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Laura Loomered the NSA

2025/4/10
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President Trump fired the head of the NSA — not because of a cyber attack, but because conservative activist Laura Loomer said so. How did she become so influential?

This episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey and Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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Far-right activist Laura Loomer. Photo by Jacob M. Langston for The Washington Post via Getty Images.

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