This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
President Donald Trump has ordered all security clearance authorizations removed from the "Anonymous" secrets leaker who boasted during his first term that he was a Deep Stater in the government actively working to undermine a duly election president.
The leaker, who identified himself as Miles Taylor, also is being put under investigation.
Taylor was employed in the government during Trump's first term in the Department of Homeland Security. He wrote, anonymously, in the leftist New York Times, that he was "part of the resistance" fighting Trump's agenda from inside the government.
He later released a book under the same moniker, and ultimately confirmed he was "Anonymous" when he broke cover and admitted he was working to oppose Trump's re-election.
In an executive order, Trump now has ordered the Department of Justice to investigate Taylor.
Trump warned, "Miles Taylor was entrusted with the solemn responsibility of federal service, but instead prioritized his own ambition, personal notoriety, and monetary gain over fidelity to his constitutional oath. While serving as an administrative staff assistant at the Department of Homeland Security, Taylor stoked dissension by manufacturing sensationalist reports on the existence of a supposed 'resistance' within the federal government that 'vowed' to undermine and render ineffective a sitting president."
The order continued, "He illegally published classified conversations to sell his book under the pseudonym 'Anonymous,' which is full of falsehoods and fabricated stories. In so doing, Taylor abandoned his sacred oath and commitment to public service by disclosing sensitive information obtained through unauthorized methods and betrayed the confidence of those with whom he served."
The results cannot be allowed, Trump wrote.
"Where a government employee improperly discloses sensitive information for the purposes of personal enrichment and undermining our foreign policy, national security, and government effectiveness –- all ultimately designed to sow chaos and distrust in government — this conduct could properly be characterized as treasonous and as possibly violating the Espionage Act, and therefore makes such employee ineligible for access to national secrets."
It now is, he wrote, "against America's interests to allow those associated with Taylor to access our nation's secrets."
So the order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi and the director of national intelligence, "and all other relevant executive department and agency (agency) heads to immediately take all action as necessary and consistent with existing law to suspend any active security clearances held by Miles Taylor, in addition to individuals at entities associated with Taylor, including the University of Pennsylvania, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest."
Further investigated will be his conduct where it was "contrary" to standards for federal workers as well as where he was "involved the unauthorized dissemination of classified information."
