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Abbott, Greg, 201
Abedin, Huma, 249
Abrams, Elliott, 156
Afghanistan, 20, 28, 32, 61, 63, 121, 151, 182, 247
Trump’s speech on, 163–67
Agalarov family, 74
Air Intelligence Agency, 190
Alaska, 199
Al-Azhar University, 118
Alliance for Securing Democracy, 232–33
Allison, Graham, 17
al-Qaeda, 33, 52, 53, 84, 98, 131, 155
alt-right, 7, 47, 153, 199, 237, 239
Al Udeid Air Base, 170
America, idea of, 130–31
America Abroad Media, 89
“America First,” 22, 24, 40, 117, 152, 162, 182–86
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), 167
Arab Awakening, 193
Armenia, 14
Arpaio, Joe, 216–17
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 207
Assad, Bashar al-, 31–32, 73, 119–20, 159, 160, 162, 168, 197
Assange, Julian, 76, 107, 202, 204–5
Aspen Security Conference, 52, 85, 99, 143–46, 172, 180
Bagehot, Walter, 86
Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-, 31, 98
Bakos, Nada, 126
Balkans, 2
Bannon, Steve, 49, 84, 95, 149–50, 152, 153, 166
Bash, Jeremy, 247
Battle of 73 Easting, 150–51
Becker, Paul, 95–96
Bellinger, John, 65–67
Benghazi attack, 89, 92, 117, 138
Binney, Bill, 205–7
Blackwater, 164
Bleier, Rocky, 235–36
Blitzer, Wolf, 211
Bolton, John, 138–39
Boot, Max, 204
Bortnikov, Alexander, 71
Bossert, Tom, 108, 157, 159, 215–17
Boy Scouts of America, 102, 208
Brady, Tom, 113
Brennan, John, 6, 34–35, 71, 105, 108, 128, 135, 144, 180, 208, 247, 248
Britain, 17
governmental structure of, 86–87
security forces in, 213
Brookings Institution, 20, 117
Bryan, William Jennings, 26
Bulgaria, 133
Burr, Richard, 108
Bush, George H. W., 184
Bush, George W., 27–30, 32–33, 37, 39, 46, 50, 55, 57, 67, 82, 87, 93, 125, 156, 157, 184, 229
Hayden’s meetings with, 144–45
intelligence community and, 78
on Iraq, 165
vetting of speeches and, 165
BuzzFeed, 112
Capra, Frank, 30
CBS News, 101
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 8, 18, 39, 45, 78, 80, 84, 97, 112, 124, 134, 142, 147, 164, 177, 181, 215, 218, 229, 248–49, 250–51, 256
Cohen-Watnick and, 97
DNC hack and, 206
Farm site of, 114
former officials on news networks, 247
Haspel at, 94
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and, 172, 173
leadership profiles in, 126, 181
Pompeo appointed director of, 91–94, 95
quality of agents in, 131
and Russian interference in U.S. election, 105, 141
Trump and, 143–47
vetting of speeches and, 165
Cerberus Capital Management, 95
Charlottesville white supremacist rally, 8, 213, 216
Chertoff, Michael, 20
Chicago Council of Global Affairs, 187–88
China, 16–17, 43–44, 102–3, 117, 123, 125, 149, 182
Christianity, 50–51
Middle East and, 53
and relationship between church and state, 50, 51
Muslims and, 49–50
Chu, Steven, 230
Civiltà Cattolica, 48
Clapper, Jim, 6, 34–35, 72, 94, 112, 128, 135, 196, 208, 247, 248
Clinton, Bill, 39
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 23, 44, 64, 66, 68, 70, 92, 105, 107, 117, 118, 120, 190, 202, 232, 238, 248
intelligence briefings and, 78–79
Russia and, 195, 201, 233, 254, 255
Trump campaign–Russian meeting and, 74, 75
CNN, 57, 135, 172, 204, 216, 224–25, 246
