前中央情报局局长约翰·布伦南描述了他对苏·戈登离开特朗普政府的失望，并说她和丹·科茨的去世“基本上是对情报界的斩首”
唐纳德·特朗普总统周四宣布戈登将于8月15日辞去国家情报局(DNI)首席副局长的职务，与现任局长同一天北爱尔兰统一党也将离开政府。
特朗普还透露，现任国家反恐中心主任约瑟夫·马奎尔将接替科茨担任代理DNI。许多人都预计在中情局工作多年的戈登将会出演DNI。
戈登在给特朗普总统的一封手写便条和她的辞职信中，似乎暗示她被解雇了。纸条上写道:“我写这封信是出于尊重:爱国主义，而不是偏好。你应该有你的团队。”
谈到MSNBC的与布莱恩·威廉斯的最后一刻约翰·布伦南形容戈登是一名“经验丰富的情报官员”，他非常了解戈登并与之共事，他说他对她和科茨的离开感到“非常失望”。
布伦南说:“当你同时失去DNI和首席副手DNI时，你基本上是在斩首情报界。”他补充说，尽管他了解并尊重马奎尔，但他缺乏戈登所拥有的广度和深度的经验。
布伦南说:“所以我认为，对于情报界的许多人来说，在国家安全面临巨大挑战的时候，苏·戈登不会以代理人的身份任职是非常令人沮丧的。”。
MSNBC主持人威廉姆斯问布伦南，他是否认为最近自录音再现装置发出的高音总统的大儿子唐纳德·特朗普称戈登是“与布伦南最好的朋友”，这可能是她没有得到DNI这个角色的原因之一。
布伦南在2017年特朗普接任总统时离开了政府。此后，他在俄罗斯干涉美国民主的问题上与特朗普反复激烈地发生冲突，甚至一度指责总统叛国行为。
布伦南对MSNBC说:“我不把小唐说的任何话当真。”。
“我认识苏·戈登，和她合作得非常密切。在她的职业生涯中，她与数千名情报专业人员共事。她对那些为她工作的人极为尊重和钦佩。
EX-CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN SAYS SUE GORDON RESIGNATION SHOWS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ONLY INTERESTED IN 'PERSONAL LOYALTY'
Former CIA Director John Brennan described his disappointment at the departure of Sue Gordon from the Trump administration, and said the loss of both her and Dan Coats is "basically decapitating the intelligence community."
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Gordon will leave her post as principal deputy Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on August 15, the same day as the current DNI Coats will also depart the administration.
Trump also revealed that Joseph Maguire, the current director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will replace Coats as acting DNI. Many had anticipated that Gordon, who had spent years working in the CIA, would step up as acting DNI.
In a handwritten note to President Trump alongside her resignation letter, Gordon appeared to suggest she was pushed out. The note said: "I offer this letter as an act of respect: Patriotism, not preference. You should have your team."
Speaking on MSNBC's The 11th Hour With Brian Williams, John Brennan described Gordon, who he knows well and has worked with, as an "exceptionally experienced intelligence official" and said he is "very disappointed" that she and Coats are leaving.
"When you lose the DNI and the principal deputy DNI at the same time, you're basically decapitating the intelligence community," Brennan said, adding that though he knows and respects Maguire, he lacks the breadth and depth of experience that Gordon has.
"So I think it is very discouraging to a lot of individuals right now in the intelligence community that Sue Gordon will not be serving in an acting capacity at a very challenging time over national security," Brennan said.