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Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington and agency

Democrats decry dismissal of NSA director Tim Haugh

A man in a general's uniform speaks at a hearing
National Security Agency director, Gen Tim Haugh, at a Senate committee hearing in March. Top Democrats said firing Haugh makes the US ‘less safe’. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Top congressional Democrats are protesting against the firing of Gen Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe”.

Haugh and his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, have been dismissed from their roles, the Washington Post reported late on Thursday, with CNN reporting likewise, both outlets citing multiple unnamed officials and other senior sources close to the matter who had requested anonymity.

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