Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon is resigning from her post amid turnover at the top of the agency, President Trump announced on Thursday.
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Gordon, a career intelligence official, was set to ascend to the top post as director of national intelligence following the departure of Dan Coats earlier this month.
But the White House had been weighing removing her in favor of installing a Trump loyalist, despite concerns from Capitol Hill, where the deputy director is widely respected.
The move would further throw into chaos the state of DNI, which is tasked with overseeing the nation’s various intelligence agencies.
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#BREAKING: Top Intelligence official leaving Trump admin: report https://t.co/CxUmnnQaKN pic.twitter.com/5n5snaqlDg
— The Hill (@thehill) August 8, 2019
A whole wing of the Trump Presidential Library will be nothing but GFY resignation letters https://t.co/MUQHMvNkKm
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 8, 2019
Yikes. https://t.co/wpFTF9obr7
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 9, 2019
Trump has made clear his desire to bring U.S. intelligence agencies "to heel," as they have "produced evidence he disagrees with on Iran, North Korea," etc. I'm not sure "disagrees with" is the right way to put it. "Doesn't like"? https://t.co/QvgaOnBjRX
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) August 9, 2019
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