Potpourri of Relevant Tidbits-NSA’s Russ Tice on CyberCom & StratCom (Sibel Edmonds)

[mmonk]

While we were busy covering the ‘Iranian Twitter Revolution’ and gobbling up the latest ‘sex’ news involving Sanford:

Robert Gates issued his anticipated order to establish the U.S. Cyber Command which ‘supposedly’ will be responsible for defending the military portion of cyberspace. Of course the preoccupation with Sanford’s hanky panky and playing cheerleader for our twitter buddies didn’t allow for any in-depth coverage of this gigantic development.

Here is what my friend and a member of NSWBC, Russ Tice, had to say about this latest development:

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For the first time, Tice went on the record and revealed his exact job title and mission concentration while working for the NSA & DIA:


Read at http://www.123realchange.blogspot.com/

“As StratCom has neither the expertise nor technical resources to conduct this mission, the default control of CyberCom will fall, by design, into the lap of NSA. This was similarly true of StratCom being given responsibility for military space after the demise of US Space Command, which effectively ceded control of space to the Air Force. Are we to believe that CyberCom being headquartered not at Omaha, NE, but rather at Fort Meade, MD, right next to NSA; and with NSA’s current director, Lieutenant General Keith Alexander, promoted to a four star general, as its head, is a coincidence?



Read and discuss.



I will be in and out as I've been traveling west and currently am in West Yellowstone Montana.

[hootinholler]

1. Don't let this drop people!

Keep this kicked, it is important if you love the net.

-Hoot

[StateSecrets]

2. K & R

Travel Safe MMonk:-)