Here is an article in the Washington Post that details a directive signed by President Bush, whose content is classified, that "authorizes the intelligence agencies, in particular the National Security Agency, to monitor the computer networks of all federal agencies -- including ones they have not previously monitored."
Apparently, there was a battle between the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security to determine which agency would ultimately implement the new directive. It would appear that the NSA won.
The directive also may include a provision where "Under the initiative, the NSA, CIA and the FBI's Cyber Division will investigate intrusions by monitoring Internet activity and, in some cases, capturing data for analysis, sources said.
The Pentagon can plan attacks on adversaries' networks if, for example, the NSA determines that a particular server in a foreign country needs to be taken down to disrupt an attack on an information system critical to the U.S. government. That could include responding to an attack against a private-sector network, such as the telecom industry's, sources said."
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