Any idea why we had to look for this? President Bush Selects Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander to Head NSA
[KLP Note: I wondered who Bush had selected, and found this...then checked to see if anyone had posted it here....No, they hadn't that I could find. Is this just secret? Or doesn't anyone in the media care? ]
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Submitted by John Little on July 7, 2005 - 12:58am.
Via the Baltimore Sun:
President Bush has selected Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the Army's intelligence chief, as the new director of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade.
The agency has been without a director since mid-April, when Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden left to become the first deputy director of national intelligence. That is the longest vacancy for the top post in the spy agency's history, said Matthew Aid, who is writing a history of NSA.
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LTG Keith B. Alexander assumed the duties as the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS, G-2), Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington DC on 2 July 2003. His prior assignment was as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, VA.
He was born in Syracuse, N.Y. He entered active duty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Previous assignments include the Director of Intelligence, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and Deputy Director for Requirements, Capabilities, Assessments and Doctrine, J-2, for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. LTG Alexander has served in a variety of command assignments in Germany and the United States. These include tours as Commander of Border Field Office, 511th MI Battalion, 66th MI Group; 336th Army Security Agency Company, 525th MI Group; 204th MI Battalion; and 525th MI Brigade.
Additionally, LTG Alexander held key staff assignments as Deputy Director and Operations Officer, Army Intelligence Master Plan, for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence; S-3 and Executive Officer, 522nd MI Battalion, 2nd Armored Division; G-2 for the 1st Armored Division both in Germany and Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM in Saudi Arabia.
LTG Alexander holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy and a Master of Science degree in Business Administration from Boston University. He holds a Master of Science degree in Systems Technology (Electronic Warfare) and a Master of Science degree in Physics from the Naval Post Graduate School. He also holds a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy from the National Defense University.
His military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course, the Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the National War College.
His badges include the Senior Parachutist Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge. |
