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The Evolving Role of the National Security Agency

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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