Twice-Convicted Ex-CIA Spy Gets 8 More Years

PORTLAND, Ore. - One of the highest-ranking CIA officers ever convicted of espionage has been sentenced to eight more years in prison after pleading guilty to betraying his country a second time.

Harold "Jim" Nicholson is already serving 24 years for selling classified U.S. documents to Russia between 1994 and 1996.

He admitted using his son, Nathan, to collect a "pension" from Russian agents beginning in 2006 while the elder Nicholson was serving his time in federal prison.

Nathan Nicholson was sentenced in December to five years on probation after making a deal with prosecutors to help build the case against his father, who the younger Nicholson said he once idolized.

Prosecutors said Jim Nicholson used Nathan to collect more than $47,000 from Russian officials in Mexico, Peru and Cyprus for past spy work.