NSA Risks Talent Exodus Amid Morale Slump, Trump Fears (reuters.com)

Dustin Volz and Warren Strobel, writing for Reuters: The National Security Agency risks a brain-drain of hackers and cyber spies due to a tumultuous reorganization and worries about the acrimonious relationship between the intelligence community and President Donald Trump, according to current and former NSA officials and cybersecurity industry sources. Half-a-dozen cybersecurity executives told Reuters they had witnessed a marked increase in the number of U.S. intelligence officers and government contractors seeking employment in the private sector since Trump took office on Jan. 20. One of the executives, who would speak only on condition of anonymity, said he was stunned by the caliber of the would-be recruits. They are coming from a variety of government intelligence and law enforcement agencies, multiple executives said, and their interest stems in part from concerns about the direction of U.S intelligence agencies under Trump. Retaining and recruiting talented technical personnel has become a top national security priority in recent years as Russia, China, Iran and other nation states and criminal groups have sharpened their cyber offensive abilities. NSA and other intelligence agencies have long struggled to deter some of their best employees from leaving for higher-paying jobs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.

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Re:All my friends in NSA are looking

[Anonymous Coward]

Good! If the NSA get destroyed as a side effect of Trump, then it was all worth it...

Re:Obama Loyalists

[0xdeadbeef]

You'll also find those who support Trumps agenda joining the administration.

Good to know that a cadre of Paula Beans will be keeping America safe from "cyber" attacks.

talent ?

[stooo]

>> NSA Risks Talent Exodus Amid Morale Slump, Trump Fears

NSA has talent ?

Wonderful News!

[Archtech]

"One of the executives, who would speak only on condition of anonymity, said he was stunned by the caliber of the would-be recruits. They are coming from a variety of government intelligence and law enforcement agencies..."

So yet again Mr Trump has come up trumps! He is already delivering on his promise to stimulate the business sector and create jobs. here are large numbers of America's most brilliant minds, being prized out of dead-end, stultifying jobs in a government bureaucracy that performs no useful function (and might, if given its head, kill us all) and made available to the private sector. There they can help corporations expand and employ more people; boost the GDP; and earn far more for themselves and their families.

This is as close to a "no downside" result as any government could ever produce.