The Associated Press dropped a bombshell on the long-standing story of missing “retired” FBI agent Robert Levinson, who went missing in 2007 while on a trip to Iran. Turns out Levinson was working for the CIA at the time.
With the State Department overtly lying about Levinson, who they insist was a “private businessman,” the AP finally reported the truth, but three years after they found it out.
The AP said they had previously withheld the story several times at the behest of the Obama Administration, who claimed it had “promising leads” as to Levinson’s whereabouts. After those all came up empty and officials were starting to admit they are out of leads, so the AP finally went with it.
The official narrative on Levinson remains a patchwork of vague assumptions about Iran, generalized claims he is held somewhere in Southwest Asia, and now discredited claims he wasn’t a spy. The AP story may eventually force the administration to come clean about where it stands on the investigation.
Why on earth would the AP refuse to report on this case at the behest of the Obama Administration, who claimed it had “promising leads” as to Levinson’s whereabouts? So what? Report the story! If all the purported "leads" come up empty, then report that too.
This is an example of why the mainstream media (MSM) are not believed any more by most people. The MSM is to beholden to the government. They're nothing more than cheerleaders for the government, and the public is not getting the straight scoop. We're either being lied to or taken for fools.
I agree with your analysis. But it's actually worse than you suggest. The MSM is also leading and promoting these wars and interventions. MSM seeks to justify US-Israeli aggression and subterfuge wherever its operates. Operatives in the MSM are not just cheerleaders, but co-conspirators.
"Dead men tell no tales," or in this case 'missing.' The administration will never come clean to the public, we are not that important…..unless they are caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
This is my opinion only…the payment of the $2.5M annuity tells me that the CIA knows exactly where their tool is and that he is not coming back…and they're washing their hands.