Could Robert Ludlum Have Written This?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5741363.html
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Did the Houston Police Department kill a federal agent? Well, we will sit back and wait out this one. Let me say for the sake of argument that this guy is a federal agent, then why did he run from the police to begin with? Why did he not comply with orders to surrender?
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"The victim was identified by friends as Roland Vincent Carnaby, 52, of Houston. But who he really was — or more precisely, what he was — is something police are still trying to piece together."
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Well, just who are these friends the article mentions? What the hell is a "federal intelligence officer?" There is the CIA, the DHS, the NSA, even the military (USN, USMC, USAF, US Army) have intelligence officers. Anyone with any insight into federal government bureaucracies know that the words "federal" and "intelligence" do not go together.
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"Even mundane details of Carnaby's life were tinged with mystery. His address listed with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is a private mailbox at a UPS Store near downtown. The address at which he registered his Jeep Commander was a different UPS Store in Pearland."
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Either he was some sort of intelligence operative, or he was some sort of loon.
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"I can't fathom any reason why he would be running from the police because he is the police," Platt said. "This doesn't make any sense. I can't understand him running or why they opened up on him. This doesn't smell right."
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If he really was the police like his friend suggests, he more than likely could have showed his credentials and probably been let go. Instead, he sped off and lead officers on a 120 MPH chase on the highway. These are not the actions of a rational person, certainly no "intelligent" person (pardon the pun). Perhaps he wanted to die and wanted the police to do it for him. This smells of a suicide by cop. However, like you all, I do not have all of the facts. We will have to wait and see.