Lunch security

U.S. counter-spy chief cuffs driver who rammed restaurant

Maybe only in the Washington area could you find the U.S. counterintelligence chief handcuffing a suspect after his lunch is interrupted by a car ramming into his restaurant and bursting into flames.

National Counterintelligence Executive Bill Evanina was eating in the Silver Diner in McLean, Virginia, on Wednesday when a Hummer crashed into the building and caught fire, said a U.S. intelligence official, who described the incident on condition of anonymity.

A video posted to YouTube shows a suited Mr. Evanina and his two luncheon companions dragging the driver away from the Hummer.

The man is flipped over and Mr. Evanina, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, kneels on his back and handcuffs him as sirens wail and flames leap from the car.