Listen as Larry spoke with cyber security expert Morgan Wright regarding the criticism President Donald Trump has received for not ordering the NSA to disrupt Russian hackers.
Trump hasn’t ordered NSA to disrupt Russian hackers
The head of the National Security Agency told lawmakers Tuesday that he hadn’t been formally asked by President Donald Trump to take steps to disrupt Russian election hacking activity at its source.
Adm. Mike Rogers was asked by Sen. Jack Reed (D., R.I.) during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing whether he had been directed by the president, through the secretary of defense, to strike “the origin of these attacks.”
“No, I have not,” Rogers replied. Elaborating, he said that while he has directed his agency to begin “some specific work” that he wouldn’t specify in an unclassified setting, the agency hasn’t pursued other work to counter Russian meddling. [Read More]
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