Dennis Blair: Covert Activity Laws ‘Slow,’ Undermine Field Operations

Retired Adm. Dennis Blair, director of National Intelligence, said in his confirmation hearings that existing laws governing the conduct of intelligence agencies are “currently slow and degrade the conduct of operations in the field.”

Last month, he released a letter to the intelligence community assuring it…

Gen. Keith Alexander Manning the Front Lines of Cyber Defense

Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander might not be a household name… yet.  He currently serves as head of the NSA and the Joint Functional Component Command  for Network Warfare  at Ft. Meade, Md., but his name has been floated as a possible head of the proposed Cyber Command, which would also be based…