Yes, that was my point, though I may have been unclear. There's lots of describing him as the head of the NSA (both by techdirt and by politico), but I suspect that that was misleading, because I suspect that he made these statements as head of USCYBERCOM.
Maybe I misunderstand the division of responsibilities, but AIUI, the NSA limits themselves pretty absolutely to spying, and actually going out and doing things (like telling companies to block certain packets, which allegedly might cause that company to need immunity (ha!)) is not really an NSA thing.
Maybe I misunderstand the division of responsibilities, but AIUI, the NSA limits themselves pretty absolutely to spying, and actually going out and doing things (like telling companies to block certain packets, which allegedly might cause that company to need immunity (ha!)) is not really an NSA thing.