This document is page 204 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein, bearing a House Oversight Committee stamp. The text discusses the NSA's surveillance capabilities, specifically regarding foreign jihadists and the bureaucratic compliance measures implemented after the Snowden breach in 2013. It details the oversight roles of Rajesh De (NSA General Counsel), the DOJ, and the President's Oversight Board, while noting the tension between surveillance duties and protecting government networks from cyber attacks.
This document outlines the administrative challenges faced by the NSA regarding compliance reporting and discusses the establishment and mission of the U.S. Cyber Command to defend against cyber threats. It details the difficulties in attributing cyber attacks to state actors versus civilians, citing the Sony attack, and describes strategies like planting sentinel viruses and retaliation capabilities. Additionally, it reaffirms the NSA's primary role in foreign intelligence gathering despite its new cyber defense responsibilities.
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