And the Wall Street Journal has revealed the National Security Agency has launched a new domestic surveillance program to detect cyber assaults on critical US infrastructure. The program, dubbed “Perfect Citizen,” would rely on sensors to track unusual activity in the computer networks behind infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear power plants. The military contractor Raytheon has been awarded a contract worth up to $100 million for the program’s initial stage. The expansive program has raised concerns about the NSA potentially intruding on domestic affairs as well as privacy rights. An internal Raytheon email even says of the program: “Perfect Citizen is Big Brother.”
Report: Raytheon Hired for NSA Surveillance of Infrastructure Hacking
HeadlineJul 08, 2010