Complex sentence: On November 16,1996, the FBI arrested Nicholson at Dulles International Airport outside Washington; he had a ticket to Zurich, a bundle of exposed film and a computer disk bearing classified information from CIA files.
Split into simpler sentences: On November 16,1996, the FBI arrested Nicholson at Dulles International Airport. He had a ticket to Zurich, a bundle of exposed film and a computer disk bearing classified information from CIA files.