OnThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,Anderson Cooper served as the mock host of the CNN-parodying Fake LSSC, to discuss how the FBIs counterterrorism investigation of President Trumps 2016 campaign came to be named Crossfire Hurricane.
The president likes to end his campaign rallies with the song You Cant Always Get What You Want, which is of course a Rolling Stones song, Cooper said. But its a different song by the Stones that provided the code name for an FBI investigation that helped provide the foundation for the case that became the Special Counsel investigation. The code name: Crossfire Hurricane.'
Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that FBI agents started an investigation, which came before Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation, into Russian election interference and Trumps 2016 campaign 100 days before Election Day. The investigation was code-named Crossfire Hurricane.
How about Beatles Back in the USSR? one agent threw out in a humorous reenactment of how the code name came to be. Too obvious, the FBI team leader said, who is also a big King Crimson fan. Jailhouse Rock? another agent suggested. Nah, the Elvis estate is too litigious.
Tiny Dancer? You know, cause of the tiny hands? lobbied one agent, but its thrown out because its too on the nose. They eventually agreed on the Stones Jumpin Jack Flash lyric, Crossfire Hurricane, but not before they debated the artistic merits of King Crimson.