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Abbott, Greg, 201

ABC, 101, 132, 211, 216, 224

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

Alabama, 220–21, 224

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

Atlantic, 53, 169

Australia, 10, 126, 134

Bagehot, Walter, 86

Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-, 31, 98

Baier, Bret, 56, 204

Baker, James, 155, 227–29

Bakos, Nada, 126

Balkans, 2

Baltics, 18, 71

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

Berger, J. M., 197, 198

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

Breitbart, 84, 85, 238

Brennan, John, 6, 34–35, 71, 105, 108, 128, 135, 144, 180, 208, 247, 248

Britain, 17

GCHQ in, 132, 134

governmental structure of, 86–87

security forces in, 213

Brookings Institution, 20, 117

Brooks, David, 23, 25

Bryan, William Jennings, 26

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 32, 153

Bulgaria, 133

Burgess, Ron, 89–90, 91

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

Bush, Jeb, 60–61, 82

BuzzFeed, 112

Canada, 10, 134

Capra, Frank, 30

Carlson, Tucker, 132, 206

Catholicism, 48–49, 52

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

Trump’s speech at, 96, 112–14

vetting of speeches and, 165

Cerberus Capital Management, 95

Cernovich, Mike, 153, 238

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

North Korea and, 177–78, 180

Christianity, 50–51

Catholicism, 48–49, 52

Middle East and, 53

and relationship between church and state, 50, 51

Muslims and, 49–50

Christie, Chris, 88, 89

Chu, Steven, 230

Civiltà Cattolica, 48

Clapper, Jim, 6, 34–35, 72, 94, 112, 128, 135, 196, 208, 247, 248

climate change, 46, 99

Paris Agreement on, 171, 174

Clinton, Bill, 39

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 23, 44, 64, 66, 68, 70, 92, 105, 107, 117, 118, 120, 190, 202, 232, 238, 248

