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James Mattis

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks at DefenseScoop’s DefenseTalks on May 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Mattis: Don’t create separate military cyber service

The former defense secretary said U.S. Cyber Command needs emergency authority to be able to operate inside the United States.
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NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command, speaks to students at the Naval War College in August of 2015. (Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer James E. Foehl)

NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control

Neither President Donald Trump nor Secretary of Defense James Mattis has specifically directed Adm. Mike Rogers to “disrupt Russian cyberthreats where they originate."
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