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Disappearance of CIA contractor in Iran caused shake-up

Clip: 12/13/2013 | 8m 12s

Disappearance of CIA contractor Levinson in Iran caused agency shake-up

In 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran. For years the U.S. maintained that Levinson was a private citizen who went missing during a business trip, but a new report finds that he had been previously contracted by the CIA. Jeffrey Brown talks to Ted Bridis of the Associated Press about the findings.

12/13/2013 | Rating NR

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