By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Life is complicated. In 2009, when Robert S. Mueller III ran the FBI, the bureau asked Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to spend millions of his own dollars funding an FBI-supervised operation to rescue a retired FBI agent, Robert Levinson, captured in Iran while working for the CIA in 2007. John Solomon writes in…
The Iranian government initially responded that it had detained Levinson but soon backed off that story and has since maintained it has no idea about Levinson’s whereabouts.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI issued a statement Saturday contesting a report by the Associated Press on Thursday, which cited an anonymous U.S. official as saying many U.S. government officials believe ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson is no longer alive. “This characterization is not accurate and diminishes the U.S. government’s resolve to safely return Robert…
The family of Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran a decade ago, is suing the Middle Eastern country.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association, which represents more than 13,000 active and former FBI agents, marked the 10th anniversary of former FBI Agent Robert Levinson’s disappearance on Thursday by calling for the Trump Administration and the international community to increase efforts to gain his release. “It’s time to bring Bob home to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This past Wednesday marked the ninth anniversary of the disappearance of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, who vanished after going to Iran. In hopes of keeping the issue at the forefront, the White House, State Department, FBI and family issued statements this week. “Bob’s wife, children, and grandchildren have waited nine long…
ABC News reports that the Facebook page is intended to get the attention of the Iranian public.
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…
