I’m not sure why so many ppl try to make every person/situation into a ‘zero-sum’ endeavor.
I find it likely that Mr. Coats was the right person for the time, did what he needed, and is making way for the “right person for right now”.
The timing of that declass is just as likely a matter of LE issues as it was Coats preference...
It could be him, but it could also be x,y,z...
In any regard, it signals that ‘the times are a changing’... so gather round for declass!
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