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NSA Director Keith Alexander Is Reportedly Stepping Down
Daniel_Stuckey writes "Keith Alexander will step down by April or May of next year. What's more, the agency's deputy director Chris Inglis also plans to retire by the end of next year, anonymous US officials told Reuters today. Though the news comes in the midst of a global public backlash over the NSA's widespread surveillance programs, it's worth pointing out that Alexander had revealed his plans to retire before Edward Snowden leaked details of PRISM in June. Officials didn't give a reason for his departure."
He's got enough peep show pron to last him 5 lifetimes now.
Throw them both in prison for ten years for breaking the law.
I'm sure they saw it coming.
Those who can, do. Those who cannot, sue.
before he can be led away
So he can devote all his energies to spying on his family and friends.
Why is Snark Required?
You have done more than enough to harm the citizens, the constitution, our reputation and the ideas that this country was founded on.
Please take the kangaroo FISA court, president transparency and the spineless, corrupt Congress with you.
They should give him a t-shirt that says "I raped my country's Constitution and all I got was full my federal pension, lifetime healthcare benefits, full pardon for all my crimes, and this lousy t-shirt."
The cow says "Moo." The dog says "Woof." The Timothy says "Thanks, valued customer. We appreciate your input."
Where next, Fox?
His commitment to bringing the surveillance state to every American should not go unrewarded.
Although the general public has always known about the CIA, they used to be totally unaware of existence of the NSA. So, although it's not remarkable that the NSA's head is retiring, it is remarkable that the public knows - or cares - about it. The Puzzle Palace just ain't what it used to be.
Be assured that Gen. Alexander will be paid, for services rendered, by the corporations feeding at the trough of "terrorism."
One of his predecessors ended up at Endgame: http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/13/endgame-funding/
No doubt he's stepping down to "spend more time with his family".
Probably because his wife's e-mail and cell phone records indicate she's having an affair.
You could do that, but they will write books, ask colleges to fork out $60,000 or so to do speeches, the same with conferences.... Then they will wait to say they couldn't stand lying to the American people, and had to quit.. You know the usual political bullshit these people do, and everyone will say "oh my, he quit because he cared" (oh yeah he will make money off the various idiotic new media interviews as well)..
Need I go on with the bullshit? I have a BS in BS....
It doesn't matter (NSA-wise) as it doesn't change a single thing.
After an extensive audit, it was uncovered that Keith Alexander had system administrator right.
Will there be any follow up to that?
NSA Director Keith Alexander Is Reportedly Stepping Down
yes ... reportedly. Maybe he'll start doing it for real now he's finished being a front-man.
Anger? We are talking about budgets worth tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. You are going to have a hard time convincing me that anger is a bigger movitator than greed. It barely takes a sneeze to leverage $10 million out of a $10 billion cash flow.
One thing that people talked about was that Alexander knew too much dirt on everyone and couldn't be forced to resign. It makes it easier that he stepped down voluntarily.
If you think about it, the NSA had enough information to force former CIA director David Patraeus to resign. I'm not saying they did, I'm just saying that they had the information and could have done it if they wanted to. But at the same time they were not able to prevent actual terrorists like the ones who attacked Westgate mall. The difference is that it's easier to spy on normal Americans than it is to spy on terrorists.
I guess after running roughshod over the US constitution for all the years he might have finally realized it was wrong.
He shouldn't be just stepping down either, he should be shoved down (the stairs)
... to get nothing more than a cushy retirement after having committed countless crimes against millions of people.
Given that he is not stepping down into a Gen Pop PMITA prison (whilst we are still in his) means he wins.
may you rot in hell.
Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
Just as the State will destroy DNA evidence that can exonerate prisoners already put to death - to prevent "undermining of the death penalty system", drones rain down down terror on largely innocent populations and bystanders - in the name of the war on terror, now the NSA is seeking to persecute Snowden for espionage, theft and conversion of Government property (data) - data which revealed that the NSA is doing exactly those things on as large a scale as their technology allows. Justice, liberty, privacy, peace and security are but fuel for the State's burning ambition for supremacy.
I just sent in my application by emailing it to one of my other accounts.
If Slashdot were chemistry it would look like this:Cadaverine
"The spook you are trying to reach is no longer in service. Please hold while, and another bureaucrat will soon pretend not to be monitoring the line."
Form a consulting company and overcharge the government to provide more bad advice at the highest price.
No good deed goes unpunished.
I can't find a reliable source for this now, but I seem to remember someone saying recently (on another, less significant matter): "I don't want to know who's getting fired, I want to know who's going to jail."
Of course, we're not even talking about someone getting fired--we're talking about someone retiring....
-rozzin.
Am I the only one who finds this a little amusing?
"anonymous US officials told Reuters today"
Nice to hear US official can maintain anonymity.
The NSA has demonstrated government out of control. The whole agency has got to go. The US, my country, has not only created terrorism where it is the primary target (If the "they hate our freedom" is the cause, then why aren't other free countries targeted as well?) but has managed to lose its trust and influence all over the world due to the NSA's behaviors. Worse, it is also affecting American business as they have been shown to be extremely complicit and so also cannot easily be trusted. I'd like to say we never saw it coming, but we did. I have seen other people saying this would happen. I have said it myself. No one believed it would happen to the great and powerful USA... but it's happening
Do you think his talk at the Black Hat conference and the result he got made his superiors look askance?
...Is so that he can work on the review board that is set to investigate the NSA. At least, that's what I imagine will happen.