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Haugh is one of the most high-profile national security officials to be removed by President Trump in the early months of his second term. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/defensescoop\/110155\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-4.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh waits for the beginning of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at Hart Senate Office Building on July 12, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"33.611503531786\"><body readability=\"67.942281513749\"><\/p>\n<p>Gen. Timothy Haugh, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the NSA, was removed from those positions Thursday \u2014 another high-profile firing of a senior national security official by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear why Haugh was fired. However, his dismissal comes amid a purge of other national security officials at the National Security Council and NSA. It happened following a visit to the Oval Office of political activist Laura Loomer, who has urged President Donald Trump to fire certain officials due to their perceived disloyalty to him and his agenda. In a social media <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1908013350866608261\">post<\/a> Thursday night, Loomer said Haugh and NSA Deputy Director Wendy Noble were fired for being \u201cdisloyal\u201d to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply disturbed by the decision to remove General Haugh as Director of the National Security Agency. I have known General Haugh to be an honest and forthright leader who followed the law and put national security first \u2014 I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this Administration. The Intelligence Committee and the American people need an immediate explanation for this decision, which makes all of us less safe,\u201d Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HouseIntelDems\/status\/1907990352247541855\">statement<\/a> posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>A defense official told DefenseScoop that Cybercom\u2019s deputy commander, Army Lt. Gen. William Hartman, is currently in charge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haugh, the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of former Cybercom commander Paul Nakasone, took the helm at the command last February. At the time, many described Haugh as the <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2024\/02\/02\/timothy-haugh-takes-over-cyber-command-nakasone\/\">right person for the job<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>With a 34-year career in the Air Force, Haugh made a name for himself as the director of intelligence at Cybercom and then later as the deputy commander of the counter-ISIS task force and commander of the elite <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2023\/01\/10\/digital-defenders-a-look-at-the-evolution-and-elevation-of-americas-cyber-national-mission-force\/\">Cyber National Mission Force<\/a>. In the latter role, he helped establish an election defense task force. He was later chosen to lead the Air Force\u2019s information warfare and cyber unit prior to becoming the deputy commander at Cybercom and then commander.<\/p>\n<p>Haugh was slated to testify before Congress next week as part of annual posture hearings where officials provide members an update on their organization and operations.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, an NSA spokesperson referred DefenseScoop to the public affairs office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A Defense Department spokesperson said they had seen the press reports about Haugh\u2019s firing but had nothing further to offer. They said they would provide more information when it becomes available. <\/p>\n<p>The White House and National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haugh\u2019s removal comes just a few weeks after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2025\/02\/21\/trump-fires-gen-brown-chairman-joint-chiefs-nominating-dan-caine\/\">fired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2025\/02\/21\/trump-fires-adm-franchetti-chief-of-naval-operations\/\">Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti<\/a>, among other senior defense officials.<\/p>\n<p>Before being fired, Haugh was in the midst of what had been described by some as a top-to-bottom review of the command, its forces and structures known as <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2025\/02\/12\/cybercom-2-0-model-house-lawmakers-receive-first-briefing\/\">Cybercom 2.0<\/a>. In fact, the implementation plan was delivered to the secretary of defense March 21 and officials were awaiting approval for further action.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, there have been calls to sever the dual-hat relationship in which the same individual heads Cybercom and NSA. <a href=\"https:\/\/therecord.media\/cyber-command-nsa-dual-hat-trump\">Press reports<\/a> have indicated that the Trump administration wanted to renew efforts it began at the end of his first administration to sever that dual hat. It\u2019s unclear if the White House plans to appoint a new person to lead both organizations after Haugh\u2019s firing or eliminate the dual-hat arrangement.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"4.4379310344828\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"16\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa.png?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Mark Pomerleau\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Mark Pomerleau<\/h4>\n<p> Mark Pomerleau is a senior reporter for DefenseScoop, covering information warfare, cyber, electronic warfare, information operations, intelligence, influence, battlefield networks and data. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__tags-container\">\n<h4 class=\"single-article__tags-title\">In This Story<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<p> <\/html><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__ads js-single-article-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"ad ad--sidebar js-single-article-sidebar-5 ad--rightrail_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad--sidebar js-single-article-sidebar-4 ad--rightrail_2 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad--sidebar js-single-article-sidebar-3 ad--rightrail_3 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"popular-stories popular-stories--single-post\">\n<div class=\"popular-stories__container\">\n<h2 class=\"popular-stories__title\"> More Scoops <\/h2>\n<div class=\"popular-stories__stories\">\n<div class=\"popular-stories__cards\">\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \" readability=\"18.233766233766\">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2025\/03\/25\/katie-sutton-assistant-secretary-defense-cyber-policy-trump-nominee\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-1.jpg?resize=530%2C337&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-md size-ratio-16-9-md wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=300,191 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=768,488 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=1024,651 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=1536,976 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=600,381 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=264,168 264w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=530,337 530w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=1062,675 1062w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-from-leadership-of-cyber-command-and-nsa-5.jpg?resize=1327,843 1327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. 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