Donald Trump announced that the country’s No.2 intelligence official resigned today, adding more uncertainty to the search of who will eventually lead the country’s spy apparatus
that the country’s No.2 intelligence official resigned today, adding more uncertainty to the search of who will eventually lead the country’s spy apparatus.
In her resignation letter, Gordon wrote it had “been an honor” to serve in her role for the last two years. Joseph Maguire, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, which is responsible for the government's national and international counterterrorism efforts, was named to be acting DNI by President Donald Trump. | Al Drago/Getty Images
A former intelligence official told POLITICO that morale has suffered at ODNI and that people were hoping Gordon, who began her career at the CIA in 1980, would get the job if and when Coats left. House and Senate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have long praised Gordon’s leadership and believed her deep experience could steady the nerves of the spy community, especially after Ratcliffe’s nomination cratered after five days.
A former captain of the Duke women’s basketball team, Gordon went on to serve for nearly three decades at the CIA before becoming the No. 2 at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a combat support agency within the Defense Department. She was sworn in as the fifth principal deputy director of national intelligence in August 2017.
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