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Rogers: No Orders From White House For Cyber Command To Address Russian Election Interference

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

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Rogers: No Orders From White House For Cyber Command To Address Russian Election Interference

Admiral Michael Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command.

The head of U.S. Cyber Command told lawmakers Tuesday he has not received authority from the White House or the Secretary of Defense to carry out operations to disrupt future Russian cyber attacks on U.S. elections.Adm. Mike Rogers, who also leads the National Security Agency, informed members of the Senate of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) that his command’s National Mission Forces have prepared plans to disrupt Russian interference capabilities from the source but the President has not given…

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