capture. reporter: would the nsa ever do that, even if it could? one man we hoped would answer that question, the current director of the national security agency, general keith alexander, when he declined requests to sit down with us for an interview, we stopped by the offices of a washington think tank where alexander was speaking at a cyber security event. will the utah data center hold data of american citizens? no. we don t hold data on u.s. citizens, the people there at nsa. they take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing they do in securing this nation. and so when people just say they re going to have all this stuff at utah data center, that s baloney. that s ludicrous. i am not coming out to say here s what we re doing at utah, that would be ridiculous, too, it would give our adversaries a tremendous advantage. we re not going to do that. reporter: bill binney says
bush administration? yes. that s another reason why pen benny and drake have been critics of the data certainty. the question is what are they doing with it, what are the controls, what are the over sites? one man hopes to answer it the current director of the national security agency, general keith alexander. when he declined request to sit down with us for an interview we sat down with the a washington think tank where he was speaking at a cyber security event. will the utah data center hold the data of american citizens? no. we don t hold data on u.s. citizens, the people there at nsa. they take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing that they do in securing this nation. and so when people just throw out, oh, they are going to have all of this stuff at utah data center that s bologna. that s ludicrous. i am not going to come out and say here s what we are doing at
bush administration? yes. that s another reason why pen benny and drake have been critics of the data certainty. the question is what are they doing with it, what are the controls, what are the over sites? one man hopes to answer it the current director of the national security agency, general keith alexander. when he declined request to sit down with us for an interview we sat down with the a washington think tank where he was speaking at a cyber security event. will the utah data center hold the data of american citizens? no. we don t hold data on u.s. citizens, the people there at nsa. they take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing that they do in securing this nation. and so when people just throw out, oh, they are going to have all of this stuff at utah data center that s bologna. that s ludicrous. i am not going to come out and say here s what we are doing at
far less transparent than the bush administration? yes. that s another reason why pen benny and drake have been critics of the data certainty. the question is what are they doing with it, what are the controls, what are the over sites? one man hopes to answer it the current director of the national security agency, general keith alexander. when he declined request to sit down with us for an interview we sat down with the a washington think tank where he was speaking at a cyber security event. will the utah data center hold the data of american citizens? no. we don t hold data on u.s. citizens, the people there at nsa. they take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing that they do in securing this nation. and so when people just throw out, oh, they are going to have all of this stuff at utah data center that s bologna. that s ludicrous. i am not going to come out and
is comparing the ransomware challenge to the attack on september 11th, calling for a coordinated fight across the country. here s victor oquendo. reporter: tonight, two central florida hospitals serving the largest retirement community in america are under a ransomware attack. uf health the villages and uf health leesburg hospital saying they first detected unusual activity on their computer systems on memorial day and have since learned that the activity was related to a cyber security event. the hospital system with more than ten hospitals throughout the state suspending email access and even resorting to using pen and paper across hospitals and clinics. this attack coming on the heels of hacks on the nation s largest meat supplier, the largest transit system in the country, and the largest pipeline. in an interview with the wall street journal, fbi director christopher wray comparing the ransomware attacks to the challenges brought on by the 9/11 attacks, telling the paper the a