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Possibly, but there’s also an historic antipathy between the DOD and CIA: the CIA has worked closely with Amazon building their datacenters and the NSA (part o
by mikece 7y ago
Possibly, but there’s also an historic antipathy between the DOD and CIA: the CIA has worked closely with Amazon building their datacenters and the NSA (part of the DOD) has worked closely with Microsoft in the past, especially with the construction of their San Antonio data center. When the deal was finalized for building the San Antonio Azure datacenter the NSA quietly approached the contractor and said “we’ll have one of those too, right across the street from where you’re building one for Microsoft.”
- rudolph9 7y agoCould you point to some references for further reading?
- mikece 7y agoThis goes back at least to the early 1960s and the Kennedy administration when Kennedy allegedly sought to dissolve the CIA and roll all intelligence activities into the Department of Defense. In more recent times, Bush Jr. tried to heal the DOD/CIA rift by putting for NSA director in as the CIA director. That didn't really go well. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/washington/10cambone.html https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/washington/10cambone.html