{"id":670,"date":"2025-04-04T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/?p=670"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:33:55","slug":"trump-fires-nsa-director-and-deputy-after-loomer-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/trump-fires-nsa-director-and-deputy-after-loomer-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires NSA director and deputy after Loomer meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Trump administration has fired the director of the National Security Agency as well as his deputy, prompting outrage from congressional Democrats.<\/p>\n

Director Gen. Timothy Haugh was ousted late Thursday along with his civilian deputy Wendy Noble, a decision that followed the firing of\u00a0several other top national security staffers<\/a>\u00a0earlier that day.<\/p>\n

Haugh, who\u00a0<\/a>also leads<\/a>\u00a0the U.S. Cyber Command, has more than 30 years experience in the U.S. Air Force and led numerous cyber operations to counter efforts from Russia and other U.S. adversaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said he was \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d by the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have known General Haugh to be an honest and forthright leader who followed the law and put national security first\u2014I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this Administration,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Intelligence Committee and the American people need an immediate explanation for this decision, which makes all of us less safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump fired at least three senior staffers and two junior officials at the White House National Security Council (NSC) \u2014 a day after meeting with far-right activist<\/a>\u00a0Laura Loomer. She argued that some within the NSC are not sufficiently loyal<\/a>\u00a0to his agenda.<\/p>\n

Loomer, a far right activist who has promoted conspiracy theories about 9\/11, called the two NSA leaders disloyal and described both as \u201cBiden holdovers\u201d despite years of public service under presidents of both parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cNSA Director Tim Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble have been disloyal to President Trump. That is why they have been fired,\u201d she\u00a0wrote on<\/a> the social platform X.<\/p>\n

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee,\u00a0invoked\u00a0the recent\u00a0<\/a>Signal app breach<\/a>\u00a0among top Trump administration officials in his criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt 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 \u2013 even as he apparently takes staffing direction on national security from a discredited conspiracy theorist in the Oval Office,\u201d he\u00a0wrote on X<\/a>, referencing Loomer.<\/p>\n

He also praised Haugh for a long career served with \u201chonor and distinction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when the United States is facing unprecedented cyber threats, as the Salt Typhoon cyberattack from China has so clearly underscored, how does firing him make Americans any safer?\u201d he\u00a0added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Noble was reportedly reassigned to a post at the Pentagon, the toppling of its leaders follows the firing of other key staffers at Loomer’s urging.<\/p>\n

Also removed Thursday were\u00a0Brian Walsh, senior director of intelligence; Thomas Boodry, senior director of legislative affairs; and David Feith, senior director of technology and national security.\u00a0According to The Washington Post, David Feith, a senior director for technology and national security; and Maggie Dougherty, a senior director for international operations, were also dismissed.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters Thursday he \u201csometimes\u201d takes Loomer\u2019s advice but shot down the idea that she was responsible for the latest axing.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaura Loomer is a great patriot. She\u2019s a very strong person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe makes recommendations on things and people, and sometimes I listen to those recommendations, like I do with everybody,\u201d the president added. \u201cI listen to everybody, and then I make a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s senior adviser Elon Musk, who has overseen the Department of Government Efficiency,\u00a0met with Haugh<\/a>\u00a0at the NSA\u2019s headquarters in Fort Meade, Md., in mid-March, a week after he argued that the spy agency needs to be overhauled.<\/p>\n

Updated at 9:43 a.m. EDT<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Trump administration has fired the director of the National Security Agency as well as his deputy, prompting outrage from congressional Democrats. Director Gen. Timothy Haugh was ousted late Thursday along with his civilian deputy Wendy Noble, a decision that followed the firing of\u00a0several other top national security staffers\u00a0earlier that day. Haugh, who\u00a0also leads\u00a0the U.S. Cyber Command, has more than 30 years experience in the U.S. Air Force and led…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}