Sending AM 12/10/16
Dear General Kelly,
Congratulations on your nomination to be our next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
As a retired military intelligence officer I was alarmed when I read Lt/Gen Ben Hodges AFN interview in Poland during NATO’s FX Anaconda in June. In it he stated “Neither (unclassified) radio communications nor email are secure” and “I assume everything I write on my BlackBerry is being monitored.” I believe he’s absolutely right! This COMSEC problem can become an OPSEC one with dire consequences in the near future by enabling enemy targeteers to put munitions on American targets; as I did to our country’s enemies.
As you are aware, the U.S. Army is switching from Androids to Apple’s Chinese made I-phone 6. In July my (relationship withheld) & fellow unit members deployed to the Middle East in support of operations against IS with their personal mobile devices. These and issue I-phones have inadequate protection against cyber-attack and exploitation by hostile intelligence services to find, target and kill them, preventing mission success.
This winter I became concerned about protecting my personal information and financial information from hackers. I found out that the anti-virus programs out there fail to protect against the zero day attacks that key loggers and click jackers use. I wanted multi-layered defense and anti-screen capture capabilities. I read that “Silicon Review” recognizes Strike Force Technologies as the world’s leading provider of patented, military-grade keystroke encryption, out of band authentication and 2 factor authentication. I purchased on-line and installed their Mobile Trust product on my mobile device. I also encouraged family and friends to do likewise.
Mobile Trust is now being sold in brick and mortar stores nationwide. It was easy to install, costs $30 a year for two I-phones, does not slow things down or cause any other problems. I did this only after Strike Force Technologies settled with Microsoft over patent infringement in January. In full disclosure, I was so impressed I then bought 2 million shares of SFOR sub-penny stock. Now that I have initiated contact with you using my retired rank and specialty I am forbidden by the honor code to add to that position. Please consider helping get our troops something to fix this tremendous COMSEC problem. I don’t even care if it’s Mobile Trust! They just need something better than the standard consumer encryption Apple provides its I-Phone 6. It is nowhere near the level of protection they need. Please view this like the critical shortage of body armor at the start of OIF.
I’ve written letters to current government officials and received courteous replies. However, no defensive software was provided our troops due to the Congressional budget impasse. With the passage of H.R. 5293-DOD Appropriations Act, 2017 funds would be available to do this. Please help! If I can be of any further service to you or our country in this matter please don’t hesitate to call, e-mail or write me at (contact info withheld).
Best Regards,
4 sleddogs
Major USAF Retired
