Paul Nakasone, head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), will retire in early February and will also resign as head of the U.S. Cyber Command and Central Security Service. This was reported by the American agency Bloomberg By consulting knowledgeable sources.
“U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, will retire in early February, according to two people with knowledge of the decision,” the agency said in a statement. said.
It was noted that his resignation from these positions was expected last year, but his successor, US Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Ho, was postponed due to the delay in Senate approval.
In December 2023, the US Senate confirmed Ho’s nomination, but Paul Nakasone’s exact resignation date is still unknown.
Nakasone became director of the US NSA in 2018 and even then warned of increasing “threats” to the US from China. He also led the creation of NSA’s Artificial Intelligence Security Center.
Formerly Paul Nakasone and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray statedAllegation that the Russian Federation may try to interfere in the US presidential election in 2024 and link this to the conflict in Ukraine.
Previously at the Pentagon in the name A major long-term threat in the Western Hemisphere.