Condemnation after reported firing of US NSA director Timothy Haugh

National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade. File picture: Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

The director of the US National Security Agency was fired on Thursday, the Washington Post reported, citing two current and one former US officials.

Timothy Haugh, who is also head of US Cyber Command, was dismissed along with his deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, the newspaper said.