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A New Era Dawns for US Intelligence

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - Washington's top two intelligence officials are spending
   their last day on the job Thursday, preparing to leave the nation's
   intelligence community in the hands of an acting director as U.S.
   President Donald Trump oversees an overhaul of his intelligence
   leadership.

   The departures of Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and his
   top deputy, Sue Gordon, come as tensions rise between China and a
   protest movement in Hong Kong, and while other potential crises simmer
   in the Persian Gulf, on the Korean Peninsula and elsewhere.
   Trump announced Coats' resignation on Twitter late last month and
   followed up less than two weeks later with a tweet about the
   resignation of Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue
   Gordon, who had been in line to become the acting director.

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