According to what I remembered at the time, and now confirming, Sue Gordon resigned when Coates was fired. There doesn’t appear to have been any time when she was replacing Coates. She says she will resign on Thursday, which would be Aug. 15, Coates’ last day. Sundance is a doom and gloomer in many respects, and he is wrong that she stayed after Coates’ departure.
Sue Gordon has resigned as deputy director of national intelligence
Gordon, a career CIA official, told the White House she would leave after learning she would be passed over as director of national intelligence.
Aug. 9, 2019, 4:31 AM PDT
WASHINGTON — Sue Gordon, a career CIA official who is serving as the principal deputy director of national intelligence, told the White House she would leave her job on Thursday after she learned she would be passed over as director of national intelligence.
WASHINGTON — Sue Gordon, a career CIA official who is serving as the principal deputy director of national intelligence, told the White House she would leave her job on Thursday after she learned she would be passed over as director of national intelligence.
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This scenario is much more in line with Q drops, as the link you provided for me indicates. The story didn’t mean to back up Q drops, of course, but it did. Q’s order of events, leading to Declass, bears out that Coats departure was necessary before other events had a prayer.
This is why I can admit I didn’t follow the Gordon departure details recalling when she actually resigned. So thank you.