On that NYT op-ed Imma foreigner with superficial understanding of USistan's culture... but isn't publicly announcing that you are 1) member of a reigning administration and 2) simultaneously member of a secretive group dedicated to undermining said aministration.. kinda dumb?
with the number of people in the unelected state, it's inevitable that someone would do that - maybe so they could point to it later so the evul blumpf stench wouldn't dry up their cocktail party invites, maybe they really are that stupid. also inevitable that nyt would lap it up