Miles Taylor

About

Miles Taylor (born 1988) is an American national security official, author, and political commentator best known for anonymously writing a scathing critique of the Trump administration from within.

Government & National Security Career

Early Education: Taylor grew up in Indiana and graduated from Indiana University Bloomington before earning a master's degree from the London School of Economics as a Marshall Scholar.

Department of Homeland Security: During the George W. Bush administration, he worked on Capitol Hill and as a homeland security analyst. Under the Trump administration, Taylor served as a senior advisor to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and later as the Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019 under Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

The "Anonymous" Op-Ed & Book

"I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration": In September 2018, while still serving as a high-ranking DHS official, Taylor published an anonymous opinion piece in The New York Times claiming that many officials within the executive branch were actively working from within to thwart Donald Trump's worst impulses and erratic behavior. He later expanded this into the 2019 anonymous best-selling book A Warning.

Unmasking: In October 2020, ahead of the presidential election, Taylor publicly revealed himself as "Anonymous," making him one of the highest-profile former Trump administration officials to openly break ranks and campaign against Trump's reelection.

Post-Government & Media

Republican Accountability Project: Following his unmasking, Taylor helped co-found the Republican Accountability Project, an organization of conservative and center-right figures dedicated to opposing Donald Trump and right-wing populism.

CNN Analyst & Author: He serves as a national security analyst for CNN and authored the book Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump (2023), which examines the vulnerabilities of the American federal bureaucracy.

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