Tailspin. Even the spooks are Rudderless: 2016: (NSA21) stand down TAO 2026: beg and plead TAO to return "Rudd acknowledged uncertainty about the best way to execute the transition and signaled the agency may make rapid, reversible decisions if initial steps prove incorrect" https://www.
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Tailspin. Even the spooks are Rudderless: 2016: (NSA21) stand down TAO 2026: beg and plead TAO to return "Rudd acknowledged uncertainty about the best way to execute the transition and signaled the agency may make rapid, reversible decisions if initial steps prove incorrect" https://www. washingtonpost.com/national-se curity/2026/09/13/national-security-agency-launches-historic-restructuring/
National Security Agency launches historic restructuring https://www. washingtonpost.com/national-se curity/2026/09/13/national-security-agency-launches-historic-restructuring/
Rudd’s initiative calls for the creation at NSA’s Fort Meade, Maryland, headquarters of five new organizations inside the agency, in artificial intelligence, China, cybersecurity, combat support or warfighting, and global intelligence. https://www. washingtonpost.com/national-se curity/2026/09/13/national-security-agency-launches-historic-restructuring/