In a surprise step, the administration of US President Donald Trump dismissed the director of the National Security Agency, President of the Cyber ​​Leadership, Timothy Hug and his deputy Wendi Nobel, from their positions, which raised questions about the motives of this decision.

The move comes in conjunction with great pressure on security officials, following the leakage of secret talks between senior American officials related to military plans, while it became known in the media as the “Sagenal scandal”.

These dismissals also coincide with the dismissal of officials from the National Security Council at the White House, on Thursday, after President Donald Trump's meeting with the right -wing right -wing activist Laura Loumer.

Newsweek magazine says that these changes fall within the framework of a series of tensions that faced the administration, after leaking a controversial conversation that included National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and a number of senior officials in the administration, where a discussion was discussed about Yemen in a chat group on the Signal application.

This sparked invitations to the resignation of Waltz and Defense Minister Beit Higsth, but Trump has repeatedly defended them, and confirmed that he would achieve the incident, and asked Waltz to follow the investigations.

Mystery surrounds the separation decision

According to the NBC News, the reasons for the dismissal of Hug and Nobel are still unclear, and officials in the Ministry of Defense said there is no immediate explanation about the decision.

Hug, the Gen. of the Air Force, took over the leadership of the National Security Agency since 2023, while Nobel has been the highest civilian official of the agency, according to the Associated Press News Agency.

Hug and Nobel are known for their long experience in the field of intelligence, as they provided contracts of professional service.

Reactions

Political figures expressed their condemnation of the dismissal decision, as Democratic Representative Jim Hems of Connecticut on the “X” platform wrote: “I am very disturbed by the decision to dismiss General Hug. Who may all make us less safe. ”

Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia also published a comment on X, in which he said: “General Hug served our country with honor for more than 30 years. At a time when the United States faces unprecedented cyber threats, and the cyberspace“ Typhon ”attack from China showed how to make his American chapter safer?”.