Peter Suciu
Last week, President Donald Trump fired the head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). Though Trump campaigned on downsizing the federal government, the removal of four-star Gen. Timothy Haugh was one few could have seen coming.
Haugh was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate in 2023 to lead the agency and the command. Though appointed to the posts by former President Joe Biden, Haugh has been seen as largely apolitical.
He worked in signals intelligence and was a career military officer who likely understood the nation’s challenges in the cyber domain from near-peer adversaries, rogue states, and criminal actors.
Not surprisingly, lawmakers expressed outrage and concern over Haugh’s removal.
“We’re under attack, and the president just irresponsibly removed our most important general from the field,” Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees, told reporters in response to Haugh’s ouster last Thursday.
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