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AT&T to Manage Army Network Center in Kuwait

One cannot help but wonder if AT&T received any favorable consideration when awarded this contract due to it's complicity in assisting the NSA in conducting domestic surveillance?

Bob Brewin writes on FCW.com:

AT&T Government Solutions won a $22.7 million contract to help staff and manage a Theater Network Operations and Security Center in Kuwait. The center will support military commands in Asia and Africa, the company said.

The center will serve as the Army’s link to the Global Information Grid (GIG), a worldwide Defense Department network that the Defense Information Systems Agency operates, AT&T said.

The company will provide expertise in wide-area network security, operations and information assurance to ITT Industries, the prime contractor for the center, an AT&T spokesman said. The contract does not call for the provision of circuits, the spokesman added.

The AT&T spokesman said he could not provide other details on the contract and referred calls to ITT.

posted by Fergie @ 6/29/2006 02:11:00 PM