Trump’s wrestling video, 215–16
Coats, Dan, 255–56
Cohen, Eliot, 7–8, 58–60, 65, 66, 116, 228
Cohen-Watnick, Ezra, 97, 152, 153
Cohn, Gary, 185
Cohn, Roy, 26
Comey, Jim, 140, 141, 208, 227, 228
and Russian interference in U.S. election, 6, 104, 107–10, 140, 141
Trump’s wiretapping claims and, 1, 133, 134, 135
Committee to Investigate Russia, 233
Congress, 246
conspiracy theories, 88, 152–53, 199, 201, 206, 207, 238, 255
deep state, 7, 40, 45, 84–85, 86, 88, 150, 206, 247, 249
DNC hack, 206–7
wiretapping, 1–2, 23, 101, 131–35, 211–12
convergence, 7
Coats, Dan, 94–95, 99, 140, 142, 143, 145, 180–81, 218
Cooper, Anderson, 57
Corn, David, 228
Council on Foreign Relations, 232
Crimea, 18, 32, 71, 74, 119, 193
Crocker, Ryan, 20
Cuba, 183
cyber domain, 190–91, 196, 241, 256
Russia and, 119, 191–92, 196–97, 232, 240
Trump team and, 90–91, 111, 157
see also social media
Death of Expertise, The (Nichols), 45
deep state, 7, 40, 45, 84–85, 86, 88, 150, 206, 247, 249
Defense Department, 63, 90–91, 124, 186, 187
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 63–64, 89
democracy, 1, 8, 10, 11, 28, 51, 67, 72, 118, 240–41
presidential transitions and, 81
Democracy Index, 10
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 107, 190, 202–7, 255
Democratic Party, 157, 201, 240, 255
Dereliction of Duty (McMaster), 150
Dickerson, John, 101
Director of National Intelligence (DNI), 68, 142
Coats as, 94–95
and Russian interference in U.S. election, 104, 105
Dobbs, Lou, 204
Doherty, Peter, 230
Dunford, Joe, 172
Dunning, David, 46
Ebadi, Shirin, 220, 222, 229–30
Eisenhower administration, 14
elections:
of 2012, 39
of 2016, see presidential election of 2016
2018 midterm, 256
Ellis, Jim, 125
“emerging status quo” template, 17
Enlightenment, 3–4, 10–11, 51, 188, 221, 239
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, 119
ExxonMobil, 155
Facebook, 38, 107, 196, 200, 222, 223, 238, 241
facts, see truth
Fawlty Towers, 243
FBI Agents Association, 229
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 75, 112, 141, 150, 208, 227, 229, 247, 256
and Russian interference in U.S. election, 6, 104, 105, 108, 109, 140
Trump’s wiretapping claims and, 1–2, 23, 132, 133
Field of Fight, The (Flynn and Ledeen), 64
Five Eyes agreement, 134
Flynn, Mike, 49–50, 63–64, 69, 84, 89, 90, 91, 95, 97, 108, 140, 150, 151, 152
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 135, 218
Nunes memo and, 217–18
Foreign Policy, 153
Fournier, Ron, 26
Fox, Vicente, 116
Fox and Friends, 55
Fox News, 7, 56, 68, 69, 85, 132, 135, 157, 180, 190, 203–8, 224, 225
Fox News Sunday, 106
Francis, Pope, 48
Freeman, Morgan, 233
Friedman, Tom, 168
“Future of Truth” conference, 219–22, 226, 229–30
Gaddafi, Muammar, 177
Gateway Pundit, 238
Geneva Conventions, 57
Georgia, 18
Gerasimov, Valery, 192–93, 195
Gergen, David, 48
German Marshall Fund of the United States, 232–33
Gertz, Bill, 146
Gingrich, Newt, 204
Glennon, Michael J., 86–88
globalization, 21, 22, 25, 122
global tectonics, 15, 18, 19–20
global warming, see climate change
Goldberg, Jeffrey, 168–69
Goldman Sachs, 185
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act, 183–84
