National Security Agency

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE

Trump’s Spy Agency ‘Begging’ Staff to Return Amid Overhaul

General Josh Rudd’s NSA has a big dream to turn into reality, even if they “don’t know how they are going to do it.”

Katie Francis

BRAIN DRAIN

Gabbard Ignored Plea From NSA Official to Not Fire Top Mind

Perceived disloyalty to President Donald Trump has caused the U.S. to lose another top scientist.

Josh Fiallo

UNITED STATES - MARCH 25: National Security Agency director Gen. Timothy Haugh testifies during the Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats" in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

DISMISSED

Nobody Knows Why Trump Admin Fired the NSA Head

Gen. Timothy Haugh and his deputy were reportedly both let go.

Julia Ornedo

Tulsi Gabbard appears on Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News on February 25, 2025.

NO KINKS HERE

Tulsi Gabbard Fires 100 Intelligence Officers for Sex Chats

“Today’s action, in holding these individuals accountable, is just the beginning,” said Gabbard, who cast her order as part of a broader purge of intelligence officials.

Sean Craig

Russian law enforcement officers patrol Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023.

ON THE BRINK

U.S. Stopped Ukraine Striking Moscow on Anniversary: Report

A purported leaked CIA memo said the bombardment had been called off at “Washington’s request.”

Dan Ladden-Hall

‘NO SUCH AGENCY’

The USA’s Most Secretive Agency Is Spilling Its Secrets

During the pandemic the notoriously secretive intelligence agency revamped its museum, which displays machines used to decode enemy messages in wartime.

Shannon Vavra