US Congress, experts worry about potential spy agency reorganization amid hack response

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A senior lawmaker is concerned the Pentagon is pushing to split the National Security Agency, America’s premier signals intelligence organization, from U.S. Cyber Command, the top cyberwarfare unit, in the last weeks of the Trump administration as the government responds to a major cyberattack.

News of the possible reorganization emerged following a breach of government computer systems across more than half a dozen federal agencies, with Russian hackers believed to be the main culprits, according to U.S. officials.

U.S. Representative Adam Smith, Democratic chair of the House Armed Service Committee, said in a letter published on the committee’s website on Saturday that he is …

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