr Putin, finally. 540 00:33:09,141 --> 00:33:11,740 And the answer is, Mr Putin is criminal. 541 00:33:11,741 --> 00:33:15,380 I introduced Boris to Anya, 542 00:33:15,381 --> 00:33:18,100 and he was quite enamoured by her, 543 00:33:18,101 --> 00:33:21,420 and he wound up buying her a bottle of champagne, 544 00:33:21,421 --> 00:33:23,741 and she gave him her business card. 545 00:33:25,101 --> 00:33:27,660 The next day, he called her up and invited her to lunch, 546 00:33:27,661 --> 00:33:32,060 and he sent a car to pick her up from my office in Mayfair, 547 00:33:32,061 --> 00:33:34,660 and she went to lunch with him daily. 548 00:33:34,661 --> 00:33:36,341 It became a daily habit. 549 00:33:38,301 --> 00:33:41,740 It's not clear exactly when Anna Chapman became 550 00:33:41,741 --> 00:33:43,420 Anna Chapman, the spy. 551 00:33:43,421 --> 00:33:46,380 I mean, some people have speculated that she was sent to Britain 552 00:33:46,381 --> 00:33:50,100 in the first place to become a spy, to get a passport, to get cover. 553 00:33:50,101 --> 00:33:53,500 Others believe it was during her time in Britain 554 00:33:53,501 --> 00:33:56,820 that her value became clear and she was recruited. 555 00:33:56,821 --> 00:33:59,780 They could see she could get close to influential people, 556 00:33:59,781 --> 00:34:01,500 people like Boris Berezovsky. 557 00:34:01,501 --> 00:34:05,421 That is something very valuable to Russian intelligence. 558 00:34:08,821 --> 00:34:13,260 Once, Vladimir Putin described people in two groups, 559 00:34:13,261 --> 00:34:18,180 one of them enemies, other one traitors. 560 00:34:18,181 --> 00:34:22,420 Enemy, he might call people working as a journalist. 561 00:34:22,421 --> 00:34:27,980 Traitors, mostly people who worked in the same system 562 00:34:27,981 --> 00:34:31,940 what Vladimir Putin belongs to. 563 00:34:31,941 --> 00:34:35,820 And my husband Alexander Litvinenko, 564 00:34:35,821 --> 00:34:38,061 and Boris Berezovsky, was one of them. 565 00:34:40,581 --> 00:34:45,301 Putin said if you be traitor, you need to be destroyed. 566 00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:50,461 UNTRANSLATED RUSSIAN SPEECH 567 00:34:51,701 --> 00:34:55,020 TRANSLATION: Traitors will kick the bucket, trust me. 568 00:34:55,021 --> 00:34:59,020 These people betrayed their friends, their brothers in arms. 569 00:34:59,021 --> 00:35:01,140 Whatever they got in exchange for it, 570 00:35:01,141 --> 00:35:03,500 those 30 pieces of silver they were given, 571 00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:05,901 they will choke on them. 572 00:35:14,181 --> 00:35:17,540 {\an8}I'm Leon Panetta, former Secretary of Defense, 573 00:35:17,541 --> 00:35:21,300 {\an8}former Director of the CIA, former Member of Congress, 574 00:35:21,301 --> 00:35:23,381 {\an8}former Chief of Staff to the President. 575 00:35:26,021 --> 00:35:29,220 President Bush said that he looked into Putin's eyes 576 00:35:29,221 --> 00:35:32,860 and could see somebody who he could relate to. 577 00:35:32,861 --> 00:35:35,860 And Bob Gates, former Secretary of Defense, 578 00:35:35,861 --> 00:35:37,460 made the comment 579 00:35:37,461 --> 00:35:42,420 that when he looked into the eyes of Vladimir Putin, 580 00:35:42,421 --> 00:35:46,701 he saw KGB, KGB, KGB. 581 00:35:49,101 --> 00:35:52,980 For all of the symbols of rapprochement, 582 00:35:52,981 --> 00:35:55,261 Putin was a hardliner. 583 00:35:56,301 --> 00:35:58,180 A lot of politicians failed to understand 584 00:35:58,181 --> 00:36:00,220 the psychology, the mentality, the history, 585 00:36:00,221 --> 00:36:01,861 the culture that they were up against. 586 00:36:03,421 --> 00:36:08,180 Russia is led by its intelligence and security apparatus, 587 00:36:08,181 --> 00:36:10,860 but it has an incredibly powerful dark side. 588 00:36:10,861 --> 00:36:14,021 And that dark side is incredibly bloody. 589 00:36:15,341 --> 00:36:16,940 NEWS READER: This was the arrest 590 00:36:16,941 --> 00:36:19,060 of Russia's most wealthy man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 591 00:36:19,061 --> 00:36:22,140 by President Putin's secret service, the FSB. 592 00:36:22,141 --> 00:36:25,220 President Putin's critics claim the arrest is an attempt 593 00:36:25,221 --> 00:36:28,261 to stifle Khodorkovsky's support for opposition groups. 