BREAKING NEWS

Pentagon says Timothy Haugh to depart as NSA director

The Pentagon said on Friday that Timothy Haugh will depart as the US National Security Agency director and the commander of the Cyber Command.

"The Defense Department thanks General Timothy Haugh for his decades of service to our nation, culminating as U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director. We wish him and his family well," Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement.