“We can’t see…other nations attacking us,” the retired general and first head of U.S. Cyber Command said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday.

A quiet but constant tug of war is raging between the intelligence community and the military over the future of U.S. Cyber Command.

Gen. Paul Nakasone, the former head of Army Cyber Command, glided through a lackluster confirmation hearing Thursday to the top of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, putting him in the unique and powerful position of guiding both U.S.-backed cyber-espionage and warfare.