NSA's top lawyer ousted
Doss, who has been in the position since 2022, was offered a separate role in the Pentagon, said the two people, though it is not clear if she intends to take it. Both were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the move.
Spokespeople for the NSA and the Pentagon did not immediately reply to requests for comment on Doss's removal, though her bio page on the NSA's website has been taken down. Doss did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Loomer also did not respond to a request for comment.
The New York Times first reported on Doss's removal.
The general counsel is a career civil servant position at the NSA, an agency whose vast surveillance powers over foreign mobile and internet data pose vexing civil liberties issues for Americans.
Doss held legal posts at NSA between 2003 and 2016, according to her LinkedIn profile. She then moved to the Senate Intelligence Committee, where she worked as the minority counsel for Democrats during the bipartisan investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
She held positions in the private sector and academia before returning to the NSA as the agency's top lawyer.
Doss's removal is not the only high-profile ouster at the signals intelligence agency that has been tied to pressure from right-wing activists.
In April, President Donald Trump fired the top two officials at the NSA without explanation, shortly after an Oval Office meeting with Loomer.
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