President Obama Has Decided To Keep The NSA And The Pentagon's Cybercommand Under The Same Commander

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Obama To Keep Security Agency And Cyberwarfare Under A Single Commander -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Obama has decided to keep the National Security Agency and the Pentagon’s cyberwarfare branch under the same command despite concerns that it concentrates too much power in the hands of a single military official responsible for both surveillance and directing a growing arsenal of cyberweapons.

As a practical matter, the decision means that Mr. Obama must appoint a four-star military officer to succeed Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the first person to simultaneously run the two organizations, when he retires early next year. Only a military commander can run Cyber Command, which is responsible for defending the military’s computer and sensor systems and carrying out offensive computer-network attacks.

But that also means the N.S.A. will be run by someone who has spent a career in the military culture, with the mind-set that engenders.

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