<p>Washington: The director of the US National Security Agency was fired on Thursday, the <em>Washington Post</em> reported, citing two current and one former US officials.</p><p>Timothy Haugh, who is also head of US Cyber Command, was dismissed along with his deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, the newspaper said.</p><p>Noble was reassigned to a job within the Pentagon's office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, the newspaper said. The NSA is part of the US Defense Department.</p><p>The current and former officials cited by the <em>Washington Post</em> said they did not know the reason for Haugh’s dismissal or Noble’s reassignment.</p><p>US Cyber Command deputy William Hartmann was named acting NSA director and Sheila Thomas, who was the executive director at the NSA, was named acting deputy, newspaper said.</p>.US Senate Republican calls Chuck Schumer, top Democrat & highest-ranking Jewish official, 'Fuhrer'.<p>The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p><p>Democrat Jim Himes, a ranking member of the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Senator Mark Warner, the Democratic vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee condemned Haugh's firing.</p><p>"It is astonishing that President Trump would fire the nonpartisan, experienced leader of the NSA while still failing to hold any member of his team accountable for leaking classified information on a commercial messaging app – even as he apparently takes staffing direction on national security from a discredited conspiracy theorist in the Oval Office," Warner wrote in a post on X.</p><p>Republican President Donald Trump, since taking office on January 20, has fired multiple top officials at US agencies and installed loyalists.</p><p>Elon Musk, who is leading the Trump administration's effort to cut and streamline the federal government's workforce, visited the National Security Agency last month to meet Haugh.</p><p>The NSA is one of the United States' premier intelligence agencies and uses top-tier, specialised technology and systems to collect and analyse intelligence. US Cyber Command carries out both offensive and defensive operations and monitors the networks of the Department of Defense.</p>
<p>Washington: The director of the US National Security Agency was fired on Thursday, the <em>Washington Post</em> reported, citing two current and one former US officials.</p><p>Timothy Haugh, who is also head of US Cyber Command, was dismissed along with his deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, the newspaper said.</p><p>Noble was reassigned to a job within the Pentagon's office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, the newspaper said. The NSA is part of the US Defense Department.</p><p>The current and former officials cited by the <em>Washington Post</em> said they did not know the reason for Haugh’s dismissal or Noble’s reassignment.</p><p>US Cyber Command deputy William Hartmann was named acting NSA director and Sheila Thomas, who was the executive director at the NSA, was named acting deputy, newspaper said.</p>.US Senate Republican calls Chuck Schumer, top Democrat & highest-ranking Jewish official, 'Fuhrer'.<p>The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p><p>Democrat Jim Himes, a ranking member of the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Senator Mark Warner, the Democratic vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee condemned Haugh's firing.</p><p>"It is astonishing that President Trump would fire the nonpartisan, experienced leader of the NSA while still failing to hold any member of his team accountable for leaking classified information on a commercial messaging app – even as he apparently takes staffing direction on national security from a discredited conspiracy theorist in the Oval Office," Warner wrote in a post on X.</p><p>Republican President Donald Trump, since taking office on January 20, has fired multiple top officials at US agencies and installed loyalists.</p><p>Elon Musk, who is leading the Trump administration's effort to cut and streamline the federal government's workforce, visited the National Security Agency last month to meet Haugh.</p><p>The NSA is one of the United States' premier intelligence agencies and uses top-tier, specialised technology and systems to collect and analyse intelligence. US Cyber Command carries out both offensive and defensive operations and monitors the networks of the Department of Defense.</p>