594 00:36:29,861 --> 00:36:32,900 Russia plays hardball. 595 00:36:32,901 --> 00:36:35,260 They don't follow the rules. 596 00:36:35,261 --> 00:36:37,460 An award-winning Russian journalist known 597 00:36:37,461 --> 00:36:39,900 for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya 598 00:36:39,901 --> 00:36:42,180 has been shot dead in her Moscow apartment block. 599 00:36:42,181 --> 00:36:46,420 Anna Politkovskaya was an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin 600 00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:48,501 and had received numerous death threats. 601 00:36:49,701 --> 00:36:53,780 Vladimir Putin was trying to tighten his grip on power, 602 00:36:53,781 --> 00:36:55,540 trying to go after his enemies, 603 00:36:55,541 --> 00:36:57,861 and he was even willing to kill them. 604 00:37:01,181 --> 00:37:05,740 I met my husband, Sasha, Alexander Litvinenko, 605 00:37:05,741 --> 00:37:09,740 when he started to work for security service, FSB. 606 00:37:09,741 --> 00:37:15,860 I remember it was end of July 1998, and he said, "We have a new boss." 607 00:37:15,861 --> 00:37:19,461 I said, who is his boss? He said, "Somebody from Saint Petersburg." 608 00:37:23,301 --> 00:37:27,020 Sasha was involved in one internal investigation 609 00:37:27,021 --> 00:37:30,140 about corruption in FSB, 610 00:37:30,141 --> 00:37:35,820 and Berezovsky asked him to meet Putin to discuss this case. 611 00:37:35,821 --> 00:37:40,380 Berezovsky believed Putin might agree to do something, 612 00:37:40,381 --> 00:37:44,900 but Sasha from this meeting immediately realised 613 00:37:44,901 --> 00:37:46,820 it's nothing going to be changed. 614 00:37:46,821 --> 00:37:49,181 Putin has not any interest of this. 615 00:37:53,701 --> 00:37:55,420 Almost straight after that, 616 00:37:55,421 --> 00:37:58,621 Sasha and his colleagues went to a press conference. 617 00:37:59,981 --> 00:38:04,900 Suddenly we have a group of officers from FSB 618 00:38:04,901 --> 00:38:09,501 talking about corruption, and this is all on prime time TV. 619 00:38:31,141 --> 00:38:32,861 I was really proud of him. 620 00:38:34,021 --> 00:38:36,501 But everybody were shocked. 621 00:38:37,581 --> 00:38:40,061 And, uh, it became news number one. 622 00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:46,381 After that, Putin tried to destroy my husband. 623 00:38:50,101 --> 00:38:52,860 He definitely would be sentenced, 624 00:38:52,861 --> 00:38:54,540 he might be prosecuted, 625 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:56,461 and he might be killed. 626 00:38:59,301 --> 00:39:04,340 Just a few months after that, we escaped from Russia, 627 00:39:04,341 --> 00:39:08,221 and finally, we stopped here in UK. 628 00:39:10,981 --> 00:39:12,941 Sasha was nervous. 629 00:39:13,981 --> 00:39:18,660 I tried to say, "No, no, no, they're not going to kill people abroad." 630 00:39:18,661 --> 00:39:21,380 He said, "No, Marina, it's serious." 631 00:39:21,381 --> 00:39:24,420 This all happened almost in the same time 632 00:39:24,421 --> 00:39:28,420 Boris Berezovsky decided to settle here in London, 633 00:39:28,421 --> 00:39:32,820 and Sasha's concern was, of course, most about Boris Berezovsky. 634 00:39:32,821 --> 00:39:36,740 Alexander Litvinenko told me that Boris... 635 00:39:36,741 --> 00:39:39,260 They signed decree, Putin signed the law 636 00:39:39,261 --> 00:39:41,380 which allow them to kill people abroad 637 00:39:41,381 --> 00:39:44,940 if they identify them as enemies, without any court. 638 00:39:44,941 --> 00:39:46,581 And they will try to kill us. 639 00:39:47,741 --> 00:39:54,380 The Home Secretary granted political asylum to Boris Berezovsky. 640 00:39:54,381 --> 00:39:56,260 GLASS TINGS 641 00:39:56,261 --> 00:39:59,580 I ask you to give a very warm welcome to Mr Boris Berezovsky. 642 00:39:59,581 --> 00:40:02,060 APPLAUSE 643 00:40:02,061 --> 00:40:04,940 That went down very badly in Moscow. 