Betty Sapp, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, hinted in a speech at the Geoint 2015 conference that one organization in the broader national security community isn't moving fast enough to protect satellites. Credit: USGIF

WASHINGTON – While U.S. Defense Department officials in recent months have repeatedly cited the need to make military satellite constellations less vulnerable, at least one entity within the broader national security community isn’t moving quickly enough, at least for the likes of one top intelligence official.

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