Reporter claims to have found FBI Director James Comey's Twitter account
WASHINGTON -- A reporter for the website Gizmodo says she’s uncovered a stealth Twitter account that she believes belongs to FBI Director James Comey.
Comey acknowledged in a speech Wednesday that he was “on Twitter now,” though he did not reveal his account information.
In a first-person account posted Thursday, Gizmodo journalist Ashley Feinberg said she used several clues to an account with the username Reinhold Niebuhr and the handle “@projectexile7.”
Comey’s senior thesis was about Niebuhr, a theologian. Comey helped develop a federal program called Project Exile during his time as a U.S. attorney in Virginia, Gizmodo noted.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment.
Hours after the Gizmodo story, a tweet appeared from @projectexile7 with an image of Will Ferrell in “Anchorman” and a quote from the movie: “Actually I’m Not Even Mad. That’s Amazing.” The tweet also included a link to the FBI job application site:
