Miles Taylor (security expert)

Miles Taylor
Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Homeland Security
In office
February 8, 2019 – September 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byChad Wolf
Succeeded byChad Mizelle (acting)
Personal details
Born1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)[1]
Political partyForward (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2022)
Republican (until 2022)
EducationIndiana University Bloomington (BA)
New College, Oxford (MPhil)

Miles Taylor (born 1986 or 1987)[1] is an author, commentator, and former American government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In the administration of the latter, he was an appointee who served in the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019, including as chief of staff of the DHS.[2][3] He was first recruited into the department by former DHS Secretary and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, serving as his senior advisor.

In 2018, Taylor wrote an op-ed in The New York Times under the pen-name "Anonymous" that was titled, "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration", which drew widespread attention for its criticism of Trump. Several months after quitting the administration, again under the pen name "Anonymous," he published a book in November 2019 titled, A Warning.[1] In October 2020, he revealed that he was "Anonymous" while campaigning against Trump's reelection.[4][5] He was the first former Trump administration official to endorse Joe Biden and launched a group of ex-officials to oppose Trump's re-election.[6][7] CNN's Jake Tapper referred to the dissenters as the largest-ever group of "former top U.S. government officials warning about the president for whom they once worked."[8]

Taylor has worked as a university lecturer on national security.[9]

  1. ^ a b c Shear, Michael D. (October 28, 2020). "Miles Taylor, a Former Homeland Security Official, Reveals He Was 'Anonymous'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 3, 2020. But Mr. Taylor, 33, who had repeatedly denied being Anonymous, did not reveal himself to be the author of the opinion article and book at the time.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Palmer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sands, Geneva (February 12, 2020). "Stephen Miller Ally Tapped as Top Homeland Security Attorney". CNN. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Taylor, Miles (October 28, 2020). "A Statement". Medium. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Tapper, Jake; Herb, Jeremy (October 28, 2020). "Author of 2018 'Anonymous' op-ed critical of Trump revealed". CNN. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  6. ^ Woodruff Swan, Betsy (August 19, 2020). "Ex-DHS official: Trump appeared to side with Team Russia". Politico. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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  8. ^ "CNN.com - Transcripts". transcripts.cnn.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "Faculty: Miles Taylor | Penn in Washington". www.piw.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2023.