Is Comey signaling something, or is he just bored?
A mysterious Twitter account believed to belong to former FBI Director James Comey was once again active on Wednesday after a nearly seven-month hiatus, as reported by the Washington Examiner.
The tweet, only the second ever posted by the username Reinhold Niebuhr, reads “Beautiful fall day at West Point. Lone kayaker on the Hudson” and is accompanied by a photograph of the scene described.
Beautiful fall day at West Point. Lone kayaker on the Hudson. pic.twitter.com/gcJ730VD7p
— James Comey (@Comey) October 18, 2017
The account was first reported as possibly belonging to the former FBI head by Gizmodo, which began investigating after Comey revealed at a dinner event in March that he secretly has profiles on Twitter and Instagram.
More Comey: His kid showed him a tweet that said “Comey is such a political hack” and he loved it. pic.twitter.com/j58koSancq
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) March 30, 2017
Clues pointing to the “Reinhold Niebuhr” Twitter account’s association with Comey include the fact that another “Reinhold Neibuhr” follows the controversial FBI director’s son, Brien, on Instagram. Reinhold Neibuhr was an American theologian and political commentator on whom Comey wrote his senior thesis while at the College of William and Mary.
Additionally, Reinhold Neibuhr originally was only followed by journalist Benjamin Wittes, a friend of Comey’s. Interestingly, Wittes brought attention to the new tweet and says he convinced the account’s owner to unlock it (the account was locked soon after its existence became widely known).
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Look who's tweeted again… https://t.co/7l7JkyHAx1
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) October 18, 2017
I’ve never confirmed the identity of the holder of this account and I’m not going to start now. I will say that won’t regret following it. https://t.co/5seGECnLbQ
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) October 18, 2017
And while I am of course not confirming that @FormerBu is James Comey, I have just convinced whoever holds the account to unlock it. https://t.co/Yik80hddi1
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) October 19, 2017
Although the Reinhold Neibuhr account has changed its Twitter handle from @projectexile7 to @FormerBu, Los Angeles Times reporter Matt Pearce, has followed it and claims the account is the same.
(I know it’s his account because I followed it when it was first found)
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) October 18, 2017
Project Exile was a federal program Comey worked on while a US attorney in Richmond, Virginia.
The only other tweet ever published by the allegedly Comey-linked account was made the day after the former FBI director revealed he has a social media presence.
https://t.co/L5ehuMFGat pic.twitter.com/x53gCG7Nvc
— James Comey (@Comey) March 30, 2017
The ambiguous tweet and picture by the Reinhold Niebuhr account has social media users searching for a meaning, with some hypothesizing there is a “hidden message.”
So what you’re telling us is: Mueller is the lone kayaker over a river of treasonous information… right?
— Rogue WH Snr Advisor (@RogueSNRadvisor) October 19, 2017
Me figuring out if theres a deeper meaning or if he just had a lovely day on the Hudson… pic.twitter.com/KVafJWc5vr
— Rogue CPI (@RogueCPI) October 18, 2017
The real question is whether the lone kayaker is going with or against the current?
— MAGA HIVE (@magahive) October 19, 2017
Hey Mr. Comey are you trying to tell us something cos I know u know a lot of information about the traitor in-chief.
— gbuzo?????? (@ohiens_omons) October 19, 2017
Much ado about nothing? More than a few Twitter users seemed to think so.
All these people looking 400 layers deep for hidden meanings like pic.twitter.com/quFCnctPkq
— PessByNature (@PessByNature) October 19, 2017
— Deb from IL ??☮️? (@MyRedBeetle) October 19, 2017
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