Gorka, Sebastian, 84
Gorsuch, Neil, 133–34
Gothenburg, Sweden, “Future of Truth” conference in, 219–22, 226, 229–30
government shutdown, 209–10
Graham, Lindsey, 180
Grathwohl, Casper, 3
Grayling, A. C., 3–4, 51, 99–100, 192
Greene, Sam, 186
Greenwald, Glenn, 85
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), 170, 171
Gulf War, 150–51
Hadley, Steve, 155
Hagee, John, 52
Hamilton 68 dashboard, 233, 236
Hannity, Sean, 85, 135, 190, 204–5
Haqqani network, 166
Harman, Jane, 32
Harris, Harry, 176
Harward, Bob, 151
Haspel, Gina, 94
Hayden, Michael V.:
Bush’s meetings with, 144–45
career of, 2, 6, 18, 21–22, 39, 85, 129, 133, 134, 136, 144–45, 154–55, 175–76, 177, 184, 190–91, 246
at “Future of Truth” conference, 219–22, 226, 229–30
in Korea, 175–76
meeting with Trump supporters in Pittsburgh, 22–25, 28, 49, 80, 115, 205
Playing to the Edge, 55, 57, 59, 131, 205
response to Trump’s CNN comment, 225
Hay, John, 39
Hayes, Steve, 204
Heikensten, Lars, 222
Hewitt, Hugh, 98
Hezbollah, 98, 120, 124, 159, 168
Higgins, Rich, 152–53
Hillbilly Elegy (Vance), 25
Holt, Lester, 143
Homeland Security, Department of, 91, 116, 124, 156
Hoover Institution, 124–25
House Intelligence Committee, 88, 92, 107, 133, 135, 249
Nunes memo and, 217–18
Houthis, 168
Ignatius, David, 186
immigrants, 25, 47–48, 86, 117, 121, 157, 233
Arpaio and, 216
Mexican, see Mexico, Mexicans
Muslim, ban on, 116, 127–31, 140, 169, 171, 228, 251
survey on opinions about, 187–88
Incirlik Air Base, 119
India, 167
Infowars, 199
Institute for the Study of War, 163
Intelligence and National Security Alliance, 161
intelligence community (IC), 1, 4–5, 9, 14, 18, 33, 123, 239, 240, 242–43, 245–46
Air Force, 190
American political culture and, 139
Bush and, 78
Enlightenment values and, 4, 221
Five Eyes agreement in, 134
Flynn’s firing and, 150
former officials on news networks, 247
Hayden’s career in, 2, 6, 18, 21–22, 39, 85, 129, 133, 134, 136, 144–45, 154–55, 175–76, 177, 184, 190–91, 246
Hobbesian worldview in, 35
information acquisition and, 4
information usage and, 4–5
internationalist worldview in, 21–22
leadership profiles in, 126, 181
policymakers and, 244
president and, 77–79
President’s Daily Brief, 34, 78–79, 99–101, 231–32
and Russian indictments for election interference, 254
and Russian involvement in American election, 71–72, 79–80, 256–57
self-censorship in, 36–37
Trump and, 77, 79–81, 84, 86, 88–90, 97–114, 139–47, 208–9, 233, 244–49
Trump administration and, 163–64
Trump administration transition in, 91–97
Trump’s briefings by, 67–71, 73, 99–101, 106–12, 205, 209
Trump’s relationship with, four phases of, 80–81, 249, 254, 257
Trump’s tweets and, 126
truth and, 243
unmasking of identities and, 135–39
Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), 104–6, 110–11, 161
internationalism, 28, 29, 32, 38–40, 87, 162, 166, 185
of intelligence professionals, 21–22
Internet, 198
filter bubbles and, 223
see also cyber domain; social media
Internet Research Agency, 198
Interview, The, 241
Intrepid, USS, 70
Iran, 18, 32, 53, 98, 117, 120, 125, 129, 145, 159, 162, 169, 177, 182, 183, 197, 250
