What
are the reasons behind the government appointing a civilian to the head of the
NSA. Gen. Keith Alexander was tapped to
become head of America's national spying agency in 2005, and took up the
additional role of the head of Cyber Command five years
later. The governments thought being
that by combing the two agencies the country would be better protected. Yet by combining the two agencies the
civilian population may be a victim of abuse of power by the NSA. By splitting the agencies and placing a
civilian in charge of cyber security the potential of government agencies over
stepping their bounds and violated a civilian’s rights to privacy become less
of a threat. Many Americans believe the
NSA is listening to their phone calls and reading their emails. By splitting the agencies this could renew
the trust of the American people.
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