Timothy Haugh; Wendy Noble (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
The director of the National Security Agency, Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh, reportedly was fired Thursday from his post as the head of the agency.
Haugh’s removal as director of the NSA, the nation’s primary cyber espionage and electronic eavesdropping agency, comes on the same day at least three White House National Security Council staffers reportedly also were shown the door.
The ousted NSA director’s civilian deputy, Wendy Noble, was also let go Thursday, according to the Washington Post, citing current and former US officials.
Noble was reassigned to a role within the Pentagon’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, according to the outlet.
The reason behind the NSA shakeup is unknown, the US officials told the outlet.
Haugh, who also serves as the Pentagon’s Cyber Command chief, had led the NSA since February 2024.
It’s unclear if the Air Force general will remain at his Cyber Command post following his removal from the Fort Meade, Md.-based spy agency.
Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk was hosted by Haugh at NSA headquarters just last month, his first known visit to a US intelligence agency. (Read more: New York Post, 4/03/2025) (Archive)
Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer claimed she had a “private” meeting with President Trump on Wednesday to present him with “research” — before at least three National Security Council staffers were reportedly fired.
“It was an honor to meet with President Trump and present him with my research findings,” Loomer wrote on X after posting details about the lack of proper “vetting” at the NSC in the past week.
I woke up this morning to learn that there are still people in and around the West Wing who are LEAKING to the hostile, left-wing media about President Trump’s *confidential* and *private* meetings in the Oval Office. I want to reiterate how important it is that people who gain…
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 3, 2025
Loomer apparently presented the president with information about NSC staffers having “neo-con” views, Axios reported.
(…) As many as six staffers may have ultimately been shown the door, according to The New York Times, which noted National Security Adviser Mike Waltz was present at the White House meeting with Loomer.
The ousted staffers included senior director Brian Walsh, senior director for national affairs Thomas Boodry, and senior director David Feith, according to CNN.
“NSC doesn’t comment on personnel matters,” NSC spokesman Brian Hughes told The Post.
Trump later confirmed he met with Loomer and got her advice — but said the firings didn’t have to do with her.
.@kaitlancollins continues her character assassination of me.
Says she doesn’t know who gave me clearance to get to the White House.
President Trump did, Kaitlan.
You are incredibly disrespectful to me. You lie about me and my intelligence.
It was President Trump who… pic.twitter.com/47qqgpapSk
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 3, 2025
“We’re always going to let go of people — people we don’t like, or people that take advantage of, or people that may have loyalties to someone else,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. (Read more: New York Post, 4/03/2025) (Arvhive)