Good find anon !!
.businessinsider.com/james-risens-cia-story-op-merlin-2015-1
Operation Merlin failed on all accounts. Add in the fact that four years later, the CIA screwed up again, revealing its entire Iran spy network to a double agent, and the US was flying blind on Iran during a period in which the country was most likely making serious inroads on its nuclear program.
NO.