Are Former Government Cyber Experts Worth Their Consulting Fees?

BIRMINGHAM – Congressman Alan Grayson made waves last week when he sent letters to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, and the Financial Services Roundtable assailing former head of the NSA, Keith Alexander. In each letter Grayson cited a Bloomberg article that revealed that Alexander?s new consulting firm was commanding hefty fees of anywhere from $600K to $1 million per month.

Grayson reminded these organizations that General Alexander was in possession of classified material and that he should not be selling that information.

?Disclosing or misusing classified information for profit is, as Mr. Alexander well knows, a felony. I question how Mr. Alexander can provide any of the services he is offering unless he discloses or misuses classified information, including extremely sensitive sources and methods. With out the classified information that he acquired in his former position, he literally would have nothing to offer you.?

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