This week on Wicked Words: In 2018, the FBI discovered that high level criminals around the world were using encrypted devices to plot intricate crimes. When a powerful, secure new app began courting these syndicates, members of the underworld flocked to it. One problem for the criminals: the app was created by the FBI. Joseph Cox tells the incredible story from his book, Dark Wire. 1. Life’s 1972 cover story on the skyjacking epidemic 2. Roger Holder (Photo courtesy of Brendan I. Koerner, (theskiesbelongtous.com) 3. Cathy Kerkow (Photo courtesy of Brendan I. Koerner, theskiesbelongtous.com) 4. Angela Davis 5. Black Panther Party member Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) 6. The Philips Norelco Saferay, the first X-ray machine 7. Holder’s initial demands, as recorded by the head of Western Airlines’ dispatch center in Los Angeles (Photo courtesy of Brendan I. Koerner, theskiesbelongtous.com)