nuclear deal with (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), 18, 35, 124, 167–68, 171–74, 256
Obama on, 168
revolution in, 169
Trump administration and, 167–75
Iraq, 16, 20, 28, 32–33, 53, 55, 59, 63, 100, 113, 121, 165, 168, 177
Bush’s statement about, 165
Islam, Muslims, 41, 49–51, 64, 84, 86, 222
Hezbollah, 98, 120, 124, 159, 168
immigration ban and, 116, 127–31, 140, 169, 171, 228, 251
jihadist, 41, 49, 50, 52, 53, 129
modern, seventeenth-century Christendom compared with, 50, 51
and relationship between church and state, 51
Shia, see Shia Islam
Sunni, see Sunni Islam
Trump’s retweeting of violent videos, 213–14
Trump’s views on, 47–50, 54, 64, 84, 130, 169, 233
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 31, 32, 34, 52–54, 63, 73, 84, 125, 131, 199
Trump administration and, 158, 159
Trump’s views on, 67, 73, 98, 103, 113, 118–21, 125, 214
Italy, 10
It’s a Wonderful Life, 30
Jade Helm 15 military exercise, 199–200, 201
Johns Hopkins University, 8
Johnson, David, 210–11
Johnson, Jeh, 72
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 90–91, 125, 150
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; Iran nuclear deal), 18, 35, 124, 167–68, 171–74, 256
Jones, James, 153
Jordan, 118
Joyce, Rob, 157
Judaism, 50–51
Justice Department, 8, 140, 208, 228–29, 249, 253
Nunes memo and, 217–18
Kagan, Robert, 20
Kasich, John, 61
Kaspersky Lab, 192
Kellogg, Keith, 62
Kelly, John, 85, 156–57, 210–12
Kennedy, John F., 44
Kerry, John, 70
Keynes, John Maynard, 230
Kim dynasty, 19
Kim Jong-un, 142, 145, 176–78, 181, 241
Kipling, Rudyard, 140
Kissinger, Henry, 153
“Know-Nothing” party, 121
Kobach, Kris, 9–10
Kola Peninsula, 14
Korea:
Hayden in, 175–76
North, see North Korea
Korean People’s Army, 175
Krauthammer, Charles, 204
Kruger, Justin, 46
Kurdistan, 16
Kurds, 98
Kuwait, 32
Kyrgyzstan, 18
Latvia, 43
Lauer, Matt, 69–70
Ledeen, Michael, 64
Lemon, Don, 246
Lenin, Vladimir, 239
Liberty, USS, 14
Limbaugh, Rush, 206
Lowenthal, Mark, 244
Madisonian institutions, 47, 87, 188
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, 194–95, 198
Maliki, Nouri al-, 32
Marist Poll, 240
Marshall, George C., 154
Marx, Karl, 22
Mattis, Jim, 96, 124–25, 151, 153–55, 158–59, 172, 176, 178
May, Theresa, 213
McCarthy, Joseph, 26
McChrystal, Stan, 63
McConnell, Mitch, 108
McDonough, Dennis, 35
McFarland, K. T., 108
McLaughlin, John, 80–81, 124, 128, 215, 220–21, 228, 229, 247, 249, 254
McMaster, H. R., 85, 100–101, 150–54, 163, 172, 179–80, 183, 185, 212–15, 237, 255
Mead, Walter Russell, 27, 40, 186
media:
conservative, Sykes on, 200
rating of, 242
Russia and, 189, 190, 192, 194–205, 207
Trump’s view of, 205, 208, 224
see also social media
metacognition, 45–46
Mexico (and Mexicans), 47, 86, 233
Trump’s wall plan, 48, 115–16, 157
U.S. as viewed by, 116
Middle East, 16, 18, 31, 41, 98, 103
Christians in, 53
honor-based cultures in, 130, 131
Moldova, 18
Mongolia, 10
Morell, Michael, 74, 128, 247, 248
Morning Joe, 62
Mosul, 52
Mother Jones, 228
Mubarak, Hosni, 119
Mudd, Phil, 247
Mueller, Robert, 7, 81, 227, 229, 249, 254–55
Muir, David, 101
Muslims, see Islam, Muslims
Napolitano, Andrew, 132