emails and, 104, 190, 202–3

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

Colbert, Stephen, 46, 131–32

Cold War, 14, 184

Comey, Jim, 140, 141, 208, 227, 228

and Russian interference in U.S. election, 6, 104, 107–10, 140, 141

Trump’s firing of, 6, 141–42

Trump’s wiretapping claims and, 1, 133, 134, 135

Committee to Investigate Russia, 233

communism, 133, 184

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

Jade Helm, 199–200, 201

Seth Rich, 190, 203–4, 206

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

Corker, Bob, 171, 173

Corn, David, 228

Council on Foreign Relations, 232

Crimea, 18, 32, 71, 74, 119, 193

Crocker, Ryan, 20

Cruz, Ted, 44, 55, 254

Cuba, 183

Cyber Command, 191, 257

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

DCLeaks, 107, 203

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

Donbas, 32, 193

Dunford, Joe, 172

Dunning, David, 46

Ebadi, Shirin, 220, 222, 229–30

Economist, 10, 86

Egypt, 118–19, 154, 155, 224

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

Estonia, 10, 43

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

Nunes memo and, 209, 217–18

and Russian interference in U.S. election, 6, 104, 105, 108, 109, 140

Trump’s wiretapping claims and, 1–2, 23, 132, 133

Feinberg, Stephen, 95, 164

Field of Fight, The (Flynn and Ledeen), 64

Financial Times, 22, 36, 37

First Amendment, 191, 225

Five Eyes agreement, 134

Flynn, Mike, 49–50, 63–64, 69, 84, 89, 90, 91, 95, 97, 108, 140, 150, 151, 152

dismissal of, 150, 151

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 135, 218

Nunes memo and, 217–18

Foreign Policy, 153

Founding Fathers, 10–11, 246

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

France, 10, 17, 239

Francis, Pope, 48

Freeman, Morgan, 233

Friedman, Tom, 168

Fusion GPS, 7, 116

“Future of Truth” conference, 219–22, 226, 229–30

Gaddafi, Muammar, 177

Gates, Bob, 30–31, 78, 155

Gateway Pundit, 238

Geneva Conventions, 57

Georgia, 18

Gerasimov, Valery, 192–93, 195

Gerecht, Reuel Marc, 54, 59

Gergen, David, 48

German Marshall Fund of the United States, 232–33

Germany, 10, 17, 122, 239

Gerson, Michael, 50, 99, 215

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

Goldsmith, Jack, 8, 229

Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act, 183–84

Google, 37, 45, 222

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

Haass, Richard, 180, 187

Haberman, Maggie, 226–27, 228

Hadley, Steve, 155

Hagee, John, 52

Hamilton 68 dashboard, 233, 236

Hamiltonians, 27–29, 40

Hannity, Sean, 85, 135, 190, 204–5

Haqqani network, 166

Harman, Jane, 32

Harris, Harry, 176

Harward, Bob, 151

Haspel, Gina, 94

Hayden, Jeanine, 92–93, 128

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

Hay Initiative, 39, 40

Heikensten, Lars, 222

Helgerson, John, 97, 104

Hewitt, Hugh, 98

Hezbollah, 98, 120, 124, 159, 168

Higgins, Rich, 152–53

Hillbilly Elegy (Vance), 25

Hobbes, Thomas, 3, 35, 186

Holt, Lester, 143

Homeland, 89, 139

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

identity, 23, 25

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

Obama and, 33–37, 78, 135

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

sources and, 130, 131, 144

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

Russia and, 192, 254

see also cyber domain; social media

Internet Research Agency, 198

interrogations, 58, 92, 93

waterboarding in, 55, 57, 93

Interview, The, 241

Intrepid, USS, 70

Ioffe, Julia, 17–18, 85, 236

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

Tal Afar, 151, 214–15

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

internal struggle in, 50, 51

jihadist, 41, 49, 50, 52, 53, 129

modern, seventeenth-century Christendom compared with, 50, 51

Obama and, 53, 54

and relationship between church and state, 51

Shia, see Shia Islam

Sunni, see Sunni Islam

terrorism and, 49, 50, 52–54

Trump’s retweeting of violent videos, 213–14

Trump’s views on, 47–50, 54, 64, 84, 130, 169, 233

West vs., 49–50, 129, 131

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 31, 32, 34, 52–54, 63, 73, 84, 125, 131, 199

