The director of the powerful wiretapping and cyberespionage service, the National Security Agency, was fired Thursday, according to one former and two current U.S. officials.

Gen. Timothy Haugh, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command, was let go along with his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, according to the officials. Like others in this report, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel moves.

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