a monster shakeup happening in the u.s. intelligence agency. the country s top two intelligence officials are leaving. we are learning today the number two official is departing out of quote/unquote respect and patriotism but not preference. the words of sue gordon written by hand to the president when she officially resigned as deputy director of national intelligence. she is now leaving next week with her boss dni dan coats. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff says the loss of both of them is, quote, devastating. the president said he s not in a rush to fill their spots because he has such confidence in the man just named to be the acting director of intelligence, joseph mcgwire. maguire is acting right now. sue did a great job. i like sue gordon very much. maguire joins a dozen others
there are yet more shakeups at the top of u.s. intelligence and intelligence agencies. the nation s number two intelligence official stepping down. president trump making the announcement on twitter writing, sue gordon is a great professional with a long and distinguished career. i ve gotten to know sue over the past two years and have developed great respect for her. meanwhile within hours trump naming joseph mcgwire as his pick for acting director of national intelligence. yet one more acting head of agencies in this government. alex marquart with me now. so tell me about sue s departure because it does not sound this was voluntary. we were sitting here talking about who s the next director of national intelligence and now we re asking who s going to be that person s number two. it was clear that departure was not her choice. the reason we know that is because of a hand written note she left with her letter of resignation for the president.