As lame duck President Donald Trump purges his administration, the Pentagon's top intelligence official has resigned in protest.<br />According to Business Insider, Joseph Kernan, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, walked off the job on Tuesday.<br />The Pentagon says Kernan's departure had been planned for months, but it notably comes the same day two other Department of Defense officials resigned.<br />Kernan's announcement came one day after Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper by tweet, saying Esper had been 'terminated.'<br />It also comes amid the resignation of the chief of staff to the Secretary of Defense Jen Stewart and acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Anderson.<br />Writing in a statement that 'it appears that chaos has now reached the Pentagon,' Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was just one of many lawmakers sounding the alarm.
