U.S. says former FBI agent missing in Iran

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. says former FBI agent missing in Iran

By Sue Pleming
8 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is asking Iran to provide information
about a former FBI agent believed to have gone missing several weeks ago while
on private business there, U.S. officials said on Monday.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the family and employer of
the man reported him missing and the State Department was sending an official
inquiry to Iran via Swiss diplomats, who act as a go-between with Tehran
because the two countries do not have diplomatic relations.

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The FBI confirmed the missing man had worked for the FBI more than a decade
ago but said he was not in Iran on any official business and his work at the
agency had not focused on Iran.

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The missing man, described by officials as middle-aged, is believed to have been
visiting Kish island off the southern coast of Iran where he was trying to set up
interviews for a third party. His wife lives in the United States.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070402/ts_nm/iran_usa_missing_dc_2

[Lerkfish]

1. um, yeah, I believe he was there on "nonofficial" business.

plausible deniability of black ops.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Sort of like Valerie Plame before BushCo. outed her.

Perhaps someone outed him as well. With the Bushistas in charge you never know. Maybe the Iranians considered him an "enemy combatant": in which case, using the Bushistas' precedent, he could be held indefinitely without access to legal council, he wouldn't even have to be told why he was being held.

I always said Bush's antics would someday come back to bite our own people in the ass, and it looks like that may be happening. :shrug: