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Senate Confirms Trump's Pick for NSA, Cyber Command (politico.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Senate Tuesday quietly confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. U.S. Army Cyber Command chief Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone was unanimously confirmed by voice vote to serve as the "dual-hat" leader of both organizations. The two have shared a leader since the Pentagon established Cyber Command in 2009. He will replace retiring Navy Adm. Mike Rogers after a nearly four-year term. The Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees both previously approved Nakasone's nomination by voice vote.
The Senate Tuesday quietly confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee...
What do you mean 'quietly'? Are you implying that they were trying to hide it? I hate how news organizations have started using this phrase haphazardly to try to make it seem like something nefarious is going on...
USA Cyber command, which was started in 2009, is really just an arm of the NSA. It makes perfect sense from a political view point for the lead of the NSA to also oversee the Cyber command. One counter argument to this might be that Cyber command is/was intended to be defensive focused while the NSA is focused on all communication intelligence both offensive and defensive. At some level there is likely to be some management structure that is only Cyber Command focused. This story is likely a non-event.
There is or can be built a machine that can simulate any physical object. -Church-Turing principle
So that just means we don't get to know who voted for this guy, or even if there were enough votes for him to carry.
When you thought things were getting bad with this admin, their legislative buddies pull another stinker on us. If they had the votes and were confident in the nominee a voice vote wouldn't be necessary. If this guy really was that good, being on record for him wouldn't be an albatross around anyone's neck. But here we are.
See, normal cable news pundit prime time dipshits would say, "SENATE CONFIRMS TRUMP"S PICK FOR NSA!."
"Up next, 3 poeple in boxes YELLING on the screen argue how this is VERY bad and why we should care!!!"
Or in the case of Sean Hannitty and the rest of Fox News: "Clinton's email a new perspective and how it links to the Stormy Daniels fraud. Right after these real estate get rich quick scam advertisments that I have nothing to do with."
Then an ad for catheters and urine bags run before the TACTICAL flashlights advertised by some guy with muscles who claims he served in some branch in the military and never saw combat in his life.
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It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to run NASA, but really?
Couldn't they find ANYONE else to run it?
Based on the Facebook stuff, they seem to not understand how the tubes work...
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
As it stands, only about a quarter of the age eligible population is able to join the armed forces. If Cyber Command had become its own service then they could have opened recruiting to anyone who was willing to do the work, study hard, and become a member. As it stands, the ranks will be closed to those who are not a member of the physical elite.
Not only dies this close the door to service by those who are not in near perfect physical condition; but it also limits the pool of potential candidates based on a factor that has nothing to do with their acumen at cyber-security.
this is a pretty important appointment. Someone who has oversight over a lot of questionable practices. You'd expect a little more talk on both sides. If he's just a great candidate Trump should be tooting his horn (after all, most Trump appointees have been questionable at best and horrifyingly bad at worst). If not, this is just another example of how both sides are really only in the tank for the mega corps.
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Keeping to his "TV experts" appointments, why not Leo Laporte? LOL..
Are we for or against this nomination, or do we not care?
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
I am American and many people are saying this is naother example of the huge successfully management of USA departments under amazing president trump that didn't exist with idiot Obama.
and humans of the world need to unite, to thwart the rogue regime called the USA and ts spyng peeping tom ways at kids and adults
As it stands, only about a quarter of the age eligible population is able to join the armed forces. If Cyber Command had become its own service then they could have opened recruiting to anyone who was willing to do the work, study hard, and become a member. As it stands, the ranks will be closed to those who are not a member of the physical elite.
As it stands today, the United States Military could not function without the generous assistance of a few hundred thousand contractors supporting it. And a lot of those contractors were former military members who simply grew well beyond their former physical limitations.
Not only dies this close the door to service by those who are not in near perfect physical condition; but it also limits the pool of potential candidates based on a factor that has nothing to do with their acumen at cyber-security.
Couldn't agree with you more here, but let's be honest for a minute. How many potential candidates within the "uber-hacker" ranks would pass a background investigation for a security clearance, as well as a drug test? Physical conditioning is likely the least qualifying concern.
A new service takes money away from the CIA and NSA computer funding.
Every new mission completed wold take prestige away from existing agencies.
Best to keep it within the existing command structure and allow all winning to be the result of existing "cyber" teams.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"