NSA chief may lose US Cyber Command role

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57610793-83/nsa-chief-may-lose-us-cyber-command-role/

By Desiree Everts DeNunzio
CNET News
November 4, 2013

Folks in the Pentagon appear to be rethinking the idea that one person 
should be in charge of both the NSA and the United States' 
cyberoperations.

Top military officials are considering separating the role of National 
Security Agency director and the head of Cyber Command, a former 
high-ranking administration official on Monday told The Hill.

Gen. Keith Alexander was tapped to become head of America's national 
spying agency in 2005, and took up the additional role of the head of 
Cyber Command five years later. The mission of Cyber Command is 
essentially to synchronize the Defense Department's various networks and 
cyberspace operations to better defend them against the onslaught of 
cyberattacks.

Alexander, and his civilian deputy, John "Chris" Inglis, are expected to 
resign from their positions in the coming months. Alexander is pushing to 
keep the two positions united and believes that splitting them up would 
result in two agencies battling over resources and command decisions, 
according to The Hill.

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