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James Comey Confirms Ownership of Twitter Account

Rejected submission by takyon at 2017-10-23 19:50:35
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Comey Fesses Up, Claims Ownership Of Suspected Twitter Account [npr.org]

Former FBI Director James Comey, who has cultivated a low public profile since his surprise firing last May, confirmed Monday that he is the author of a Twitter account that was previously anonymous — and signaled that he is going to rejoin the national conversation.

Comey tweeted an image of himself standing alone, along the roadside in Iowa, writing, "On the road home. Gotta get back to writing. Will try to tweet in useful ways."

Earlier this year, a reporter for Gizmodo traced [gizmodo.com] the Twitter account to Comey, after doing what she described as "four hours of sleuthing." The account, under the pseudonym "Reinhold Niebuhr," takes the name of a well-known theologian about whom Comey wrote an undergraduate thesis at the College of William & Mary.

[...] True to form, the more creative minds on Twitter took things farther afield. "Darth," a prominent and playful figure on the social media site, noted his presence in Iowa — wearing running shoes — and added a Nike swoosh and the words, "he's running." A lot of political reporters took notice of those facts, too.

Previously: FBI Director's Secret Twitter Account Outed by Loose Lips and Metadata [soylentnews.org]


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