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NSA Director Nominee To Provide Military Cyber Options For Addressing Russian Election Interference

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, March 15th, 2018

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NSA Director Nominee To Provide Military Cyber Options For Addressing Russian Election Interference

LTG Paul M. Nakasone_ ARCYBER Commanding General_release on 14OCT2016

The president’s nominee to be the next director of the National Security Agency (NSA) told a Senate intelligence panel Thursday he would provide military cyber options to the president and Secretary of Defense needed to deter and improve the response to Russian election interference.Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of Army Cyber Command, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee during his second confirmation hearing to assume the dual leadership role of NSA and Cyber Command, and affirmed he would assist in…

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