Family: US believes ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson has died

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2. wiki claims he was on a mission for the CIA. Levinson's travel was planned by three CIA officials

who did not follow the proper vetting process or seek the necessary approval for the mission from their supervisors. Kish Island in the Persian Gulf is a free-trade zone, meaning Americans do not need a visa to enter, a tourist destination and stronghold of international organized crime. In 2008 the CIA forced the CIA officials to turn in early resignations and disciplined seven others after an internal investigation determined they were responsible for sending Levinson on the mission to Iran. He retired from the FBI in 1998 and had become self-employed as a private investigator. he suffered from type 1 diabetes, gout, and hypertension