nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor1|||Ex-Homeland Security Official Outs Himself As 'Anonymous' Anti-Trump Author||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Miles Taylor defended his decision to criticize the president anonymously, saying it forced him to address the merits of the claims "rather than creating distractions through petty insults."

Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor, pictured in March 2018, announced he is behind the scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book published under the pen name "Anonymous."



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Ex-Homeland Security Official Outs Himself As 'Anonymous' Anti-Trump Author

Miles Taylor defended his decision to criticize the president anonymously, saying it forced him to address the merits of the claims "rather than creating distractions through petty insults."