Vice-Admiral Michael Rogers To Be Next NSA Chief

Will take over from Keith Alexander

The embattled National Security Agency is about to get new leaders to deal with the ongoing fallout from whistleblower Edward Snowden's surveillance disclosures.

Vice-admiral Michael Rogers, the commander of the US navy's tenth fleet and its Fleet Cyber Command, will take over from NSA Director Keith Alexander, who reluctantly became a global figure in the wake of the Snowden revelations.

Richard Ledgett, the head of the agency's investigation into Snowden – who publicly floated the prospect of an amnesty for the former contractor – will become the NSA's new deputy director and top civilian leader.

The appointments, both long anticipated, were announced by the Pentagon on Thursday.