Keith Alexander Supports Law To Gag Press So He Can Get His Preferred Online Surveillance Bill Passed
by Mike Masnick
TechDirt.com
Wed, Mar 5th 2014
Oh, Keith Alexander, how we’re going to miss your insane claims once you retire in a few weeks — though, I’m sure that as you drift off into “retirement” only to be hired by some government contractor or lobbying organization at an insultingly high salary, that like your buddy Michael Hayden, you’ll still be good for regular bullshit quotes to news organization. Still, while on the job, Alexander seems to want to go out with a bang, talking about how the UK was correct to detain Glenn Greenwald’s partner David Miranda under an anti-terrorism law even though no one thinks he’s a terrorist. However, even more troubling, is that Alexander, who has argued that the US government needs to figure out a way to silence reporters reporting on leaked documents, claims that there’s an effort underway to create “media leaks legislation.”
The general, who is due to retire in the next several weeks, said that the furore over Snowden’s surveillance revelations – which he referred to only as “media leaks” – was complicating his ability to get congressional support for a bill that would permit the NSA and the military Cyber Command he also helms to secretly communicate with private entities like banks about online data intrusions and attacks.
“We’ve got to handle media leaks first,” Alexander said.
“I think we are going to make headway over the next few weeks on media leaks. I am an optimist. I think if we make the right steps on the media leaks legislation, then cyber legislation will be a lot easier,” Alexander said.
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