Posted on 01/13/2009 7:30:28 PM PST by nuconvert
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A U.S. senator revealed Tuesday that he believes a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nearly two years ago is being held in a secret prison there.
Sen. Bill Nelson shed new light on the disappearance of Robert Levinson during a confirmation hearing for Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington. Levinson, of Coral Springs, Fla., was last seen on Iran's Kish island in March 2007 where he had gone to seek information for a client of his security firm.
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Next thing you know, someone will be demanding a trial for him!
wow
I hope that prison isn’t within nuclear blast or fallout range of Iran’s nuke and missile facilities.
Does such a statement by Clinton really constitute good evidence?
4later
Levinson testified against (1998) and had been pursuing Sergei Mikhailov, the most powerful Russian mafia boss in the world. Mikhailov is widely known for silencing witnesses and investigators. Mikhailov is deeply involved in cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting in Iran and has many operatives/soldiers there.
Levinson definitely went into harms way when he went to Iran. These Russians are the wrong people to meet and they get even.
I agree. I think he’s dead
OK soo....57 hostages for 444 days, and this guy for 700 days, right?
Better headline would be -
Senator Missing: American in Secret Prison in Iran
I’m sure we could pick many, many senators. If he makes it, my choice would be Franken. Schumer would certainly be there. Reid, of course. Boxer, a no brainer.
Good chance the Iranians tipped off Mikhailov.
Unfamiliar source:
RUSSIA — FSB Colonel Sergey Mikhailov: “The spy without a ...
https://gosint.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/russia-fsb-colonel-sergey...
May 04, 2017 · “Sergei Mikhailov, a top cybersecurity specialist in the FSB, and his deputy Dmitry Dokuchaev are being accused of breaking their oath and working with the CIA.” Interfax News Agency Former FSB Colonel Sergei Mikhailov is facing treason changes in Moscow.
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