Nasrallah, Hassan, 98
National Economic Council, 185
National Football League, 208
National Security Agency (NSA), 8, 39, 134, 150, 218, 229, 256, 257
foreign intelligence related to Trump transition collected by, 135–37
identity protection and, 137–39
and Russian interference in U.S. election, 105, 141
Snowden and, 35
Tailored Access Operations, 157
Trump’s wiretapping claims and, 1–2, 23, 132, 133
National Security Council (NSC), 36, 37, 97, 149–50, 152, 153, 154, 156, 159, 163, 164, 179, 184, 242–43
Higgins memo and, 152–53
National Security Strategy (NSS), 183–88
NATO, 18, 61, 149, 164, 186, 196, 225, 237
Navarro, Ana, 216
New York Daily News, 226
New York Post, 226
New York Times, 23, 95, 117, 132, 150, 168, 189, 199, 226, 249
New Zealand, 134
NFL anthem protests, 233–36
Nichols, Tom, 45–46
9/11 attacks, 28, 44, 55, 65, 88, 201, 228
Trump’s claims about Muslims celebrating, 44, 46
Nixon, Richard, 102
Nobel Week “Future of Truth” conference, 219–22, 226, 229–30
North Korea, 14, 142, 175–76, 204, 250
nuclear program of, 18, 19, 175–82, 256
Trump administration and, 175–82
Trump’s UN speech and, 178, 183, 213
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (Pomerantsev), 195–96
NPR, 240
Iran deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), 18, 35, 124, 167–68, 171–74, 256
of North Korea, 18, 19, 175–82, 256
Nunes memo, 217–18
#ReleaseTheMemo campaign, 209–10
Obama, Barack, 23–24, 40, 41, 44, 70, 72, 87, 92, 96, 104–5, 117, 118, 146, 174, 196, 208, 248
foreign policies of, 18, 29–33, 35, 39, 40, 122, 123, 124, 158, 160, 165, 167, 168, 175, 176
intelligence community and, 33–37, 78, 135
on Iran, 168
Iran nuclear program and, 18, 35, 124, 167, 168, 171, 173
Iraq and, 32–33
ISIS and, 158
Jade Helm and, 201
Jeffersonian tendencies of, 27, 31, 32, 38
presidential transition of, 82
President’s Daily Brief and, 34
Romney and, 18
Trump contrasted with, 40–41
Trump’s wiretapping claims about, 1–2, 23, 101, 131–35, 211–12
Obamacare, 174
Olsen, Matt, 128
On Tyranny (Snyder), 250
Oxford English Dictionary, 3
Pakistan, 18–19, 20, 154–55, 166–67
Palin, Sarah, 238
Papadopoulos, George, 62, 75–76
patriotism, 235
NFL anthem protests, 233–36
Patterson, Anne, 154–55
Patton, George S., 154
Coats and, 94
Pompeo and, 91–92
Peres, Shimon, 3
Perino, Dana, 204
Petraeus, David, 151
Phares, Walid, 62
Pittsburgh, Pa., 22–25, 28, 49, 80, 115, 205
Pittsburgh Steelers, 22, 233–38
Playing to the Edge (Hayden), 55, 57, 59, 131, 205
Podesta, John, 66, 104, 107, 203, 255
political partisanship, 23
Pomerantsev, Peter, 195–96
Pompeo, Mike, 76, 108, 112, 113, 142, 143, 145–46, 160–61, 177, 209, 247
appointed CIA director, 91–94, 95
Binney and, 206–7
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and, 172
Pompeo, Susan, 92–93
Poniewozik, James, 189–90
of Trump, 26–27, 41, 99–100, 166
Portugal, 17
Powell, Colin, 153
president, intelligence community and, 77–79
President’s Daily Brief, 34, 78–79, 99–101, 231–32
presidential election of 2012, 39
presidential election of 2016, 20, 24, 39
Russian interference in, 6, 7, 24, 71–76, 79–80, 104–12, 119, 140–43, 146, 161, 188, 196–97, 201–10, 227, 229, 237, 240, 248, 249, 256–57
