FBI affidavit - Wired

employed by the Barkers Life and Casiialty Insurance Company. Bank records for
NATHANIEL do not reveal that he received any significant income from this employer.
32. An analysis of written correspondence between NICHOLSON and NATHANIEL
indicates a concerted effort by NICHOLSON to use NATHANIEL as his conduit for contact with
representatives of the Russian Federation beginning in the fall of 2006. From October of 2005
until September of 2006 NICHOLSON wrote NATHANIEL seven times. In the period
beginning in October 2006 and ending in September 2007, NICHOLSON wrote to NATHANIEL
seventeen times. NICHOLSON did not contact other family members or friends with the same
increased frequency.
33. The letters sent by NICHOLSON during this time period also underscore his
continued efforts to condition NATHANIEL to work on his behalf. In a letter dated January 29;
2007, that NCHOLSON sent NATHANEL, he quotes Jeremiah 1 :4-8, and tells NATHANIEL
that "folefore you were bom 1 set you apart and anointed you as my spokesman to the world." In
another letter that hCHOLSON sent to Kanohan Lehliem (his girlfriend in Thailand) on
January 1,2007, he refers to NATHANIEL as "my right-hand man" and goes on to explain that
"[dlad says Nathan is exactly like I am - enjoys the same things, enjoys adventure with a little
danger like me (maybe too much danger sometimes) loves travel, is disciplined, neat and full of
life." In a letter to NATHANIEL dated April 20,2008, NICHOLSON quotes Micah 7:s-9: "[Dlo
not gloat over me my enemies! For though I fall. I will rise again." [emphasis in original].
34. Beginning in December of 2006, NATHANIEL look several steps to assist his
father in communicating with Russian intelligence officials. Based upon a review of records,
evidence, and travel information described below, I believe that NATHANIEL met with Russian