{"id":42990,"date":"2016-11-19T23:04:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T23:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:38:20","slug":"reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/pentagon-and-intelligence-community-chiefs-have-urged-obama-to-remove-the-head-of-the-nsa\/2016\/11\/19\/44de6ea6-adff-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/pentagon-and-intelligence-community-chiefs-have-urged-obama-to-remove-the-head-of-the-nsa\/2016\/11\/19\/44de6ea6-adff-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html\">according to the Washington Post<\/a>. \u00a0Carter and Clapper &#8220;want Rogers out over perceived failures fighting ISIS and lax security keeping,&#8221; <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/bosses-nsa-chief-mike-rogers-floated-possible-trump-cabinet-pick-n686246\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/bosses-nsa-chief-mike-rogers-floated-possible-trump-cabinet-pick-n686246\">according to NBC News<\/a>.<br\/><br\/>The Post reports that action on the recommendation has been delayed due to a separate\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/articles\/what-would-a-cybercom-nsa-split-mean\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: null\">pending controversial recommendation<\/a> to change the NSA&#8217;s and military&#8217;s cyberwarfare unit&#8217;s chains of command. <br\/><br\/>News of Carter&#8217;s and Clapper&#8217;s recommendation comes as\u00a0Rogers, who is being considered by President-elect Donald Trump as a replacement for Clapper, met with Trump in New York last week without notifying his superiors,\u00a0a &#8220;move apparently unprecedented for a military officer&#8221; that caused &#8220;consternation at senior levels of the administration,&#8221; according to the Post.<br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, according to the Washington Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":80113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":68,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12,68],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1846],"class_list":["post-42990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"CC2GKHQYLVAZVPUT4D23VCILLA","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief - Army Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, according to the Washington Post.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, according to the Washington Post.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Army Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-19T23:04:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T07:38:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2016-11-19T23:04:54+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T07:38:20+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 155,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"News\",\n\t                \"Pentagon &amp; Congress\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief - Army Times\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2016-11-19T23:04:54+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T07:38:20+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, according to the Washington Post.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/19\\\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"News\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"news\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Pentagon &amp; Congress\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/news\\\/pentagon-congress\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"pentagon-congress\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 4,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Army Times\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News For Soldiers | Army Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Army Times\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/army-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/army-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Army Times\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief - Army Times","description":"Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, according to the Washington Post.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief","og_description":"Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, according to the Washington Post.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/","og_site_name":"Army Times","article_published_time":"2016-11-19T23:04:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T07:38:20+00:00","author":"Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief","datePublished":"2016-11-19T23:04:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T07:38:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/"},"wordCount":155,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["News","Pentagon &amp; Congress"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/","name":"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief - Army Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-19T23:04:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T07:38:20+00:00","description":"Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recommended to President Obama last month that Adm. Mike Rogers be removed as the head of the National Security Agency, according to the Washington Post.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/11\/19\/reports-obama-urged-to-remove-adm-mike-rogers-as-nsa-chief\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/","ad_zone":"news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pentagon &amp; Congress","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/","ad_zone":"pentagon-congress"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Reports: Obama urged to remove Adm. Mike Rogers as NSA chief"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/","name":"Army Times","description":"Independent News For Soldiers | Army Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#organization","name":"Army Times","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/army-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/army-logo-white.png","caption":"Army Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Army Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mike-rogers-111916.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42992,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42990\/revisions\/42992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42990"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=42990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}