Russian interference indictments, 253–55, 257
voter fraud claims, 101, 108, 188, 202
see also Trump presidential campaign
presidential paradigms, 27
Wilsonian, 27–28, 29, 32, 38, 40
presidential transitions, 81–82, 97
continuity in, 87–88
of Obama, 82
of Trump, see Trump presidential transition
Prince, Erik, 164
Pueblo, USS, 14
Putin, Vladimir, 17–18, 72–73, 74, 107, 109, 123, 149, 160, 196, 203, 207, 236–37, 253
Gerasimov and, 193
Malaysian airliner and, 195
Trump compared with, 72–73, 188
Quds Force, 98
Reagan, Ronald, 66
Real Time with Bill Maher, 55, 56
Reformation, 51
refugees, 25, 31, 86, 126, 128, 146, 233
Reid, Harry, 68
Reiner, Rob, 233
Republican National Committee (RNC), 109
Republican Party, 20, 39, 55, 56, 59, 65, 82, 89, 188, 227, 240
Nunes memo and, 217–18
Rice, Susan, 138
Rid, Thomas, 200–201
Rogers, Mike, 88–89, 90, 94, 108, 138, 140, 257
Trump’s wiretapping claims and, 1, 133, 134, 135
Roosevelt, Theodore, 26
Rosenberger, Laura, 232–33
Rosenstein, Rod, 218, 229, 253–54, 255
Rotten Tomatoes, 241
RT, 7, 107, 194, 203, 204, 205, 207
Rubio, Marco, 254
Ruppersberger, Dutch, 89
Russia, 6–7, 17–18, 31, 85, 117, 123, 124, 125, 150, 160, 168, 182, 186, 189–210, 220, 225, 230–31, 239–40, 242
Alaska and, 199
Clinton and, 195, 201, 233, 254, 255
Crimea annexed by, 18, 32, 71, 74, 119, 193
cyber domain and, 119, 191–92, 196–97, 232, 240
email theft and, 107, 109, 202–7
Malaysian airliner and, 194–95, 198
media and, 189, 190, 192, 194–205, 207
NFL anthem protests and, 233, 236, 237, 238
President’s Daily Brief and, 231–32
social media and, 192, 194, 196–99, 203, 254
Syria and, 43, 119–20, 123, 159, 162
think tanks and, 231
Trump administration and, 7, 111, 210, 232, 240, 242–43
Twitter and, 196, 198, 200, 209, 233, 236
Ukraine and, 18, 32, 36, 71, 73, 74, 119, 123, 193–95
U.S. midterm elections and, 256
U.S. presidential election and, 6, 7, 24, 71–76, 79–80, 104–12, 119, 140–43, 146, 161, 188, 196–97, 201–10, 227, 229, 237, 240, 248, 249, 256–57
U.S. presidential election interference indictments, 253–55, 257
San Bernardino terrorist attack, 44
Sanders, Bernie, 190, 201, 254
Sanders, Sarah Huckabee, 132, 211, 213, 235
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 201
satellites, 194
Trump’s visit to, 169–70
Saving Private Ryan, 241
Scalia, Antonin, 44
Schadlow, Nadia, 183, 184, 187
Schake, Kori, 125
Schiff, Adam, 249
Schmitz, Joe, 62
Schultz, Ed, 207
Senate, 200
Armed Services Committee, 257
Pompeo’s confirmation and, 91, 93, 113
Select Committee on Intelligence, 34, 107, 255
Sessions, Jeff, 9, 89, 90, 140, 142, 179
73 Easting, Battle of, 150–51
Shedd, David, 59
Shia Islam, 168
Hezbollah, 98, 120, 124, 159, 168
Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, 118–19
60 Minutes, 34
Smerconish, Michael, 135
Smith, Shepard, 204
Snowden, Edward, 35
social media, 7, 107, 144, 241
Facebook, 38, 107, 196, 200, 222, 223, 238, 241
filter bubbles and targeting in, 200, 222–23
Russia and, 192, 194, 196–99, 203, 254
Twitter, see Twitter
Sony Pictures, 241
South Korea, 10, 122, 175, 178
Soviet Union, 14, 28, 130, 184, 192
Spain, 17
