NSA head steps down

[struggle4progress]

Source: The Hill

March 28, 2014, 06:38 pm
By Julian Hattem

Gen. Keith Alexander stepped down from the leadership of the National Security Agency (NSA) on Friday, amid turbulence at the embattled spy agency.

In a ceremony at the agency’s Fort Meade, Md., headquarters, Alexander formally relinquished control of the agency after a nearly nine-year tenure and nearly 40-year military career ...

Alexander’s retirement makes way for Vice Adm. Mike Rogers, a longtime cryptologist nominated by President Obama in January. As the leader of the NSA, Rogers would also be tasked with leading the U.S. Cyber Command, a post for which he needs Senate confirmation.

The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Rogers’s nomination on Wednesday, sending him to the full chamber. There, he could face opposition from critics of the spy agency’s operations ...[\i]

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/personnel-notes/202085-nsa-head-steps-down

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Scuba]

2. But who will command the Starship?

[struggle4progress]

3. Vice Admiral Michael Rogers' nomination passed the Senate Armed Services Committee, I think

[marions ghost]

8. ha ha--where's that picture....

[KeepItReal]

4. K&R

Friday night news dump.

[MannyGoldstein]

5. I *thought* I saw him peeping into my bedroom window tonight!!!

Now that he has all that time on his hands, and a "get out of jail, free" card... yikes!

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Very interesting.

there is an overall pattern of military housecleaning going on, and sounds like it was badly needed.

[RC]

7. Gen. Keith Alexander announced he was stepping down on 16 October 2013

I understand the new guy is basically a clone of the old guy. We'll see.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

9. We'll still need to keep a real good eye on him

just in case.