644 00:40:04,941 --> 00:40:11,140 I was in a meeting with the head of their domestic security service, 645 00:40:11,141 --> 00:40:13,940 the ex-KGB General Patrushev, 646 00:40:13,941 --> 00:40:16,660 a very close associate of Putin. 647 00:40:16,661 --> 00:40:21,261 He said, "Your government must send Berezovsky back here..." 648 00:40:30,341 --> 00:40:33,060 I used to let Anna stay out for two hours 649 00:40:33,061 --> 00:40:35,660 at lunchtime to have lunch with Boris every day. 650 00:40:35,661 --> 00:40:37,060 She used to come back to me 651 00:40:37,061 --> 00:40:39,940 and tell me what Boris said over lunch, 652 00:40:39,941 --> 00:40:43,900 and she used to say how much he hated Putin, 653 00:40:43,901 --> 00:40:45,780 and he was a vocal critic. 654 00:40:45,781 --> 00:40:49,500 The West should recognise that Russia is not partner. 655 00:40:49,501 --> 00:40:52,460 Russia is not ally. Russia is real... 656 00:40:52,461 --> 00:40:56,500 Putin's Russia, Putin's Russia is real enemy of the West. 657 00:40:56,501 --> 00:41:01,340 Putin saw both Berezovsky and later Litvinenko 658 00:41:01,341 --> 00:41:03,420 as personal enemies 659 00:41:03,421 --> 00:41:06,981 who were delving into areas which were across a red line. 660 00:41:08,741 --> 00:41:11,940 Putin has said in public, in Russia on the media, 661 00:41:11,941 --> 00:41:15,060 that any intelligence officer that betrays the country 662 00:41:15,061 --> 00:41:18,181 is a piece of scum who'll be hunted down like a dog. 663 00:41:20,301 --> 00:41:25,420 MARINA: November 1st of 2006 was a day when we celebrated 664 00:41:25,421 --> 00:41:29,981 {\an8}our British citizenship, and we were very happy. 665 00:41:33,821 --> 00:41:39,180 But this all changed after midnight when Sasha became extremely sick. 666 00:41:39,181 --> 00:41:40,860 Like in the movie, 667 00:41:40,861 --> 00:41:45,421 you can say your whole life changed from before and after. 668 00:41:47,701 --> 00:41:50,661 He believed it was poisoning from very beginning. 669 00:41:52,061 --> 00:41:55,180 REPORTER: From his hospital bed, Litvinenko's last words 670 00:41:55,181 --> 00:41:57,580 were a message for Russia's President Putin, 671 00:41:57,581 --> 00:42:01,220 relayed to the world by his friend Alex Goldfarb. 672 00:42:01,221 --> 00:42:04,980 You may succeed in silencing one man, 673 00:42:04,981 --> 00:42:09,860 but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, 674 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:14,660 Mr Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life. 675 00:42:14,661 --> 00:42:16,380 May God forgive you. 676 00:42:16,381 --> 00:42:18,900 In Sasha's death statement, 677 00:42:18,901 --> 00:42:23,141 it was obvious he accused Vladimir Putin of killing him. 678 00:42:24,221 --> 00:42:26,820 The body of Alexander Litvinenko 679 00:42:26,821 --> 00:42:30,300 contained a large quantity of highly radioactive material, 680 00:42:30,301 --> 00:42:32,500 and it had to have been ingested. 681 00:42:32,501 --> 00:42:34,220 It fell out of the blue. 682 00:42:34,221 --> 00:42:38,420 The claim that Russia and the Russian state had been using 683 00:42:38,421 --> 00:42:41,100 radioactive poison on the streets of London. 684 00:42:41,101 --> 00:42:43,380 And yet, there it was. 685 00:42:43,381 --> 00:42:45,420 It was reckless, it was dangerous, 686 00:42:45,421 --> 00:42:48,340 and literally hundreds of people could have died. 687 00:42:48,341 --> 00:42:50,860 NEWS READER: From London to Moscow, the poisoning death 688 00:42:50,861 --> 00:42:53,660 of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko 689 00:42:53,661 --> 00:42:56,620 has investigators scouring for contamination. 690 00:42:56,621 --> 00:42:58,980 BEREZOVSKY: Putin personally behind this. 691 00:42:58,981 --> 00:43:01,220 Putin personally organised this crime. 692 00:43:01,221 --> 00:43:03,460 Exactly what Alexander Litvinenko told me, 693 00:43:03,461 --> 00:43:05,540 that, "Boris, they will try to kill us." 694 00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:07,780 And he unfortunately was correct. 