NSA Chief Keith Alexander Used To Woo Politicians At A 'Star Trek' Command Center
Shane Harris of Foreign Policy has published an extensive profile on NSA Chief Keith Alexander that is bound to turn some heads.
Harris reports that Gen. Michael Hayden, the only person to serve as both NSA chief (1999-2005) and CIA chief (2006-'09), thought that the four star general may have been too much of a "cowboy" to serves as NSA chief while navigating U.S. laws.
Nevertheless, Alexander's political savvy propelled him to the top of the world's most powerful intelligence agency as well as his role as the first commander of U.S. cyber command.
One example of his charm involved an intelligence center in Fort Belvoir, Virginia that was designed based on the command center of the 'Starship Enterprise' spacecraft from Star Trek.
As commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command from 2001 to 2003, Alexander used the Trekkie setup to woo policymakers.
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