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Alex Soros

@AlexanderSoros Jan 8

 

Lawmakers who claim to care about public safety need to stop writing ICE a blank check.

 

Today’s murder was unthinkable — but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Without oversight, state-sanctioned violence will continue to happen.

 

Jan 8, 2026 · 1:02 AM UTC

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Anonymous ID: c23321 Jan. 8, 2026, 6:37 p.m. No.24095060   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5157 >>5254 >>5266 >>5470 >>5511 >>5525 >>5548

From the NSA to Israeli defense tech, Mike Rogers isn’t slowing down

 

DEFENSE AFFAIRS: Former NSA director Mike Rogers discusses why Israel’s security challenges are redefining the next era of defense technology.

ByANNA AHRONHEIM

DECEMBER 5, 2025 17:39

 

The career of Admiral (ret.) Michael Rogers reflects both his admiration for Israeli resilience and his strategic belief that the country is central to the future of not only cybersecurity but defense tech and dual-use innovation.

 

This week, Rogers, the former head of the US National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, sat down with Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post on the sidelines of the International DefenseTech Summit, led by the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development, in collaboration with the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center at Tel Aviv University.

 

It was far from being his first time in Israel. The first few times were in the 1980s, when the biggest security challenge for Israel was Palestinian terrorism, and there were military checkpoints on highways. Now, while there are no longer checkpoints along Israeli highways, the threat is not only Palestinian terrorism, but ballistic missiles and drone attacks from neighboring countries, as well as Iran and the Houthis in Yemen.

 

Times have changed, and so has warfare. And so has the innovative technology being churned out by Israeli defense-tech start-ups and the large defense companies.

 

Rogers often remarked that what impressed him most about Israel was not only its technical excellence but the country’s societal resilience under constant geopolitical pressure. Speaking to D&T, he noted that the adaptability and creativity of Israeli entrepreneurs mirrored the urgency of their national security environment.

…In a move that blends American intelligence leadership with Israeli defense expertise, Rogers has stepped into the private sector as a senior partner at Aurelius Capital, a newly unveiled investment fund headquartered in Tel Aviv, New York, and London.

 

The fund, which emerged from stealth in October 2025, completed an initial $50 million raise and is targeting $150m. to back start-ups in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and space technologies.

 

The leadership roster reads like a who’s who of defense and intelligence. Rogers is joined by Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amir Eshel, former commander of the Israel Air Force, and Udi Lavi, former deputy director of the Mossad. The fund is spearheaded by Alon Lifshitz and Tomer Jacob, partners at Hanaco Ventures, who bring decades of venture capital and corporate finance experience.

 

Rogers’s presence at Aurelius is particularly significant. Having steered the NSA through the fallout of the Snowden leaks and led US cyberoperations against Russian interference, he now brings that strategic lens to Israel’s defense-tech ecosystem.

Rogers told D&T that he didn’t want to get involved with the defense-tech scene until he saw “the power of innovation on the battlefield.”

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https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-879256