Miles Taylor (security expert)
Miles Taylor | |
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Taylor during the Web Summit 2024 | |
| Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Homeland Security | |
| In office February 8, 2019 – September 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Chad Wolf |
| Succeeded by | Chad Mizelle (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 38–39) |
| Party | Forward (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2022) Republican (until 2022) |
| Education | Indiana University Bloomington (BA) New College, Oxford (MPhil) |
Miles Taylor (born 1986 or 1987) is an American author, commentator, and former government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In the first Trump administration, he was an appointee in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019. 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 2019 titled, A Warning. In 2020, he revealed that he was "Anonymous" while campaigning against Trump's reelection.
Taylor was the first former Trump administration official to endorse Joe Biden and launched a group of ex-officials to oppose Trump's re-election. Taylor is an advisor to emerging technology companies and a regular news commentator on issues related to technology and national security. He has also worked as a university lecturer on national security.