General Timothy Haugh, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and US Cyber Command, was fired after a meeting with right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, who had pushed for his firing.
Wendy Noble, the Deputy Director of the NSA, has also been fired and may have been reassigned to another role at the Pentagon.
Haugh, who was nominated by former President Joe Biden, spent more than 30 years in the military and was leading the Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force.
Lieutenant General William J. Hartman has been named the acting director of the NSA, and Sheila Thomas appointed as the acting deputy.