The Evolving Role of the National Security Agency

Posted: January 6th, 2017

By Corin Stone

Corin R. Stone is a Scholar-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at the Washington College of Law. Stone is on leave from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) where, until August 2020, she served as the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Strategy & Engagement, leading Intelligence Community (IC) initiatives on artificial intelligence, among other key responsibilities. From 2014-2017, Ms. Stone served as the Executive Director of the National Security Agency (NSA).

President-elect Donald Trump was briefed Friday on the findings of the intelligence community that Russia was behind hacks of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s staff during the election campaign. Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia meddled in the election process.

It comes a day after three of the country’s top intelligence chiefs – Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Marcel Lettre and NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers – testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on foreign cyber threats.

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