Spicer, Sean, 108, 132, 133, 179
State Department, 8, 124, 129, 154, 155, 156, 170–71, 186
Steele dossier, 7, 109–12, 228, 255
Nunes memo and, 217–18
Stein, Jill, 201
Stiglitz, Joseph, 230
Suleimani, Qassem, 98
Supreme Court, 51–52
Gorsuch confirmation hearings, 133–34
Syria, 14–15, 16, 31, 59, 63, 71, 117, 128, 168, 182, 183, 197
chemical weapons used by, 31–32, 35, 81, 160–62
ISIS and, see Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Russia and, 43, 119–20, 123, 159, 162
Trump administration and, 158–62
Tailored Access Operations (TAO), 157
Tapper, Jake, 216
Taxi Driver, 28
tectonic shifts, 15, 18, 19–20
Tenet, George, 80, 97, 177, 244
terrorism, terrorists, 34, 61, 84, 93, 123, 166, 169, 170, 171, 177, 187, 256
al-Qaeda, 33, 52, 53, 84, 98, 131, 155
Benghazi attack, 89, 92, 117, 138
ISIS, see Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
9/11, see 9/11 attacks
San Bernardino attack, 44
Trump on killing families of, 44, 55–56
Tett, Gillian, 37–38
38 North, 180
Thirty Years’ War, 50
This Week, 132
Tillerson, Rex, 155–56, 170–71, 172, 176, 178
Time, 113
Times (London), 141
Todd, Chuck, 62
Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), 160
Townsend, Fran, 59
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 43–44, 90, 103, 116, 122, 171, 174
Trumanite institutions, 87, 88
Afghanistan speech of, 163–67
Alex Jones and, 201
Arpaio pardoned by, 216–17
bereavement call made by, 210–11
on British security forces, 213
Charlottesville comments of, 8, 213, 216
CIA visit and speech of, 96, 112–14
Clapper and, 112
CNN wrestling video and, 215–16
Goldsmith on, 8
intelligence briefings of, 67–71, 73, 99–101, 106–12, 205, 209
intelligence community and, 77, 79–81, 84, 86, 88–90, 97–114, 139–47, 208–9, 233, 244–49
intelligence community’s relationship with, four phases of, 80–81, 249, 254, 257
ISIS and radical Islam as viewed by, 67, 73, 84, 98, 103, 113, 118–21, 125, 169
Islam and Muslims as viewed by, 47–50, 54, 64, 84, 130, 169, 233
literal vs. serious interpretations of, 25, 115–16, 171
media as viewed by, 205, 208, 224
Mexican wall plan of, 48, 115–16, 157
Muslim violence videos and, 213–14
NFL anthem protests and, 233–36
Obama contrasted with, 40–41
personal relationships and loyalty as vital to, 67, 79, 140, 141–43, 153, 156, 210
Pope Francis and, 48
populist stance of, 26–27, 41, 99–100, 166
Putin compared with, 72–73, 188
and Russian indictments for election interference, 254, 255
Saudi Arabia trip of, 169–70
Sessions and, 9, 140, 142, 179
sexual comments of, 104
truth and, 41, 43–47, 101–2, 141, 143, 189–90, 205, 207, 208, 210, 215, 219–20, 224–27, 230, 237–38, 243, 247
Turnbull and, 126
tweets of, 7, 9, 19, 80, 100, 106, 111, 112, 116, 126–27, 131–32, 135, 143, 170, 171, 181–84, 186, 202, 204, 205, 211, 213–17, 224–25, 227, 232, 249, 254, 255
UN General Assembly speech of, 178, 183, 213
wiretapping claims of, 1–2, 23, 101, 131–35, 211–12
Trump, Donald, Jr., 74, 76, 153, 202, 246
Trump administration, 5, 9, 10, 40, 41, 149–88, 244–45
Afghanistan and, 163–67
America First attitude in, 152, 182–86
cabinet meeting in, 142
first hundred days of, 115–47, 183
