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Amazon hints at details on its CIA Franken-cloud
2013-11-15 14:27:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Amazon Web Services recently won a reported $600 million contract to build the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) a cloud. But that cloud will not look like any other cloud on the planet.Given the sensitive nature of building an IT operation for one of the United States' most secretive organizations, details about how exactly the platform will be architected have been scant. But, at the company's annual user conference this week, Amazon Web Services executives offered some hints about the project.
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CIA declassifies documents from the Camp David Accords
2013-11-14 05:25:41| Apparel - Topix.net
The Central Intelligence Agency has declassified 1,400 pages of intelligence surrounding the Camp David Accords, the historic peace treaty negotiated in 1978 by then-President Jimmy Carter with the leaders of Israel and Egypt.
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Report: CIA pays AT&T for international call data
2013-11-07 20:48:22| InfoWorld: Top News
AT&T supplies information on international calls that travel over its network, including ones that start or end in the U.S., under a voluntary contract with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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CIA to host 'Wine, Beer & Spirits Summit' on Oct. 31
2013-10-26 20:40:38| Beverages - Topix.net
The adult beverage industry is booming in New York State. So much so that it sometimes is difficult to keep track of all the producers.
Experts - and CIA - look at manipulating climate
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSN: Researchers are exploring ways to possibly change Earth's atmosphere to counteract climate change. Will they work, and at what cost and what trade-offs? It sounds like weird science, but experts and the CIA are investigating whether they can manipulate the environment to halt global warming. Organizations including UNESCO, Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Federation have conducted research to address climate change, but current efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming...