Alexander in 2013
16th Director of the National
Security Agency (NSA)
NSA Chief Steps Down Without Mentioning Snowden Affair
Friday, 28 Mar 2014 09:33 PM
By Cathy Burke
The head of the National Security Agency stepped down
Friday -- without once uttering the name of spy secrets leaker Edward Snowden, whose massive
revelations shocked the nation and rocked the spy agency.
Military veteran Gen. Keith Alexander formally relinquished
control after nine years at the helm of the NSA in a ceremony at the NSA's Fort Meade, Md.,
headquarters.
Alexander quoted General Douglas
MacArthur’s thoughts on patriotism, morality and service from his 1962
retirement speech at West Point, calling them
“especially applicable with all that has gone on in the past year," the
Guardian reported.
It was the only reference to
Snowden's spy secrets leaks.
"Thanks for protecting our
nation. Thanks for protecting our civil liberties and privacy. Thanks for doing
your job when many others would have walked away,” Alexander said, the British
newspaper reported.
Though Alexander is credited with
expanding the agency's powers and influence, his tenure will likely be better
remembered for the agency's spying dragnets around the globe that were leaked
through documents handed over to the Guardian, the Washington Post and other
news outlets.
Defense secretary Chuck Hagel said the leaks had created
“one of the most challenging periods” in the NSA’s history, though director of
national intelligence James Clapper
said he'd "never heard him complain," the Guardian reported.
General Martin Dempsey, the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, compared Alexander to James Bond.
“Can anyone guess what number he
keeps on his parking spot at Fort
Meade?” Dempsey said.
“007.”
Peter Singer, a
cybersecurity scholar at the Brookings
Institution, told the Guardian Alexander’s successor, Vice Admiral Michael Rogers, faces "an immense
uphill battle in the post-Snowden, post-Alexander world."
"It's good that we're now
selling a message of restraint, but it's not clear the rest of the world is
going to buy it," he told the newspaper.
Critics have claimed Alexander has
tried to withhold information from the American people and overseen
unconstitutional operations, The Hill noted.
In a Fox News interview earlier in
the week, Alexander predicted the leaks would "haunt" Snowden
"for the rest of his life.”
President Obama has unveiled a
proposal to end the NSA's phone data collection; the proposal now heads to
Capitol Hill.
National Security Agency
Keith B.
Alexander is the director for the National
Security Agency (NSA), and a friend of Barbara
G. Fast.
Note: Michael S. Rogers
is a director nominee for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Barbara G. Fast
is a friend of Keith B. Alexander, was
a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a
VP at the Boeing Company.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Boeing Company
is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
W. James
McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and Obamacare is his signature
policy initiative.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Robert S. Osborne
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.
Edward Snowden was
an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton,
and leaked information about the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
James R. Clapper
was an executive director, military intelligence programs for Booz Allen Hamilton, the under
secretary for intelligence for the U.S.
Department of Defense, and is a director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the Barack Obama administration.
National
Security Agency (NSA) is an agency
for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Chuck
Hagel is the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Defense for the Barack
Obama administration, and was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Peter W. Singer
is a senior fellow & director of the Center for 21st Century Security for
the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was the coordinator, defense
policy task force for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a managing
director at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Boeing Company
is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
W. James
McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Barbara G. Fast
was a VP at the Boeing Company, a VP
for the CGI Group Inc., and is a
friend of Keith B. Alexander.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Keith B.
Alexander is a friend of Barbara G.
Fast, and a director at the National
Security Agency (NSA).
General
Dynamics Corporation is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).
James S.
Crown is a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and was a managing director at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Robert S. Osborne
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
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