Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson Missing In Iran Was On An Unapproved CIA Mission

American Missing Nearly 7 Years In Iran Was On An Unapproved CIA Mission -- Business Insider/AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime figures. Days later, after an arranged meeting with an admitted killer, he checked out of his hotel, slipped into a taxi and vanished. For years, the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citizen who traveled to the tiny Persian Gulf island on private business.

But that was just a cover story. An Associated Press investigation reveals that Levinson was working for the CIA. In an extraordinary breach of the most basic CIA rules, a team of analysts — with no authority to run spy operations — paid Levinson to gather intelligence from some of the world's darkest corners. He vanished while investigating the Iranian government for the U.S.

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More News On Reports That Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson Missing In Iran Was Working For The CIA

Ex-FBI agent who disappeared in Iran was on rogue mission for CIA -- Washington Post
Kerry tight-lipped on missing American in Iran -- Washington Post/AP
Report: American missing in Iran worked for CIA -- Al Arabiya/AFP
American who went missing in Iran in 2007 was on rogue CIA mission -- Jerusalem Post
Reports: American Who Went Missing In Iran Worked For CIA -- CNN
CIA was responsible for ex-FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007 -- UPI
American Who Disappeared in Iran Worked for CIA: Reports -- Voice of America
Hostage's family: Time for U.S. to "step up" after CIA revelations -- CBS News
Levinson family: Government must ‘step up and take care of one of its own’ -- Washington Post
Family of American who vanished in Iran sees plusses in disclosure he was working for CIA -- NBC
American kidnapped in Iran on CIA mission, Robert Levinson, failed by US government: family -- New York Daily News
Missing American in Iran, Robert Levinson was a CIA Agent on Unapproved Mission: Report -- International Business Times
The White House Has Been Lying About That Ex-FBI Agent Missing in Iran for Seven Years, Bombshell AP Report Says -- The Blaze
Sen. Bill Nelson: I told AP not to run Robert Levinson story -- Washington Post

My Comment: How can anyone go to Iran on an unapproved CIA mission is beyond me .... but the Daily Mail tries to shed some light on this bizarre case.