article_snippet: In a statement, the FBI said his government will pay up to $5 million for information that can help bring Robert Levinson  home, up from $1 million. '
article_snippet: the FBI ask his government to work cooperatively with the FBI on the investigation into Robert Levinson  disappearance so the FBI can ensure Robert Levinson  safe return,' Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement.
article_snippet: Secretary of State John Kerry urged his government to 'work cooperatively with his government on the investigation into Robert Levinson's disappearance.'
article_snippet: the FBI the FBI has been investigating Robert Levinson 's disappearance and the hunt has led the FBI into Afghanistan and Pakistan - and back to Iran.
article_snippet: An Associated Press investigation published in 2013 revealed that Robert Levinson  vanished while working for the CIA on an unapproved intelligence-gathering mission.
article_snippet: Robert Levinson  had lost weight and begged for help from The Iranian government .
article_snippet: After Robert Levinson  vanished, the CIA at first told lawmakers Robert Levinson  had previously done contract work for the agency, but Robert Levinson  had no current relationship with the agency and there was no connection to Iran.
article_snippet: However, in October 2007, Robert Levinson 's lawyer discovered emails in which Robert Levinson  told a CIA friend that Robert Levinson  was working to develop a source with access to The Iranian government.
article_snippet: emails in which Levinson told a CIA friend that he was working to develop a source with access to the Iranian government were turned over to the Senate Intelligence Committee, which touched off an internal CIA investigation.
article_snippet: Three veteran analysts were forced out of CIA and seven others were disciplined as a result of a breach of agency rules.
article_snippet: CIA CIA paid Robert Levinson 's family $2.5 million to pre-empt a revealing lawsuit, and the agency rewrote the agency rules restricting how analysts can work with outsiders.
highlights_snippet: Robert Levinson  vanished while working for the CIA on an unapproved intelligence-gathering mission.
  