“President Trump announced on Twitter Sunday that he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, confirming Axios' earlier reporting that Ratcliffe was favored for the job. Coats will leave office on August 15.”
Dan Coats but I thought he was a small player - maybe he's at Corney level.involvement and we are about to find out with this declas (missing a final 's' in the qdrop)
What could 'coats' before declass possibly mean?
Q’s post in OP is dated August 1, 2019.
This happened a few days before:
“President Trump announced on Twitter Sunday that he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, confirming Axios' earlier reporting that Ratcliffe was favored for the job. Coats will leave office on August 15.”
https://www.axios.com/2019/07/28/john-ratcliffe-dan-coats-director-national-intelligence
wasn't there a DNI Coats?
Dan Coats but I thought he was a small player - maybe he's at Corney level.involvement and we are about to find out with this declas (missing a final 's' in the qdrop)