There are a few things we know about the FBI Director James Comey’s social media life, since he is been quite a mum about it, all in the effort to preserve his privacy. But the shroud of privacy may have gone up in flames as he apparently gave out a little too much of information about his Internet persona.
The Gizmodo reporter Ashley Feinberg went on a little mission to find the Comey’s Instagram and Twitter accounts after one of his statements.
“I care deeply about privacy, treasure it. I have an Instagram account with only nine followers. Nobody gets in. They are all immediate relatives and one is daughter’s serious boyfriend. I let them in as they are serious enough. I don’t want anybody looking at my personal photos. I treasure my security and privacy on Internet. My job is public safety,” Comey said in an interview. Since he previously admitted to use Twitter, it is only natural that would somehow be connected.
The reporter went on to look for that Instagram account and get the first clue from there. After a little effort, she found Brien Comey who is the FBI’s director’s son and a basketball star. After checking around for a while, she tried out a search on Twitter for the name “Brien Comey” without “James” so all the references to his father would be left.
That eventually led to a tweet from college basketball team Brien is on, in which one account is mentioned – @twittafuzz. Even though this is now pretty much dead, if you can search through the mentions, there is enough evidence to sustain the idea that it is owned by Brien Comey since someone congratulates him on his dad’s promotion as chief of the FBI. Looking through the comments left on a picture featuring Comey’s son led to his Instagram account.