Tobin Harshaw, Columnist

James Clapper Has Some Thoughts on Donald Trump

A Q&A with the former director of national intelligence on the future of the Intelligence Community and of American democracy.

June 2, 2018 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Tobin Harshaw

Tobin Harshaw is a Bloomberg Opinion senior editor and columnist on national security and military affairs. Previously, he was deputy editor at the op-ed page of the New York Times and the newspaper’s letters editor.

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Who are the heroes of the anti-Trump "resistance"? That's a simple question with a multipart answer.

You've got presidential hopefuls like Bernie Sanders; outspoken members of Congress like Maxine Waters; pundits from left-leaning media outlets like MSNBC; big donors to liberal activist organizations like George Soros; and a bunch of other usual suspects. But there are also some wildcards like former top officials from law enforcement and intelligence and the military. In particular: former FBI director James Comey, former CIA head Michael V. Hayden, and former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper.