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US men charged in Russia spy case Harold Nicholson is currently serving a 23-year sentence for espionage A jailed ex-CIA agent and his son have been charged in the US with receiving money from and channeling information to his former Russian handlers.Harold Nicholson, 58, is serving a 23-year term in Oregon for previous spying activities after pleading guilty in 1997 to selling secrets to Russia. He is now accused of using his son Nathaniel to pass on new data between 2006 and 2008 in return for money. Nathaniel was arrested on Thursday and the pair are to appear in court...

January 29, 2009 Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-nsd-071.html Imprisoned Spy and His Son Indicted on Charges of Acting as Russian Agents and Money Laundering WASHINGTON -- A federal indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon charging Harold James Nicholson, 58, of Sheridan, Ore., and Nathaniel James Nicholson, 24, of Eugene, Ore., with two counts of Conspiracy, one count of Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government, and four counts of Money Laundering. Both defendants are scheduled to appear today at 1:30 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Janice M. Stewart for arraignment on...