Doug Bedell — December 16, 2013, 12:33 pm
White House Continuing Unified Electronic Oversight
The Associated Press reports that the the Obama administration “will continue the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs and cyber command operations under the direction of a single military commander…The administration had considered splitting oversight of the two sensitive national security programs amid revelations about its surveillance programs sweeping phone and Internet data inside the U.S. and around the world.”
But the administration believes, the AP report continues, that “maintaining the oversight responsibilities together under one command is the most effective approach to accomplishing both agencies’ missions.
Filed under: Electronic Security, Homeland Security