foreign and security policy in, 121–25
intelligence and, 163–64
Iran and, 167–75
leaks from, 85–86
Muslim immigration ban, 116, 127–31, 140, 169, 171, 228, 251
National Security Strategy of, 183–88
national security team of, 149–58
North Korea and, 175–82
Russia and, 7, 111, 210, 232, 240, 242–43
Syria and, 158–62
vetting of officials’ remarks in, 165
Trump presidential campaign, 13, 24, 41, 43–76
America First platform in, 22, 24, 40, 117, 162
foreign policy and, 62, 67, 117–18
Hayden’s meeting with Pittsburgh supporters of, 22–25, 28, 49, 80, 115, 205
immigrants and, 47–48
inclusion issue and, 47–54
lawfulness and, 55–71
letter of support for, 65
letters against, 58–60, 63, 65–67, 68, 83, 155, 156, 166
Muslims and, 47–50, 54, 64, 213
policy development and, 82–83
Russia and, 6, 7, 24, 71–76, 79–80, 104–12, 119, 140–43, 146, 161, 188, 196–97, 201–10, 227, 229, 237, 240, 248, 249, 256–57
and Russian indictments for election interference, 253–55, 257
WikiLeaks and, 76
Trump presidential transition, 77–114, 123
distrust and hostility in, 80, 81, 83–84, 96, 97
foreign policy specialists and, 83
intelligence community and, 77, 79–81, 84, 86, 88–90, 97–114, 139–47
NSA’s collection of foreign intelligence related to, 135–37
Trump’s video announcing day one plans, 90–91
Trump campaign–Russian meetings at, 7, 74–75
Trump’s intelligence briefing at, 106–12, 205, 209
Trump’s wiretapping claims about, 1–2, 23, 101, 131–35, 211–12
Trump transition and, 88
trust, axes of, 38
conspiracies and, see conspiracy theories
Enlightenment and, 3–4, 11, 239
“Future of Truth” conference, 219–22, 226, 229–30
intelligence and, 243
post-truth, 3, 10, 11, 46, 128, 131, 250, 255
Trump and, 41, 43–47, 101–2, 141, 143, 189–90, 205, 207, 208, 210, 215, 219–20, 224–27, 230, 237–38, 243, 247
truthiness, 46–47
Truthfeed, 237–38
Tufekci, Zeynep, 222, 223–24, 226
Turnbull, Malcolm, 126
24, 139
Twitter, 7–8, 38, 50, 76, 107, 111, 112, 200, 201, 229
Hayden’s response to Trump’s CNN comment, 225
NFL anthem protests and, 236
Russians’ use of, 196, 198, 200, 209, 244, 236
Trump’s use of, 7, 9, 19, 80, 100, 106, 116, 126–27, 131–32, 135, 143, 170, 171, 181–84, 186, 202, 204, 205, 211, 213–17, 224–25, 227, 232, 249, 254, 255
Ukraine, 18, 32, 36, 71, 73, 74, 119, 123, 181, 193–95
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 171
United Nations (UN), 2
Trump’s speech at, 178, 183, 213
United States:
and idea of America, 130–31
opinion polls on, 116, 187, 220
Vance, J. D., 25
Veteran Intelligence Professional for Sanity, 206
Vietnam, 207
Vietnam War, 150
Villanueva, Alejandro, 234, 238
Virginia, 220
Voice of America, 237
2016 election and, 101, 108, 188, 202, 232
War on the Rocks, 60
Washington Post, 74, 75, 104, 106, 150, 151, 186, 231–32, 247
Watts, Clint, 197–203
Weekly Standard, 156
Wehner, Peter, 23
WikiLeaks, 7, 76, 104, 107, 190, 202, 203, 204
Wilson, Frederica, 210–11
Wilsonians, 27–28, 29, 32, 38, 40
Wit, Joel, 180
Wood, Graeme, 53
Workers’ Deed, 133
Wright, Thomas, 117
Yanukovych, Viktor, 73
Yemen, 168
Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 98
Zero Dark Thirty, 139
Zuckerberg, Mark, 223