FBI affidavit - Wired

former CIA employee not to disclose confidential information and other information acquired as
a part of his perfomance of his official duties with the CIA in an unauthorized manner.
NICHOLSON also agreed to have no contact with any foreign government or its agents and
agreed not to seek or accept. personally or through another person or entity, any benefit from
such government or its agents. NICHOLSON agreed to notify the CIA if he or any current or
future member of his family. or some other person or entity acting on his behalf or on behalf of
his family members, received such a benefit. NICHOLSON also agreed to assign any right to
any future benefits to the United States.
16. On August 26, 1997, NICHOLSON acknowledged in writing the administrative
procedures put in place by the CIA and the Bureau of Prisons that permit the government to
review and monitor his contact with all outside persons and entities. All of NICHOLSON'S
written correspondence is copied and reviewed by the CIA. All incoming and outgoing
telephone calls are routed through a CL4 approved (703) area code telephone number in Virginia
and are recorded. Officials at the CIA and/or the Bureau of Prisons approve all persons with
whom NICHOLSON is allowed to have contact in person, over the telephone, or in writing.
CURRENT INVESTIGATION
17. In February 2002, the FBI learned that NICHOLSON may have attempted to
communicate with the Russian Federation through other inmates at FCI Sheridan in the summer
of 2000. On February 1 I, 2002, a concerned citizen (hereinafter Citizen) contacted the FBI and
provided information she had about NICHOLSON'S attempts to pass information to the Russian
Federation. Citizen told the FBI that on January 26, 1999, she wrote to an inmate (hereinafter
Inmate) at FCI Sheridan after she read Ann Rule's book The End of the Dream, which told the