General Timothy Haugh, who led the spy service as well as US Cyber Command, was fired on Thursday night along with his deputy, Wendy Noble, and five senior aides at the National Security Council, another agency under the Defence Department, the Washington Post reported.
Trump confirmed firing staff without naming them on Thursday with a reference to disloyalty.
Loomer appeared to take credit for the moves.
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer (Photo: Ted Shaffrey/AP)
“Thank you President Trump for being receptive to the vetting material provided to you,” Loomer added.
Jim Himes, the top ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called for an immediate explanation of the decision.
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Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Senator Mark Warner said: “It is astonishing that President Trump would fire the nonpartisan leader of the NSA while still failing to hold any member of his team accountable for leaking classified information on Signal.”
Haugh is known as a leading specialist in cyber operations with more than 30 years of military service, who previously led a group conducting offensive operations against Russian election interference.
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