By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The family of Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nine years ago, lashed out at the Obama administration Monday for failing to notify them that their loved one was not part of a prisoner exchange.
In separate interviews, Robert Levinson’s wife, Christine, criticized the administration after they learned from the media – not the government – that her 59-year-old husband was not among the detained Americans released from Iran.
“We had to learn it from the TV ourselves, and that’s very disappointing and heartbreaking,” Robert Levinson’s wife, Christine, told the Associated Press.
Christine Levinson told ABC News that she felt “devastated” and “betrayed” by the White House.
“I thought after nine years that they would have enough respect for our family to at least tell us in advance that this is happening,” Levinson’s wife, Christine, told ABC News. “It could have been five minutes, but to find out on the TV for the whole family… was wrong. It was absolutely devastating.”
“I’m very disappointed. I feel extremely betrayed by them,” she said.
Levinson disappeared in Iran while on assignment for the U.S. government in 2007.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that he feels “horrible” for the family.
“I know it’s very, very difficult for his family to see these other people come back and to not have answers,” Kerry said.