Russia and, 43, 119–20

Trump administration and, 158, 159

Trump’s views on, 67, 73, 98, 103, 113, 118–21, 125, 214

Israel, 3, 52, 118, 220

Italy, 10

It’s a Wonderful Life, 30

Jackson, Andrew, 28, 40

Jacksonians, 28–29, 40, 41

Jade Helm 15 military exercise, 199–200, 201

Japan, 122, 178

Jefferson, Thomas, 11, 27

Jeffersonians, 27, 31, 32, 38

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, Alex, 199–200, 201

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

Kasparov, Garry, 196, 236–37

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

Trump and, 14, 19

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

South, 10, 122, 175, 178

Korean People’s Army, 175

Krauthammer, Charles, 204

Kruger, Justin, 46

Kurdistan, 16

Kurds, 98

Kushner, Jared, 74, 152

Kuwait, 32

Kyrgyzstan, 18

Latvia, 43

Lauer, Matt, 69–70

Lavrov, Sergei, 142, 212

Lawfare, 57, 229

Lebanon, 16, 124, 168

Ledeen, Michael, 64

Lemon, Don, 246

Lenin, Vladimir, 239

Liberty, USS, 14

Libya, 16, 177, 181, 224

Limbaugh, Rush, 206

Lockean worldview, 35, 36

Lowenthal, Mark, 244

Luce, Edward, 22, 24, 36

Madisonian institutions, 47, 87, 188

Maher, Bill, 55, 56

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, 194–95, 198

Maliki, Nouri al-, 32

Manafort, Paul, 73, 74

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

McCabe, Andrew, 227, 228, 229

McCain, John, 112, 233

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

McNamee, Roger, 223, 241

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

Moore, Roy, 224, 226

Morell, Michael, 74, 128, 247, 248

Morgan, Piers, 46, 99

Morning Joe, 62

Mosul, 52

Mother Jones, 228

MSNBC, 62, 204, 207

Mubarak, Hosni, 119

Mudd, Phil, 247

Mueller, Robert, 7, 81, 227, 229, 249, 254–55

Muir, David, 101

Mullen, Mike, 211, 212

Muslim Brotherhood, 119, 155

Muslims, see Islam, Muslims

NAFTA, 117, 122

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

Binney and, 205, 206

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

NSC-68, 184–86, 187

National Security Strategy (NSS), 183–88

NATO, 18, 61, 149, 164, 186, 196, 225, 237

Navarro, Ana, 216

NBC, 62, 70, 143, 164

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

missiles of, 15, 19, 81, 177

nuclear program of, 18, 19, 175–82, 256

Trump administration and, 175–82

Trump’s UN speech and, 178, 183, 213

Norway, 10, 239

Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible (Pomerantsev), 195–96

NPR, 240

nuclear programs, 18–19, 145

Iran deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), 18, 35, 124, 167–68, 171–74, 256

