EPISODE · Apr 4, 2018 · 9 MIN
The Next NSA Chief Is More Used to Cyberwar Than Spy Games
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
After sailing through two friendly Senate hearings—one so uncontroversial that only six senators tops bothered to even show up at any given point in the hour—Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone seems set to for confirmation as the next director of the National Security Agency. That means he'll soon lead not just one agency, but two: the world's most powerful spying operation, the NSA, and the world's most powerful military hacker force, US Cyber Command. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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After sailing through two friendly Senate hearings—one so uncontroversial that only six senators tops bothered to even show up at any given point in the hour—Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone seems set to for confirmation as the next director of the National Security Agency. That means he'll soon lead not just one agency, but two: the world's most powerful spying operation, the NSA, and the world's most powerful military hacker force, US Cyber Command. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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