A former FBI agent who went missing in Iran was working for the CIA there, not conducting private business as officials have previously claimed, The Associated Press and the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Both the State Department and Bob Levinson's family have long denied he was working for the U.S. government when he disappeared on a trip to Iran in 2007. But Thursday's reports from the Washington Post and the AP claim that Levinson had been on a CIA mission to dig up information. A source who's involved in the matter told CNN that there's proof that Levinson worked for the CIA undercover and under contract while also working as a private investigator.
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Source: The CIA apologized to the family, paid $2.5 million settlement
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Family: "It is time for the U.S. government to step up"
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AP and Washington Post: Bob Levinson was working for the CIA in Iran
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Officials and family have previously denied government ties to the trip
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