The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 9, 2016 Former CIA Officer Evan McMullin Says He'll Make Third-Party Presidential Run ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another third-party candidate has jumped into the 2016 race: former CIA officer Evan Mc Mullin, who announced Monday he'll run for president as an independent. A Utah native, Mc Mullin also served as the former chief policy director of the House Republican Conference. He said he is strongly opposed to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but that Trump is "a real threat to our republic." Topics:2016 Election .