of North Korea, 18, 19, 175–82, 256

Nunes, Devin, 108, 135–36

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

background of, 29, 54

Flynn and, 63, 64

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

Islam and, 53, 54

Jade Helm and, 201

Jeffersonian tendencies of, 27, 31, 32, 38

Lockean worldview of, 35, 36

North Korea and, 175, 176

presidential transition of, 82

President’s Daily Brief and, 34

Romney and, 18

Russia and, 36, 37

Trump contrasted with, 40–41

Trump’s wiretapping claims about, 1–2, 23, 101, 131–35, 211–12

Obamacare, 174

Odierno, Ray, 20, 115

Olsen, Matt, 128

On Tyranny (Snyder), 250

Oxford English Dictionary, 3

Page, Carter, 62, 74, 217

Pakistan, 18–19, 20, 154–55, 166–67

Palin, Sarah, 238

Panetta, Leon, 128, 247

Papadopoulos, George, 62, 75–76

Paris Agreement, 171, 174

patriotism, 235

NFL anthem protests, 233–36

Patterson, Anne, 154–55

Patton, George S., 154

PBS NewsHour, 9–10, 240

Pence, Mike, 90, 91, 108

Coats and, 94

Flynn and, 150, 151

Pompeo and, 91–92

Peres, Shimon, 3

Perino, Dana, 204

Petraeus, David, 151

Pew Research Center, 220, 224

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

Politico, 224, 226

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

populism, 10, 25, 26

of Trump, 26–27, 41, 99–100, 166

Portugal, 17

Powell, Ben, 93, 94, 112

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

Hamiltonian, 27–29, 40

Jacksonian, 28–29, 40, 41

Jeffersonian, 27, 31, 32, 38

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

Priebus, Reince, 108, 109

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

Qatar, 170, 171

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

Tea Party, 38, 92

Rice, Condoleezza, 8, 65, 155

Rice, Susan, 138

Rich, Seth, 190, 203–4, 206

Rid, Thomas, 200–201

Rogers, Mike, 88–89, 90, 94, 108, 138, 140, 257

Trump’s wiretapping claims and, 1, 133, 134, 135

Romney, Mitt, 18, 27, 39, 67

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

Internet and, 192, 254

ISIS and, 43, 119–20

Malaysian airliner and, 194–95, 198

media and, 189, 190, 192, 194–205, 207

NFL anthem protests and, 233, 236, 237, 238

Obama and, 36, 37

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

WikiLeaks and, 76, 190

Ryan, Paul, 67, 108

Saddam Hussein, 106, 177

San Bernardino terrorist attack, 44

Sanders, Bernie, 190, 201, 254

Sanders, Sarah Huckabee, 132, 211, 213, 235

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 201

Sarajevo, 2, 250

satellites, 194

Saudi Arabia, 169, 170–71

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

Scowcroft, Brent, 2, 15, 153

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

Sunni conflicts with, 32, 98

Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, 118–19

60 Minutes, 34

Smerconish, Michael, 135

Smith, Shepard, 204

Snowden, Edward, 35

Snyder, Timothy, 235, 250

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

YouTube, 201, 203, 207, 222

Sony Pictures, 241

South China Sea, 123, 125

South Korea, 10, 122, 175, 178

Soviet Union, 14, 28, 130, 184, 192

Spain, 17

Spicer, Sean, 108, 132, 133, 179

Sputnik, 107, 194, 203, 206

State Department, 8, 124, 129, 154, 155, 156, 170–71, 186

Steele, Chris, 109, 110

Steele dossier, 7, 109–12, 228, 255

Nunes memo and, 217–18

Stein, Jill, 201

Stiglitz, Joseph, 230

Suleimani, Qassem, 98

Sunni Islam, 168, 170

Shia conflicts with, 32, 98

Supreme Court, 51–52

Gorsuch confirmation hearings, 133–34

Sykes, Charlie, 189, 200

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

Tal Afar, 151, 214–15

Taliban, 166, 167

Tapper, Jake, 216

Taxi Driver, 28

Tea Party, 38, 92

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

Islam and, 49, 50, 52–54

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

tolerance, 49, 51

Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), 160

Tomlin, Mike, 234, 238

Townsend, Fran, 59

trade, 122–23, 182, 187

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 43–44, 90, 103, 116, 122, 171, 174

Truman, Harry, 67, 184, 185

Trumanite institutions, 87, 88

Trump, Donald, 9–10, 26

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

Comey fired by, 6, 141–42

Flynn fired by, 150, 151

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

as Jacksonian, 40, 41

Kim and, 14, 19

knowledge base of, 98, 124

literal vs. serious interpretations of, 25, 115–16, 171

media as viewed by, 205, 208, 224

Mexican wall plan of, 48, 115–16, 157

Moore and, 224, 226

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

ISIS and, 158, 159

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 Tower, 13, 23

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

truth, 3–5, 23, 215, 219–51

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

Turkey, 53, 85, 119

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:

founders of, 10–11, 246

and idea of America, 130–31

opinion polls on, 116, 187, 220

Vance, J. D., 25

Venezuela, 165, 183

Veteran Intelligence Professional for Sanity, 206

Vietnam, 207

Vietnam War, 150

Villanueva, Alejandro, 234, 238

Virginia, 220

Voice of America, 237

voter fraud, 232, 240

2016 election and, 101, 108, 188, 202, 232

Wallace, Chris, 204, 213, 214

Wall Street Journal, 56, 185

War on the Rocks, 60

Washington Post, 74, 75, 104, 106, 150, 151, 186, 231–32, 247

waterboarding, 55, 57, 93

Watts, Clint, 197–203

Weekly Standard, 156

Wehner, Peter, 23

Weisburd, Andrew, 197, 198

WikiLeaks, 7, 76, 104, 107, 190, 202, 203, 204

Wikipedia, 45, 46–47

Wilson, Frederica, 210–11

Wilsonians, 27–28, 29, 32, 38, 40

Wired, 189, 190

Wit, Joel, 180

Wittes, Ben, 57–58, 229

Wood, Graeme, 53

Workers’ Deed, 133

Wray, Christopher, 218, 229

Wright, Robin, 3, 124

Wright, Thomas, 117

Yanukovych, Viktor, 73

Yates, Sally, 135, 140

Yemen, 168

YouTube, 201, 203, 207, 222

Zarate, Juan, 93, 94

Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 98

Zero Dark Thirty, 139

Zito, Salena, 25–26, 115

Zuckerberg, Mark, 223