Cohen: Rex Tillerson's gone. Be afraid, very afraid of what comes next

For months, the departure of Rex Tillerson was imminent. He would leave by Thanksgiving, he would leave by Christmas, he would leave by Valentine’s Day. A former senior official of the State Department told me recently that Tillerson was expected to announce his departure around the first anniversary of his swearing-in, on Feb. 1.
Tillerson was said to be waiting to be free of the financial rules (his net worth is said to be $300 million) imposed on a cabinet secretary. That was to happen