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An aerial view of the US Cyber Command joint operations center on the NSA campus is seen on May 25, 2020, in Fort Meade, Maryland. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Command and control: A fight for the future of government hacking

A quiet but constant tug of war is raging between the intelligence community and the military over the future of U.S. Cyber Command.

Apr 11, 2018 By Chris Bing

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats (U.S. Embassy in Berlin)

While U.S. ponders response to Russia, agencies’ hands are tied in cyberspace, intelligence chief says

After being repetitively criticized for not taking action, the head of the intelligence community complained that a lack of policy had stifled his agencies from forcefully responding…

Mar 6, 2018 By Chris Bing

Michael Rogers russian hacking — NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command, speaks to students at the Naval War College in August of 2015. (Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer James E. Foehl)

NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control

Neither President Donald Trump nor Secretary of Defense James Mattis has specifically directed Adm. Mike Rogers to “disrupt Russian cyberthreats where they originate."

Feb 27, 2018 By Chris Bing

Sen. Mike Rounds in 2015. (Senate Democrats / Flickr)

New cybersecurity subcommittee formed under Senate Armed Services

The Senate Armed Services Committee welcomed a new subcommittee Wednesday focused on cybersecurity. The oversight and policy writing group will be led by Sen. Mike Rounds, R-SD.,…

Jan 19, 2017

NSA seeks pay bump for its ‘high-end, exquisite civilian talent’

NSA Director Michael Rogers recently authorized the introduction of a specially tailored compensation package for the spy agency’s “high-end” cybersecurity workforce.

Jan 6, 2017