Introducing the most powerful man on the internet:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Keith B. Alexander already headed up the National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Security Service (CSS.) With his new appointment he will undoubtedly become the most powerful man online.

DOD Announces First U.S. Cyber Command and First U.S. CYBERCOM Commander

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander’s appointment as the first U.S. Cyber Command commander, officially establishing the initial operating capability for the new command. The announcement comes immediately following Alexander’s promotion to receive his fourth star during a ceremony at Fort Meade, Md., today.

“Given our increasing dependency on cyberspace, this new command will bring together the resources of the department to address vulnerabilities and meet the ever-growing array of cyber threats to our military systems,” said Gates.

U.S. Cyber Command possesses the required technical capability and focuses on the integration of military cyberspace operations. The command is charged with pulling together existing cyberspace resources, creating synergy that does not currently exist and synchronizing war-fighting effects to defend the DoD information security environment. This is not an expansion of DoD’s mission. It is in keeping with the department’s mission to protect and defend U.S. national security and protect the lives of men and women in uniform.

U.S. Cyber Command is a sub-unified command, subordinate to U.S. Strategic Command. Its headquarters is currently located at Fort Meade, Md. The Senate confirmed Alexander’s promotion to become commander of the new sub-unified command, U.S. Cyber Command on May 7.

http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13551

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. this is important enough for me to kick once

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Sure is, it represents the future in defense. To say nothing of--

the potential types of military specialties, contracts, and so forth.

Thanks, this is definitely an area to watch.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. this is our true "Big Brother" at DU

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. T. I. A, anyone?

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Have to wonder.

Hopefully, others are looking into the ramifications and funding.....

[xchrom]

5. Recommend

[NightWatcher]

7. Love their website...an homage to all things creepy, fascist, and Big Brother

http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0410_cybersec/

Love their posters on the right side of the page.

"So a new world awaits – a world of greater security and greater potential prosperity – if we reach for it, if we lead. So long as I'm President of the United States, we will do just that. And the United States – the nation that invented the Internet, that launched an information revolution, that transformed the world – will do what
we did in the 20th century and lead once more in the 21st"
President Barack Obama, Commander in Chief
May 29, 2009

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. I also enjoy it. I like watching those who watch me online...

They probably watch us other places too, like cameras in stores and parking lots.

[Canuckistanian]

9. I hope someone hacks his website n/t

[Heywood J]

10. And here I was, expecting a picture of this: