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LETTER OF RESIGNATNION: Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Sue Gordan has resigned -- involuntarily

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By Mona Austin Is the intelligence community crumbling? It was previously announced in July that the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates would be resigning.  Pres. Donald Trump swiftly endorsed Ratcliffe, a Republican loyalist, deemed to politically partial for the job and abruptly dropped him after be blamed for improper vetting. All intelligence agencies -- including the FBI and CIA-- are under the authority of the Office of the Department of National Intelligence, which is now has no leadership in its upper ranks. Sue Gordon, Deputy Director of National Intelligence announced her resignation on Thursday just weeks after the department head Dan Coats announced his. They will both vacate their posts on August 15 and both insisted Russians interfered with the 2020 election, an admission that Pres. Trump has denied. This leaves a vulnerable chasm at the top of the agency responsible for the nation's safekeeping, one California Democrat Adam Schiff said is "de...