The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command says his top priority is defending the 2020 U.S. elections from foreign interference.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Justin Doubleday was managing editor of Inside the Pentagon until June 2021, where he focused on defense-wide topics including budgets, acquisition policy, combatant commands, missile defense and cyber. He has also worked for ITP sister publications Inside the Army and Inside the Navy. Justin previously reported for The Chronicle of Higher Education. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2013.
The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command says his top priority is defending the 2020 U.S. elections from foreign interference.
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