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Vice Adm. Michael Rogers Tapped As New NSA Chief

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Friday, January 31st, 2014

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Vice Adm. Michael Rogers Tapped As New NSA Chief

Adm. Michael S. Rogers. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The Department of Defense announced this week that Secretary Chuck Hagel has appointed Vice Adm. Michael Rogers as the head of the National Security Agency (NSA). A trained cryptologist, Rogers currently commands the Navy’s 10th Fleet, which serves as the U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) Fleet. Rogers will replace Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who has held the directorship since 2005 and carried the agency through a spate of recent controversies. Alexander has spoken publicly over the past year about his planned…

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