U.S. cybersecurity head quits, citing growing role of National Security Agency poses threats to democratic processes

By SHAUN WATERMAN, UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
Published: March 11, 2009 at 10:52 AM

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- The official in charge of coordinating the U.S. government's cybersecurity operations has quit, saying the expanding control of the National Security Agency over the nation's computer security efforts poses "threats to our democratic processes."

"Even from a security standpoint," Rod Beckstrom, the head of the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Center, told United Press International, "it is unwise to hand over the security of all government networks to a single organization."

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