Who is Timothy Haugh? The NSA chief fired amid cyber security concerns

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 […]

Not the last Waltz: Trump defends NSA after security breach

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 shrugs off Yemen ‘war plan’ chat leak as ‘glitch’, says NSA Waltz learned ‘a lesson’

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 […]