695 00:43:07,781 --> 00:43:10,420 And I'm not able to exclude at all 696 00:43:10,421 --> 00:43:13,180 that they are trying to do the same against of me. 697 00:43:13,181 --> 00:43:15,820 How worried are you about your own safety? 698 00:43:15,821 --> 00:43:18,620 It's one thing to do it in Russia. 699 00:43:18,621 --> 00:43:21,460 It's an entirely different thing to do that in the UK, 700 00:43:21,461 --> 00:43:26,060 and it's yet a further step to try and do that in the United States. 701 00:43:26,061 --> 00:43:28,420 And of course, then, the big question, 702 00:43:28,421 --> 00:43:31,301 at the end, what does that next chapter look like? 703 00:43:34,861 --> 00:43:36,901 CAR HORNS BLARING 704 00:43:40,301 --> 00:43:42,380 Over the course of this investigation, 705 00:43:42,381 --> 00:43:44,580 we became aware that there was a pattern 706 00:43:44,581 --> 00:43:46,261 to Anna's operational activity. 707 00:43:47,341 --> 00:43:50,540 It was usually every two weeks where she would be 708 00:43:50,541 --> 00:43:54,020 virtually meeting her Russian handler. 709 00:43:54,021 --> 00:43:56,620 These would take place at Starbucks coffee shops 710 00:43:56,621 --> 00:43:57,900 throughout Manhattan. 711 00:43:57,901 --> 00:44:00,780 So she would be sitting there, maybe on her phone 712 00:44:00,781 --> 00:44:03,660 or, you know, with her coffee in front of her, eating something. 713 00:44:03,661 --> 00:44:07,540 And the Russian handler would drive by in his vehicle, 714 00:44:07,541 --> 00:44:10,020 or in the instance of Saks, you know, 715 00:44:10,021 --> 00:44:11,781 be standing across the street. 716 00:44:13,821 --> 00:44:15,780 This happened every two weeks. 717 00:44:15,781 --> 00:44:18,780 So, Saks Fifth Avenue happened to be one of the locations. 718 00:44:18,781 --> 00:44:21,700 Starbucks here in downtown. 719 00:44:21,701 --> 00:44:24,340 There was another Starbucks within a Barnes and Noble, 720 00:44:24,341 --> 00:44:26,420 like, right in Midtown where this happened. 721 00:44:26,421 --> 00:44:29,981 So she iterated through a series of sites. 722 00:44:43,541 --> 00:44:46,220 It's pre-planned, the covert communication system, 723 00:44:46,221 --> 00:44:47,820 the messages back and forth, 724 00:44:47,821 --> 00:44:50,101 the operational acts which we have videos of. 725 00:44:51,501 --> 00:44:52,861 It wasn't just Anna Chapman. 726 00:44:54,221 --> 00:44:56,820 It became clear that this was a network. 727 00:44:56,821 --> 00:44:59,900 There's this massive group of deep cover officers 728 00:44:59,901 --> 00:45:01,340 within the United States 729 00:45:01,341 --> 00:45:04,821 who are trying to develop and steal America's closest secrets. 730 00:45:08,141 --> 00:45:14,501 There were ten spies out there and the FBI was following all ten spies. 731 00:45:17,821 --> 00:45:20,820 They're active in Washington, DC, they're active in New York. 732 00:45:20,821 --> 00:45:22,180 They're active in London. 733 00:45:22,181 --> 00:45:25,141 It's going on today in capitals around the world. 734 00:45:30,141 --> 00:45:32,061 This is really warfare. 735 00:45:36,101 --> 00:45:39,900 In President Medvedev, I've found a solid and reliable partner. 736 00:45:39,901 --> 00:45:44,060 You've got President Medvedev from Russia 737 00:45:44,061 --> 00:45:46,780 meeting with President Obama in Washington, DC. 738 00:45:46,781 --> 00:45:50,341 But at the same time, we needed to go and arrest the network. 739 00:45:52,461 --> 00:45:54,421 It's happening fast and furious. 740 00:45:57,221 --> 00:46:00,300 Ten people have been arrested, accused of being Russian spies. 741 00:46:00,301 --> 00:46:03,900 One is said to have even used a British passport. 742 00:46:03,901 --> 00:46:06,660 Suddenly, I've got MI5 looking for me 743 00:46:06,661 --> 00:46:09,460 and my ex-girlfriend is accused of being a Russian spy. 744 00:46:09,461 --> 00:46:12,340 Anna Chapman, a 28-year-old... Anna Chapman... Anna Chapman... 745 00:46:12,341 --> 00:46:15,540 We uncovered dead body after dead body. 746 00:46:15,541 --> 00:46:20,460 Every case was someone who may have had a connection to Russia. 747 00:46:20,461 --> 00:46:22,141 I don't think that happens by coincidence. 748 00:46:35,021 --> 00:46:39,781 Subtitles by Red Bee Media