04-04-2025
Head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command Fired by Trump Administration
Gen. Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command, was fired by the Trump administration. Top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees confirmed late Thursday night and Haugh's removal from the agencies was disclosed by Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).News of the firing was first reported by the Washington Post and no other details were immediately available. Himes said in a statement that he was 'deeply disturbed' by the decision. He further shared that he had known Haugh to 'be honest and forthright' and that he was a leader who 'followed the law [putting] national security first.'
'I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this Administration,' the statement was first nominated to be the NSA director by former President Joe Biden in May 2023. His Senate confirmation hearing was later delayed until December 2023 due to a hold on military testified last week about the Signal leak, where a journalist from The Atlantic was added into a group chat with high-ranking members of the Trump administration. The chat included people such as Pete Hegseth, the United States Secretary of Defense and Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. It revealed an operation to bomb Houthi targets and Haugh was not included in the chat.'The Intelligence Committee and the American people need an immediate explanation for this decision, which makes all of us less safe.'
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