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Jim Mattis was all set to swear in Jeff Bezos for a DOD advisory board — something a defense secretary wouldn’t normally do — but it was scuttled at the last minute because Bezos hadn’t completed his security clearance. Great reporting here. https://t.co/KsjfFnWsEl
— Nancy Scola (@nancyscola) August 22, 2019
It's part of a pattern of Silicon Valley overplaying its hand. Like, moving into the cloud might be good for the DoD. But because Amazon worked every angle so hard to land the JEDI contract, the process now seems tainted to the point of unsalvageability.
— Lydia DePillis (@lydiadepillis) August 22, 2019
Remarkable how deeply embedded in intel- and military-industrial complexes Amazon and Jeff Bezos already are https://t.co/I7yjekx930 pic.twitter.com/MEBm9eDFOv
— Justin Elliott (@JustinElliott) August 22, 2019
So the Pentagon gave special insider access to Silicon Valley bigshots like Eric Schmidt.
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) August 22, 2019
An ethics officer objected.
The result? Schmidt blew up and the ethics officer was *pushed out of her job.*https://t.co/NTCP2AwvHb
Turns out Jim Mattis's time on the Theranos board was just a prelude. https://t.co/CoFg2hcXuU
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) August 22, 2019
Before a Pentagon ethics officer lost her job for Qing Eric Schmidt and Silicon Valley's insider access to the DoD, she was warned to never speak to Schmidt.
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) August 22, 2019
She was told, "Schmidt was a billionaire and would never accept pushback, warnings or limits.”https://t.co/NTCP2AwvHb pic.twitter.com/rfxk78dyGi
NEW: Tech moguls like Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon. And one whistleblower who raised flags has paid the price. https://t.co/B4jNvhwgEa
— ProPublica (@propublica) August 22, 2019
Reminder: your local bookstore is somewhat less entwined with the military industrial complex than Amazon. https://t.co/NADq3H78qi
— Capitol Hill Books (@chbooksdc) August 22, 2019
A good read on the JEDI, even if the headline is ridiculous (seduced? ?). Here is the key sentence for me: "Much of the information that has surfaced in the press about JEDI is the product of investigations performed by Oracle and its lawyers" https://t.co/Le5bVtquAr
— Greg Otto (@gregotto) August 22, 2019
All kinds of bonkers new details in this piece about how Amazon and Google pushed the Pentagon towards its cloud services, and how the Pentagon demoted an ethics official who raised alarm bells about the excessively cozy relationship. https://t.co/HYpXY0kVcY
— Lydia DePillis (@lydiadepillis) August 22, 2019
New story: Big tech companies have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon. The results are troubling. https://t.co/NFEs6Vkatl
— Anjali Tsui (@anjalitsui) August 22, 2019
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon — ProPublica https://t.co/el7DBHvhrQ #SmartNews #OneVoice1
— Sailor Michael (@Megawatts55) August 22, 2019
In Congress they use Alexa as there go to information system.
— ????? ????™️?GOLD-PILL (@RealTrumpLady) August 22, 2019
They say things like, “according to Alexa in a 2019 article from the Washington Post...” ?#Scamazon #StopAlexa #HomeInvasionhttps://t.co/2kKhe4q1bj
Here’s the inside story of how Silicon Valley bent the rules to take over the Pentagon. By @jamesBandler https://t.co/2KPJ764wEp
— Jesse Eisinger (@eisingerj) August 22, 2019
Picture this.
— William Fitzgerald (@william_fitz) August 22, 2019
"Inside the drone operations center at Creech, according to three people familiar with the trip, Schmidt observed video as a truck in a contested zone somewhere was surveilled by a Predator drone and annihilated."https://t.co/QWUcpZYQLX
$ 100 억 상금에 대한 실리콘 밸리의 강박 관념 https://t.co/tjSGpeHKsq
— editoy (@editoy) August 23, 2019
• JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure)로 알려진 이 프로젝트는 정실 비난의 대상이었습니다.
Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduce the Pentagon. Bezos and Schmidt gain unprecedented access. Whistleblower fired. Mattis acts like a meathead. (Reads like a spy novel, but serious.)https://t.co/1jJfwj57x3 .. via @matthewstoller
— Richard Harper (@harpersnotes) August 22, 2019
Fascinating inside story about technology, influence peddling and the future of warfare, by the incomparable @jamesbandler https://t.co/zX9zET8Pwt
— David Whitford (@davidwhitford) August 22, 2019
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon https://t.co/u8dS9rnJn0
— Old Town Deplorable Road ?? (@HouseCracka) August 23, 2019
Remarkable how deeply embedded in intel- and military-industrial complexes Amazon and Jeff Bezos already are https://t.co/I7yjekx930 pic.twitter.com/MEBm9eDFOv
— Justin Elliott (@JustinElliott) August 22, 2019
"...a tortured process that has combined the hype of tech with the ethical morass of the Washington industry-government revolving door." h/t @JPWP https://t.co/suM9nM4wLZ
— Bianca Wylie (@biancawylie) August 22, 2019
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon @laurenebridges https://t.co/JsLbGHjf1F
— Pawel Popiel (@ppopiel) August 23, 2019
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon — ProPublica https://t.co/NNSNHgyGUO
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) August 22, 2019
Looking forward to finding national security secrets left wide open on a bucket scan? https://t.co/dkj0b3EkuA
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) August 23, 2019
Corporate–State Collusion in national security matters looks very ugly: The Pentagon, Amazon, and Google. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/6DqdqH6ibK
— Cynthia McKinney PhD (@cynthiamckinney) August 23, 2019
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon https://t.co/pMxktoY8dq
— AltNASA (@Alt_NASA) August 22, 2019
wat this? https://t.co/WXTBMrszCA
— Waffle "King of the Joos" Woky (@wokyleeks) August 22, 2019