Democratic leaders on Friday decried the Trump administration’s abrupt firing of a top Pentagon intelligence and cyber officer, the most high-profile dismissal of a senior military official since the removal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in February.
News broke late Thursday night that Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh, who had been dual-hatted as the National Security Agency director and head of U.S. Cyber Command, had been ousted, although it wasn’t immediately clear why.
The move came after GOP activist Laura Loomer in a White House meeting urged President Donald Trump to fire a series of national security personnel, according to media reports. In the aftermath, a half-dozen National Security Council officials were let go, per reports.
