GARCIA-NAVARRO: Well, I'd like to talk a little bit about anonymity, actually. In this case, I imagine this person is really terrified because his or her whole future is at stake and so, in a way, is the future of the country. First of all, I had just written an entertainment.
When I was anonymous, it was all good news. KLEIN: Well, it's very different from the current feeding frenzy. GARCIA-NAVARRO: So you're one of the only people - I know, at least - who's been the target of this kind of feeding frenzy. He joins me now to talk about what it's like to make waves in Washington without anyone knowing your name. Joe Klein, then a Newsweek columnist, eventually revealed himself to be the author of "Primary Colors" after The Washington Post published evidence linking him to the manuscript. Almost 23 years ago in 1996, there was a similar frenzy for the anonymous author of "Primary Colors," a roman a clef about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign.
Washington is on the hunt for the senior official in the Trump administration who anonymously wrote a scathing critique of the president's leadership in The New York Times.
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