First came the leaked accounts of chaos in the Trump Administration derived from the Bob Woodward book Fear: Trump in the White House.

Then a New York Times op-ed entitled "I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration" written by one Anonymous who claimed to be a senior official in the White House, exploded on the scene, describing how top officials were deliberately sabotaging Trump's policies to protect the country.

Finally,  another op-ed "Why so many former intelligence officers are speaking out" by former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin appeared, providing a rationale for intelligence officers to speak up against the White House.