The official said Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller are required by law to certify that certain requirements have been met before the split can take place.
A US official confirmed that Milley received the proposal from the Department of Defense very late this week.
A spokesman for Milley said the general “has not reviewed or approved a proposal to split CYBERCOM and NSA.”
The defense official told CNN that the feeling within both organizations is that the current effort is being “rushed” and that it would be unwise to do so “quickly or without much forethought.”
The split of the NSA and Cyber Command has long been discussed, but this marks a late rush to do so by the outgoing administration.
This is a groundbreaking story and will be updated.