Additionally , Alexander held key staff assignments as Deputy Director and Operations Officer , Executive Officer , 522nd MI Battalion , 2nd Armored Division ; G-2 for the 1st Armored Division both in Germany and during the Gulf War , in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm , in Saudi Arabia . He also served in Afghanistan on a peace keeping mission for the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence . <!-- In addition to his Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy, Alexander has an M.S.B.A. from the Boston University Graduate School of Management and dual Master of Science degrees in systems technology (electronic warfare) and physics from the Naval Postgraduate School. He also holds a Master of Science degree in national security from the National Defense University. --> Alexander headed the Army Intelligence and Security Command , where in 2001 he was in charge of 10,700 spies and eavesdroppers worldwide . In the words of James Bamford , who wrote his biography for '' Wired '' , " Alexander and the rest of the American intelligence community suffered a devastating defeat when they were surprised by the attacks on 9/11 . " Alexander 's reaction was to order his intercept operators to begin to monitor the email and phone calls of American citizens who were unrelated to terrorist threats , including the personal calls of journalists
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