First off -10 points for use of the word “cyber”. But, more importantly it appears that the NSA is getting more work. The NSA, under the Bush junta administration, was leveraged to conducting monitoring of US nationals on somewhat questionable legal grounds. That being said, our American cousins have a new administration.
Well, it turns out that the NSA may be apparently taking on a greater role in the “war on packets”.
From Information Week:
“There are some wizards out there … who can do stuff. I think that capability should be harnessed and built on,” Blair said in testimony to the House intelligence committee.
Blair acknowledged that many Americans distrust the agency, which operated former President George W. Bush’s secret program of warrantless electronic spying on some Americans’ overseas phone calls.
“The NSA is both intelligence and military, two strikes out in terms of the way some Americans think about a body that ought to be protecting their privacy and civil liberties,” Blair said.
Fair enough. There needs to be a stronger presence for this in the US. But, it can’t be left to run roughshod over everything also.
Worst quote from the piece, the NSA is the “greatest repository of cyber talent.”
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