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PatSeg

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25. Turns out Anonymous IS Miles Taylor
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 03:40 PM
Oct 2020

Just announced by the NYTs.

Miles Taylor, a Former Homeland Security Official, Reveals He Was ‘Anonymous’

WASHINGTON — Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, was the anonymous author of The New York Times Op-Ed article in 2018 whose description of President Trump as “impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective” roiled Washington and set off a hunt for his identity, Mr. Taylor confirmed Wednesday.

Mr. Taylor was also the anonymous author of “A Warning,” a book he wrote the following year that described the president as an “undisciplined” and “amoral” leader whose abuse of power threatened the foundations of American democracy. He acknowledged that he was the author of both the book and the opinion article in an interview and in a three-page statement he intended to post online.

Mr. Taylor resigned from the Department of Homeland Security in June 2019, and went public with his criticism of Mr. Trump this past summer. He released a video just before the start of the Republican National Convention declaring that the president was unfit for office and endorsed Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/us/politics/miles-taylor-anonymous-trump.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20201028&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta®i_id=144275770&segment_id=42633&user_id=9300c9e86795a856411ac8bf084cff8b

What's your guess for Anonymous? [View all] jezebel321 Oct 2020 OP
Kirstjen Nielsen? tblue37 Oct 2020 #1
that's a good guess, I had forgotten about her. jezebel321 Oct 2020 #6
You were close PatSeg Oct 2020 #26
Yep. And they seem to have agreed on most things, too. tblue37 Oct 2020 #27
Hope Hicks. nt Autumn Oct 2020 #2
The person who wrote "A Warning" PatSeg Oct 2020 #19
Hicks was snark on my behalf. The writer is a coward and certainly not a profile in courage. Autumn Oct 2020 #23
Turns out Anonymous IS Miles Taylor PatSeg Oct 2020 #25
Those are good choices PatSeg Oct 2020 #3
Same here... 2naSalit Oct 2020 #5
Yes, that dawned on me as well PatSeg Oct 2020 #20
Not for long... nt sweetloukillbot Oct 2020 #15
I'm sure he/she is counting the days! PatSeg Oct 2020 #21
This writer says Elaine Chao (and Mitch) underpants Oct 2020 #4
well that would be a suprise. nt jezebel321 Oct 2020 #7
Now that's an inetersting piece of info. 2naSalit Oct 2020 #8
That would explain not coming forward until now Blaukraut Oct 2020 #10
If it's Chao, does revealing that before the election somehow help McConnell's reelection chances? Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2020 #12
Hurt. Badly hurt. It would prove #MoscowMitch refused to remove a great danger to our country Arazi Oct 2020 #24
That would be straight up Machiavellian ok_cpu Oct 2020 #13
Interesting. denbot Oct 2020 #16
Now, that's really interesting PatSeg Oct 2020 #22
Kellyanne Conway, my guess. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2020 #9
+1 happybird Oct 2020 #17
No doubt about it... DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #11
Good grief! I'm getting my conspiracy theories mixed up! DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #29
Gen. John F. Kelly Kid Berwyn Oct 2020 #14
I know who it is MoonlitKnight Oct 2020 #18
It's Miles Taylor underpants Oct 2020 #28
'Anonymous' Outs Himself As Miles Taylor, Former DHS Chief Of Staff UCmeNdc Oct 2020 #30
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