ALAN GRAYSON 9TH DISTRICT, FLORIDA COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE ON MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL DEMOCRATIC WHIP Kenneth E. Bents en President Congress at the written ?tates 31901152 at ?epresmtatihes EC 20515?0909 June 25, 2014 Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) 1101 New York Avenue, NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC. 20005 Dear Mr. Bentsen, 430 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, DC 20515 (202) 225?9889 ORLANDO DISTRICT OFFICE 5842 SOUTH SEMORAN BOULEVARD ORLANDO, FL 32822 (407) 615?8889 KISSIMMEE DISTRICT OFFICE 101 NORTH CHURCH STREET SUITE 550 KISSIMMEE, FL 34731 (407) 518?4983 graysonhousegov I am writing with concerns about the potential disclosure of classi?ed information by former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander. According to a June 20, 2014 article in BloombergINews, Mr. Alexander is requesting between $600,000 and $1,000,000 a month for cybersecurity consulting services with your organization. Security expert Bruce Schneier noted that this fee for Alexander?s services is on its face unreasonable. ?Think of how much actual security they could buy with that a month. Unless he's giving them classi?ed information.? Schneier also quoted Recodenet, which headlined this news as: "For another million, I'll show you the back door we put in your router." This arrangement with Mr. Alexander may also include additional work with shadow regulatory ?rm The Promontory Group, with whom Alexander apparently will partner ?on cybersecurity matters.? According to Promontory spokesman Chris Winans, Mr. Alexander ?and a ?rm he?s forming will work on the technical aspects of these issues, and we on the risk-management compliance and governance elements.? Disclosing or misusing classi?ed information for pro?t is, as Mr. Alexander well knows, a felony. I question how Mr. Alexander can provide any of the services he is offering unless he discloses or misuses classi?ed information, including extremely sensitive sources and methods. Without the classified information that he acquired in his former position, he literally would have nothing to offer to you. Please send me all information related to your negotiations with Mr. Alexander, so that Congress can verify whether or not he is selling military and cybersecurity secrets to the ?nancial services industry for personal gain. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Alan Grayson Member of Congress PRINTED 0N RECYCLED PAPER