Bryan Denson - The Spy's Son : How CIA Officer Jim Nicholson Twice Betrayed Country and Kin for Russia read online ebook PDF, FB2, EPUB
9780802123589 English 0802123589 "A haunting book as fast paced and as exciting as the best spy novel . . . and it s all true." Robert Lindsey, author of "The Falcon and the Snowman" Investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bryan Denson tells the riveting story of the Nicholsonsfather and son co-conspirators who deceived their country by selling national secrets to Russia. Jim Nicholson was one of the CIA's top veteran case officers. By day, he taught spycraft at the CIA's clandestine training center, The Farm. By night, he was a minivan-driving single father racing home to have dinner with his kids. But Nicholson led a double life. For more than two years, he had met covertly with agents of Russia's foreign intelligence service and turned over troves of classified documents. In 1997, Nicholson became the highest ranking CIA officer ever convicted of espionage. But his duplicity didn t stop there. While behind the bars of a federal prison, the former mole systematically groomed the one person he trusted most to serve as his stand-in: his youngest son, Nathan. When asked to smuggle messages out of prison to Russian contacts, Nathan saw an opportunity to be heroic and to make his father proud.", A haunting book as fast paced and as exciting as the best spy novel . . . and it's all true." -Robert Lindsey, author of The Falcon and the Snowman Investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bryan Denson tells the riveting story of the Nicholsons-father and son co-conspirators who deceived their country by selling national secrets to Russia.Jim Nicholson was one of the CIA's top veteran case officers. By day, he taught spycraft at the CIA's clandestine training center, The Farm. By night, he was a minivan-driving single father racing home to have dinner with his kids. But Nicholson led a double life. For more than two years, he had met covertly with agents of Russia's foreign intelligence service and turned over troves of classified documents. In 1997, Nicholson became the highest ranking CIA officer ever convicted of espionage. But his duplicity didn't stop there. While behind the bars of a federal prison, the former mole systematically groomed the one person he trusted most to serve as his stand-in: his youngest son, Nathan. When asked to smuggle messages out of prison to Russian contacts, Nathan saw an opportunity to be heroic and to make his father proud.", Investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bryan Denson tells the absorbing account of Jim and Nathan Nicholson--the father who shone as one of the CIA's most committed spies and then betrayed his nation; and the son who would do anything for his father, even convince himself that serving as his courier for Russian spies wasn't illegal or immoral. Jim Nicholson was the CIA's rising star. By day, he supervised a bullpen of case officers chasing down leads on global terrorists. By night, he was a minivan-driving single father racing to get home for dinner with his three kids. But Nicholson led a secret life. For more than two years, he had met covertly with agents of Russia's foreign intelligence service in locations around the world and turned over troves of classified documents, including the identities of hundreds of CIA trainees. In 1997, Nicholson became the highest ranking CIA officer ever convicted of espionage. But his duplicity didn't stop there. While behind the bars of a federal prison, the former officer had groomed the one person he trusted most to serve as his stand-in: his youngest son, Nathan. In his early twenties, deeply depressed after suffering a serious injury during military training, Nathan was easy prey for his father. When Nicholson asked him to smuggle messages out of prison to his Russian contacts, Nathan saw an opportunity to not only make something of himself but to make his father proud. A staggering chronicle of a broken family and international deception, "The Spy's Son" cuts readers loose in a world full of government and family secrets, where the betrayal of kin and country comes with a heavy price.
9780802123589 English 0802123589 "A haunting book as fast paced and as exciting as the best spy novel . . . and it s all true." Robert Lindsey, author of "The Falcon and the Snowman" Investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bryan Denson tells the riveting story of the Nicholsonsfather and son co-conspirators who deceived their country by selling national secrets to Russia. Jim Nicholson was one of the CIA's top veteran case officers. By day, he taught spycraft at the CIA's clandestine training center, The Farm. By night, he was a minivan-driving single father racing home to have dinner with his kids. But Nicholson led a double life. For more than two years, he had met covertly with agents of Russia's foreign intelligence service and turned over troves of classified documents. In 1997, Nicholson became the highest ranking CIA officer ever convicted of espionage. But his duplicity didn t stop there. While behind the bars of a federal prison, the former mole systematically groomed the one person he trusted most to serve as his stand-in: his youngest son, Nathan. When asked to smuggle messages out of prison to Russian contacts, Nathan saw an opportunity to be heroic and to make his father proud.", A haunting book as fast paced and as exciting as the best spy novel . . . and it's all true." -Robert Lindsey, author of The Falcon and the Snowman Investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bryan Denson tells the riveting story of the Nicholsons-father and son co-conspirators who deceived their country by selling national secrets to Russia.Jim Nicholson was one of the CIA's top veteran case officers. By day, he taught spycraft at the CIA's clandestine training center, The Farm. By night, he was a minivan-driving single father racing home to have dinner with his kids. But Nicholson led a double life. For more than two years, he had met covertly with agents of Russia's foreign intelligence service and turned over troves of classified documents. In 1997, Nicholson became the highest ranking CIA officer ever convicted of espionage. But his duplicity didn't stop there. While behind the bars of a federal prison, the former mole systematically groomed the one person he trusted most to serve as his stand-in: his youngest son, Nathan. When asked to smuggle messages out of prison to Russian contacts, Nathan saw an opportunity to be heroic and to make his father proud.", Investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bryan Denson tells the absorbing account of Jim and Nathan Nicholson--the father who shone as one of the CIA's most committed spies and then betrayed his nation; and the son who would do anything for his father, even convince himself that serving as his courier for Russian spies wasn't illegal or immoral. Jim Nicholson was the CIA's rising star. By day, he supervised a bullpen of case officers chasing down leads on global terrorists. By night, he was a minivan-driving single father racing to get home for dinner with his three kids. But Nicholson led a secret life. For more than two years, he had met covertly with agents of Russia's foreign intelligence service in locations around the world and turned over troves of classified documents, including the identities of hundreds of CIA trainees. In 1997, Nicholson became the highest ranking CIA officer ever convicted of espionage. But his duplicity didn't stop there. While behind the bars of a federal prison, the former officer had groomed the one person he trusted most to serve as his stand-in: his youngest son, Nathan. In his early twenties, deeply depressed after suffering a serious injury during military training, Nathan was easy prey for his father. When Nicholson asked him to smuggle messages out of prison to his Russian contacts, Nathan saw an opportunity to not only make something of himself but to make his father proud. A staggering chronicle of a broken family and international deception, "The Spy's Son" cuts readers loose in a world full of government and family secrets, where the betrayal of kin and country comes with a heavy price.