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Obama signs off on nomination of Rogers as NSA director
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President Obama has signed off on the nomination of Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers to lead the embattled National Security Agency and the Pentagon’s cyberwarfare organization, according to sources familiar with the decision. In an unusual move, Obama himself interviewed Rogers last week, in a reflection of the job’s high profile at a time when the NSA has drawn fire for the scope of its surveillance practices. White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden declined to comment, but people familiar with the matter said an announcement is expected soon. Rogers, a Navy cryptologist, had long been seen as the frontrunner to succeed Gen. Keith Alexander, who has been NSA director since 2005. Alexander, who will retire March 14, is the longest-serving NSA head. He is also the first commander of U.S. Cyber Command, which launched in 2009. Rogers, whose Navy career spans more than 30 years, is “uniquely qualified” to take on the job, said Terry Roberts, a former Naval intelligence official who worked with Rogers when he served as a special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and JCS director of intelligence. She cited his background in intelligence and his experience heading Fleet Cyber Command, the Navy’s cyber unit that also works for U.S. Cyber Command. Rogers understands signals intelligence and cyberattack operations, as well as the intelligence needs for the military and civilian agencies, she said. He “is the kind of leader who will embrace the challenge of defining the optimal balance for the NSA between security, privacy and freedom in the digital age,” Roberts said. The Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to question him on issues related to both cyber operations and the NSA. Rogers has regularly briefed top military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon. He has been involved in cyberdefense and offense policy issues as head of Fleet Cyber Command. But he has not had to defend the nation’s largest intelligence agency against charges of violating surveillance and privacy laws, and the Constitution. Last month, Obama decided not to split the leadership of the NSA and Cyber Command, which a number of administration officials advocated, including Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. Obama also opted not to end the 62-year tradition at the NSA of having a uniformed officer as the director. Alexander, who supported Rogers as his successor, has long argued that Cyber Command and the NSA need to be under one leader and closely linked because the military cyber mission depends heavily on the NSA’s networks and capabilities. Some military cyber personnel say that Cyber Command will never fully mature as an organization unless the leadership roles are split. In a 2012 interview, Rogers told The Washington Post that he was comfortable with the current “dual-hat” arrangement. “I think it is a sound one,” he said. He said that fostering a “culture of accountability and responsibility” was one of his goals as Fleet Cyber commander. “We need to make sure that commanders understand cyber is a core facet of operations and warfare of the 21st century,” he said, adding that “it is not a silver bullet. It is not going to replace other capabilities.”
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據(jù)美國(guó)《華盛頓郵報(bào)》1月26日?qǐng)?bào)道,知情人士透露,美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬已經(jīng)簽署文件,準(zhǔn)備提名密碼專家、海軍中將邁克爾?S?羅杰斯擔(dān)任備受爭(zhēng)議的美國(guó)國(guó)家安全局(NSA)局長(zhǎng)。 羅杰斯是美國(guó)海軍密碼專家,軍銜中將。羅杰斯在海軍有30年的經(jīng)驗(yàn),曾主管艦隊(duì)網(wǎng)絡(luò)司令部,熟悉信號(hào)情報(bào)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊,也對(duì)軍用、民用情報(bào)需求了如指掌。另外,羅杰斯還長(zhǎng)期給軍、政兩界高級(jí)官員提供簡(jiǎn)報(bào),參與過網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊、防御的決策工作。不過,NSA日前被指違反監(jiān)控、隱私相關(guān)法律,甚至違憲,無疑給羅杰斯帶來新的挑戰(zhàn)。 考慮到NSA的“知名度”,奧巴馬上周罕見地親自面試羅杰斯。白宮發(fā)言人凱特林?海登拒絕發(fā)表評(píng)論。知情人士稱,美國(guó)很快將就提名一事發(fā)布官方聲明。 前美國(guó)海軍情報(bào)官員特麗?羅伯茨盛贊亞歷山大,說他是“那種擁抱挑戰(zhàn),能夠在數(shù)字時(shí)代帶領(lǐng)NSA在安全、隱私和自由方面達(dá)到理想平衡的領(lǐng)袖人物”。 基思?亞歷山大2005年起擔(dān)任NSA局長(zhǎng),即將于3月14日退休,是NSA歷史上任職時(shí)間最長(zhǎng)的局長(zhǎng)。亞歷山大還是2009年設(shè)立的五角大樓美國(guó)網(wǎng)絡(luò)司令部的首任司令。 羅杰斯出任NSA局長(zhǎng)后,也會(huì)同時(shí)擔(dān)任網(wǎng)絡(luò)司令部主管。此前,包括美國(guó)國(guó)家情報(bào)總監(jiān)詹姆斯?R?克拉珀在內(nèi)的多名官員呼吁讓兩者“分家”。不過,在亞歷山大的支持下,奧巴馬上個(gè)月否決這個(gè)提議,沿用舊制。另外,NSA成立62年來一直由軍人擔(dān)任局長(zhǎng),奧巴馬此番提名羅杰斯,也沿襲了這個(gè)傳統(tǒng)。 亞歷山大支持羅杰斯接替自己,他一直堅(jiān)稱網(wǎng)絡(luò)司令部和NSA必須由同一人領(lǐng)導(dǎo),并且和軍方網(wǎng)絡(luò)項(xiàng)目保持緊密聯(lián)系。也有軍方情報(bào)人員認(rèn)為,如果不“分家”,網(wǎng)絡(luò)司令部將永遠(yuǎn)無法成為成熟的組織。 相關(guān)閱讀 美國(guó)重量級(jí)團(tuán)體支持希拉里競(jìng)選總統(tǒng) 已開始籌款 【我的中國(guó)夢(mèng)】懸壺濟(jì)世的馬里醫(yī)生迪亞拉 斯諾登將在2月競(jìng)選英國(guó)大學(xué)學(xué)生校長(zhǎng) (王琦琛 編輯:玉潔)
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