jul 28, 2019 - US DNI Dan Coats resigns [1], reportedly b/c Coats refused to remove references in the "early July" NIE to Russia's preference for US Pres. Trump in the 2020 US. election [2]; Trump taps staunch supporter US Rep John Ratcliffe to replace Coats [1]

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[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/politics/dan-coats-intelligence-chief-out.html

TITLE{Dan Coats to Step Down as Intelligence Chief; Trump Picks Loyalist for Job}
OUTLET{The New York Times}
AUTHOR{Maggie Haberman}
AUTHOR{Julian E. Barnes}
AUTHOR{Peter Baker}
DATE{07/28/2019}

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/magazine/us-russia-intelligence.html

TITLE{Unwanted Truths: Inside Trump’s Battles With U.S. Intelligence Agencies}
AUTHOR{Robert Draper}
DATE{08/08/2020}
OUTLET{The New York Times}

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