Harold James Nicholson
- January 5, 2024
- Spy
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Harold James Nicholson |
| Occupation | Spy |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 17, 1950(1950-11-17) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Woodburn |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Oregon |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
Harold James Nicholson Biography
| Name | Harold James Nicholson |
| Birthday | Nov 17 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Woodburn |
| Home Town | Oregon |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Children(s) | 3 |
Harold James Nicholson is one of the most popular and richest Spy who was born on November 17, 1950 in Woodburn, Oregon, United States. Harold James “Jim” Nicholson, born November 17, 1950, is a former officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and a twice-convicted spy in Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. His recruitment to SVR seems to have taken place after the well-publicized arrest in February 1994 of Aldrich Ames, a senior CIA officer, and Moscow mole. Tennent Bagley, a CIA veteran, said that the incident had “exposed extraordinary slackness in CIA security procedures.”
A FBI affidavit filed at Nicholson’s first espionage case suggests that Nicholson, who was in Kuala Lumpur as Deputy Chief Of Station/Operations officer between 1992-1994, might have been recruited to the Russian intelligence services (SVR). He met with an officer of the Russian intelligence in Kuala Lumpur four times during his last months. Three of those meetings were held in the Russian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. These meetings were reported by Nicholson and authorized by the CIA. Financial records revealed that $12,000 had been wired to Nicholson’s savings at Selco Credit Union in Eugene on June 30, 1994. This was just one day after his last meeting with the SVR Officer. The FBI was unable trace the money to any legitimate source.
The FBI affidavit implies that the investigation of Nicholson’s espionage for Russia was triggered following his failure of three polygraph examinations administered by CIA polygraphers as part of his routine security update in October and December 1995, when questions “Have you had unauthorized contact with a Foreign Intelligence Service?”, “Since 1990, have you had contact with a Foreign Intelligence Service that you are trying to hide from the CIA?” revealed a high probability of deception or were marked as “inconclusive”. The CIA examiner noted that Nicholson appeared to be trying to manipulate the test by taking deep breaths on the control questions, which he stopped after a verbal warning.
The FBI also retrieved mail sent from Nicholson to his handlers from local public mailboxes, where he signed postcards under the alias “Nevil R. Strachey.” One such postcard had code words requesting a meeting with the SVR in Switzerland in November 1996. That same month he was scheduled to travel to Europe on official CIA business to meet with European intelligence officers. Nicholson told the CIA he planned to take a personal vacation to Zurich afterwards. On November 16, 1996, the FBI arrested Nicholson at Dulles International Airport. He had a ticket to Zurich, a bundle of exposed film and a computer disk bearing classified information from CIA files.
Between 1992 and 1994, Nicholson served as the Deputy Chief Of Station/Operations officer in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), where he met and recruited Russian intelligence officers.
Harold James Nicholson Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Spy |
| House | Living in own house. |
Harold James Nicholson is one of the richest Spy from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Harold James Nicholson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Harold James “Jim” Nicholson, a former captain in an intelligence unit of the US Army, joined the CIA on October 1980.
Nicholson had many responsibilities throughout his career at the CIA. As an operations officer, Nicholson was a specialist in intelligence operations against foreign intelligence service, which included the USSR’s intelligence services and the Russian Federation later. He worked in Manila for the CIA from 1982 to 1985. There he was able to make direct contact with Soviet officials. From 1985 to 1987 he lived in Bangkok and from 1987 to 1989 he lived in Tokyo. He was the CIA Chief Of Station in Bucharest (Romania) from 1990 to 1992.
From 1994 to July 1996, Nicholson worked as an instructor at the classified CIA’s Special Training Center at Camp Peary, Virginia (also known as “The Farm”), teaching CIA trainees intelligence tradecraft. In July 1996, he was assigned as a branch chief in the Counterterrorism Center, Directorate of Operations, at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. That position carried a pay grade of GS-15, his salary being approximately US$73,000.
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