☁️Amazon hosts NSA's most sensitive data in $10 billion "WildandStormy" contract
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Amazon Web Services hosts NSA's most sensitive surveillance data through the $10 billion "WildandStormy" contract, processing signals intelligence and classified information. The same infrastructure powers commercial services and government surveillance.
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Why This Matters
☁️ Your data feeds the spy machine:
Amazon Web Services processes NSA intelligence from global surveillance programs, meaning your cloud storage, shopping history, and digital activities potentially contribute to the same infrastructure used for mass surveillance
💰 Tech giants profit from government surveillance:
The $10 billion "WildandStormy" contract shows how private companies monetize national security fears while gaining access to classified intelligence systems that can influence their commercial operations
🔐 Corporate control over national intelligence:
Amazon executives gain security clearances and access to intelligence operations, creating conflicts between profit motives and national security while eliminating government control over critical spy infrastructure
🌐 Commercial and intelligence systems merge:
The same company that delivers packages and streams movies now processes top-secret intelligence, making it impossible to separate commercial surveillance from government espionage capabilities
🎯 No oversight of intelligence outsourcing:
Congressional committees cannot fully examine Amazon role in intelligence operations due to classification levels, meaning taxpayer-funded surveillance contracts operate without democratic accountability
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Microsoft's bid protest against the WildandStormy contract was sustained by which oversight body?
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What type of intelligence data does AWS process under the WildandStormy contract?
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How many years of intelligence community cloud experience does AWS leverage for the NSA contract?
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What criticism did experts raise about NSA's single-award cloud contract approach?
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Which intelligence agencies besides the NSA use AWS cloud services through the C2E contract?
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Democratic critics argue the AWS intelligence contracts represent what concerning trend?
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AWS maintains separate infrastructure for commercial customers versus intelligence community operations.
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