Harold Nicholson

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person CIA
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person SVR (Russian Intelligence)
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organization SVR
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organization SVR
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Date Event Type Description Location Actions
1996-11-01 N/A Harold Nicholson arrested by FBI. USA View
1996-11-01 N/A Harold Nicholson arrested by the FBI. USA View
1996-01-01 N/A CIA officer Harold Nicholson identified as SVR mole. USA View
1996-01-01 N/A CIA officer Harold Nicholson identified as a Russian mole. USA View
1992-01-01 N/A Harold Nicholson served as deputy chief of operation. Malaysia View
1992-01-01 N/A Nicholson serves as deputy chief of operations in Malaysia. Malaysia View
1990-01-01 N/A Recruitment/Entrapment of Harold Nicholson by the SVR. Various (Asia/Europe) View
1980-01-01 N/A Harold Nicholson joins the CIA. USA View

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This document is page 324 containing endnotes from a book, identified via the ISBN in the footer (9780451494566) as 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein. The page lists sources for chapters dealing with the NSA, Edward Snowden, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Russian espionage. It includes citations of articles from the Washington Post and NYT, as well as interviews conducted by the author with intelligence figures like James Angleton. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a congressional investigation production.

Book endnotes / house oversight committee evidence
2025-11-19

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This document appears to be page 226 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (indicated by ISBN in the footer filename), likely written by Edward Jay Epstein. It discusses the recruitment of CIA officer Nicholson by the Russian SVR, the payment of $300,000 to him, and compares espionage recruitment techniques to corporate headhunting, citing James Jesus Angleton. The page is stamped 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019714', indicating it was part of a document production for a Congressional investigation.

Book page / evidence document
2025-11-19

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This document is page 225 of a book or report (likely titled 'The Russians Are Coming') included in a House Oversight production file (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019713). It details the historical case of Harold Nicholson, a CIA officer who was entrapped and recruited by the Russian SVR in the 1990s. The text explains how Nicholson attempted to act as a double agent ('dangle') but was psychologically profiled and compromised by Russian intelligence due to his resentment toward his superiors.

Book excerpt / legislative oversight document
2025-11-19

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This document, page 176 of a House Oversight report, analyzes Russian intelligence (SVR) strategies for penetrating the NSA, contrasting the difficulty of recruiting NSA officers versus CIA officers. It details the shift in the 1990s toward targeting civilian technologists and hacktivists, specifically mentioning Edward Snowden as a donor to Ron Paul's campaign, and discusses the use of 'false flag' operations to recruit dissidents.

Investigative report / narrative analysis (house oversight committee)
2025-11-19

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This document page details Cold War era espionage cases involving the KGB and SVR, specifically mentioning spies Ronald Pelton and David Sheldon Boone. It primarily focuses on the recruitment of CIA officer Harold Nicholson by the Russian SVR in the 1990s, explaining how he was manipulated from a "dangle" operation into a mole due to psychological vulnerabilities.

Government report or historical account page
2025-11-19

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This document is a page from a book or report (Chapter 18: The Unheeded Warning) marked as House Oversight evidence. It details the history of Alexander Poteyev, a high-level SVR colonel recruited by the CIA in the 1990s who provided warnings in 2010 about Russian espionage. The text explains the SVR's strategy of using 'illegal' sleeper agents in the US to bypass FBI surveillance of diplomatic staff and service moles within US intelligence agencies.

Book excerpt / report (house oversight committee exhibit)
2025-11-19

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This document is page 269, which contains the endnotes for Chapter Twenty-One, titled "The Russians are Coming." It lists thirteen sources, including news articles, government documents, books, and interviews, related to Russian history, espionage, and intelligence operations involving agencies like the KGB, CIA, and NSA.

Endnotes for a book chapter
2025-11-17

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This document is page 262 from a book, containing the endnotes for Chapter 18, "The Unheeded Warning." The notes cite various sources from 2010-2015, including newspaper articles, an FBI publication, books, and author interviews, all pertaining to Russian espionage, counter-espionage, and U.S. intelligence agencies (NSA, CIA, FBI). Despite the user's prompt, this document contains no information whatsoever related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Book endnotes/citations page
2025-11-17
Total Received
$900,000.00
3 transactions
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Net Flow
$900,000.00
3 total transactions
Date Type From To Amount Description Actions
1996-11-01 Received SVR Harold Nicholson $300,000.00 Payment for espionage activities. View
1996-11-01 Received SVR Harold Nicholson $300,000.00 Payment for espionage activities including iden... View
1996-11-01 Received SVR (Implied) Harold Nicholson $300,000.00 Payment made to Nicholson before his arrest for... View
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CIA Secrets

From: Harold Nicholson
To: SVR (Russian Intellige...

Nicholson provided approved 'chickenfeed' secrets initially, then later provided unauthorized secret documents after being compromised.

Transfer of information
1990-01-01

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