Bob Levinson, Six Years and Counting in Captivity....Diplomatic and Non-Diplomatic efforts to free him.

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I find it interesting to contrast the efforts and non-efforts of this and past Administrations on behalf of Bob Levinson, currently languishing in an Iranian prison, with that of the two Current TV journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling who were captured, tried and convicted in North Korean three years ago.
Lee and Ling, who were doing a documentary for Current TV on refugees and refugee smuggling from N. Korea to China, were warned repeated by the North Korean military to stay out of the country. (And yes, that's the same Current TV owned in part by Al Gore and recently sold to AL-Jazerra for hundreds of millions.)
These two women clearly violated North Korean law and once arrested inside North Korea, were quickly tried, convicted and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.
They were strongly admonished by religious and human rights groups on the Chinese side of the border for having outed and severely damaged any progress these groups had been able to attain on the Chinese side of the border regarding safe-houses and key operatives. God only knows the ultimate fate of their other contacts and sources to include their Chinese-based Korean guide who, as far as I recall, never got out.
I find it amazing that these 2 selfish and rogue journalists, nonetheless, brought about a tsunami of  "diplomatic" efforts to free them. Those efforts were led by President Obama, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, the Swedish Ambassador acting on behalf of the U.S. Interests Section in Pyongyang and a University of Georgia, Korean Professor with ties to Korea.  The man leading  the charge right into the office of President Kim Jong-il was no other than Bill Clinton, tasked by Hillary and President Obama to get over there forthwith.
Well, as we all recall, Bill left North Korean with the 2 journalists in tow on a private 737 owned by Hollywood mogul, Steve Bing ultimately landing in Los Angeles where they were greeted by Al Gore and throngs of Hollywood and media types holding press conferences, lauding them as heros for their wonderful humanitarian efforts.  I distinctly remember the feelings of nausea I felt not only by the disdain I felt for their hubris and selfish over-righteousness but for the damage they had done and the lives they cost.
Well, that's the long and short of one saga related to the capture by a rogue nation of two Americans acting as "journalists" who violated their laws and the massive intervention by the U.S. government to set them free.
On the other hand, we have Bob Levinson, a man who served his country for all of his adult life with honor and distinction and who selflessly continued in retirement to try and "do the right thing" and Mrs. Levinson and her family can't even get the State Department to return her phone calls after two years of having received the photos and videos of Bob in Iranian captivity.
Talk about getting nauseous.
It's probably the understatement of the year but seems like our policy and law-makers in Washington have a different perspective on what and who is priority and what and who is not.
Unfortunately, it appears as though rogue journalists who clearly violated international law, further strained already strained U.S./North Korean relations and put many people lives in harms way rate higher in Washington, D.C. diplomatic channels than a former FBI agent who gave the better part of his life in service to his country. .