The Secret War: General Keith Alexander’s secret army

James Bamford, The Secret War. Wired, 12 June 2013. “NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar…. Infiltration. Sabotage. Mayhem. For years, four-star General Keith Alexander has been building a secret army capable of launching devastating cyber attacks. Now it’s ready to unleash hell.”

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The Secret Sharer: Is [Whistleblower] Thomas Drake an enemy of the state?

Jane Mayer, The Secret Sharer: Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state? The New Yorker, 23 May 2011. “Drake, a former senior executive at the National Security Agency, faces some of the gravest charges that can be brought against [a U.S.] citizen.”

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