WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of national security agency (NSA), according to US officials and members of Congress, but White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move.Senior military leaders were informed Thursday of the firing of Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, who also oversaw the Pentagon’s Cyber […]
The Trump administration has removed general Timothy D Haugh from his post as director of the national security agency (NSA) and commander of US cyber command, a report by Washington Post revealed. The abrupt decision sparked concern in Washington and left many unanswered questions. After Haugh, William Hartmann has been named the new acting director […]
The TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected calls to fire his National Security Advisor Michael Waltz after a major security flub where senior administration officials used an unsecured commercial app to coordinate military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen last week. Waltz accidentally looped in a journalist into a Signal […]
Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed a journalist’s accidental inclusion in a group chat discussing Yemen air strikes as a “glitch” and maintained support for his senior national security team despite the security breach.In a telephone interview with NBC, Trump, who resumed office in January, stated the breach was “the […]
