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NSA's Ex-Cyber Chief Has Million Dollar Idea
Former General Keith Alexander, retired director of the National Security Agency, is going corporate, charging $1 million a month for cyber-warfare technology he wants to patent. Shane Harris covers intelligence and counter intelligence for Foreign Policy magazine. His upcoming book is called, @War : The Rise of the Internet Military Complex.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readFormer General Keith Alexander, retired director of the National Security Agency, is going corporate, charging $1 million a month for cyber-warfare technology he wants to patent. Shane Harris covers intelligence and counter intelligence for Foreign Policy magazine. His upcoming book is called, @War: The Rise of the Internet Military Complex. Recently, he got a tip that Keith Alexander was doing something with patents — and charging really high fees. Alexander sat down for a revealing interview.
