Amazon Wins Court Battle With IBM To Build A $600 Million Game-Changing Cloud For The CIA
• Business InsiderIn the legal fight between IBM and Amazon to build a private cloud for the CIA, Amazon has emerged the winner.
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Supreme Owner Made a Billionaire Feeding U.S. War Machine
• bloomberg.comChemical warfare and car bombings are just a few of the hazards working in war-torn countries such as Iraq and Syria. For Supreme Group BV, it’s the cost of doing business.
Icefog: The Hacker Crew Trying to Break Into Your Weapons
• foreignpolicy.comA new cyber-theft ring from Asia is committing a string of smash and grab-style attacks against suppliers to major military contractors.
Slave Dollars: State Guarantee Private Prisons 96% Occupancy
• Lewrockwell.comState and local governments have signed contracts that obligate them to keep a certain number of people in jail (with numbers around 96% occupancy) to bolster the profits of privately run prisons, a survey indicates.
Outsourcing America: Sodexo Food Service Contractor Siphons Cash ......
• Common DreamsSince the 2008 financial crisis, cash strapped states have accelerated the outsourcing of America in hopes of delivering the same services more cheaply. "Desperate government is our best customer," said one executive specializing in infrastructure pu
Taxpayers Pad Military Contractor CEO Pockets
• Common DreamsMilitary contractors among the highest-paid CEOs of the past two decades.
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
• The Guardian• Top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship • Prism companies include Google and Yahoo, says NSA • Costs were incurred after 2011 Fisa court ruling
Can New X-Ray Vision Technology Defeat the Staying Power of IEDs?
• Wired.comA new X-ray system of innovative optical processing technology will allow soldiers to identify potential bombs from the safety of their vehicles, providing a potentially powerful weapon against insurgents’ signature weapon, the IED.
U.S. government awards millions in contracts to companies owned by fictitious people
• naturalnews.comOne of the major problems with the size of the American bureaucratic state is the fact that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage.
Judge who accepted private-prison bribes to send black kids to jail sentenced to 28 years
• boingboing.netIn 2009, I wrote about Judge Mark A. Ciavarella, one of two Pennsylvania judges who was paid bribes by a private prison contractor to send black children to prison and keep the for-profit prisons full.
Can Activists Win the PR Battle with the Fossil Fuel Industry?
• Common DreamsIn mid-June, Bold Nebraska — a grassroots environmental organization opposed to construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline — obtained documents that detail how local and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as the company responsible ...
FEMA Demanding 24 Hour Delivery of Emergency Food Reserves
• Prison PlanetFeds preparing for calamity?
Lawmakers Protecting NSA Surveillance Are Awash In Defense Contractor Cash
• Common DreamsThough it failed by a twelve-vote margin, Congressman Justin Amash’s (R-MI) amendment last week to curtail the NSA’s dragnet surveillance efforts reveals new fault lines in the debate over privacy.
Defense News Roundup: Prepping Planes, Shifting Satellites, and Fixing Ships
• fool.comThe U.S. military has a reputation as a somewhat secretive organization. But in one respect, at least, the Pentagon is one of the most "open" of our government agencies.
IRS' Greg Roseman Pleads the Fifth
• youtubeMr. Gregory Roseman, Deputy Director, Enterprise Networks and Tier Systems Support, was involved in securing nearly $500 million in government contracts to Strong Castle.
Snooping and spying for profit
• Sam Pizzigati, People's WorldBooz Allen has tens of thousands of employees doing intelligence work for the feds. They populate the highest echelons of America's intelligence apparatus, and vice-versa. The Obama administration's top intelligence official, James Clapper, just happ
Is This Mysterious Silicon Valley Company Helping The NSA Spy On Americans?
• popsci.comHey Palantir Technologies: Are you reading this right now?
This Peter Thiel Company Is Ripping The Army Intelligence Community Apart
• Business InsiderPalantir is a company founded by Peter Thiel — of Paypal and Facebook renown — that has software which absolutely changes the game with intelligence.
Palantir Technologies
• en.wikipedia.orgPalantir Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in McLean, Virginia, New York City, London, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Wellington, New Zealand, and Canberra, Australia is a software company that produces the Palantir Goth
These Classy Defense Contractors Are Already Looking to Cash In on Boston
• Wired.comThe newly-limbless victims from the Boston Marathon attack are still being treated, and the alleged bomber has only been in custody for a few days.
Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars
• Wired.comHere’s how serious the U.S. is about its African war on terror.
The 10 Coolest Machines From The 2013 Sea-Air-Space Expo
• popsci.comRobots, railguns, and... a Guinness World Record holder?
Lowell City Council To Vote On Plan That Tracks Police With GPS
• boston.cbslocal.comLowell’s City Council will vote Tuesday night on a new police patrolmen’s contract that includes a controversial plan to track officers.
Craig Franklin - Drone Man and Charlottesville, Va
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterA Silver level drone contractor who still wants you to think he is pro-freedom, Craig Franklin
Video: This Massive Jellyfish Is Really an Aquatic Spy Robot
• Wired.comThis five-and-a-half-foot robot jellyfish could be the future of Navy underwater surveillance. Seriously. Maybe. Certainly, if a team of engineers from Virginia Tech gets its way.
SHOCK: U.S. Border Patrol Uniforms Manufactured in Mexico
• Daily Paul.comSHOCK: U.S. Border Patrol Uniforms Manufactured in Mexico
The CIA Is About To Sign A Game-Changing $600 Million Deal With Amazon
• Business InsiderThe CIA is on the verge of signing a cloud computing contract with Amazon, worth up to $600 million over 10 years, reports Frank Konkel at Federal Computer Week.
Prince Admits: Blackwater = CIA
• Daily Paul.comRussia Today: Blackwater was CIA's extension, founder Erik Prince admits.
Border Security Is Using High-Tech Equipment Like Never Before
• Business InsiderSomeplace else, the trio of compact aircraft hanging in mid-air might have been mistaken for shiny, remote-controlled toys.
10-Foot-Tall Double-Sided Touchscreen Wins NYC’s Pay Phone Redesign Challenge
• Wired.comThe service contracts for New York City's 11,186 payphones ends in 2014, prompting Mayor Bloomberg to send an emergency call to New York's creative community to help design a better solution through the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge.
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