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☆ Pelosi, Schumer and McConnell huddled together in a secure location on January 6, calling Pence and Trump officials to help stop the violence
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Congressional leaders huddled together in a secure location on January 6, according to new footage. Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell and others had called Pence and national security officials for more support. Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, and other congressional leaders also huddled to ask for help and updates from the Defense Department as the hours went by. And let me say, you can logistically get people there as you make the plan," Pelosi said on the phone. Other members of Congress seen in the footage include Republicans House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Senate Minority Whip John Thune.

☆ Twitter 'official partner' Dataminr, which police used to monitor Black Lives Matter protests, will soon get a surveillance contract for the White House
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dataminr has a contract for surveilling social media and providing news alerts for the White House. Dataminr is in Twitter's official partner program, which gives it more access to Twitter data. Dataminr, one of Twitter's official partners, will soon get a new social-media-surveillance contract for the White House, according to a newly published government document. A contract justification document mentions that Dataminr would be used on a "Watch Floor," which refers to the watch floor of the White House Situation Room, Dataminr said. The DISA contract is the latest contract in Dataminr's controversial history.

☆ Google and Amazon ignore employee protests and plow ahead with deals involving the US military, ICE, and CBP
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Google and Amazon used third parties for contracts with DHS and DOD agencies in the past year. Their dissent has been largely ignored, according to an Insider review of contracts involving Google and Amazon. In the same time frame, Amazon used third parties to work with DHS agencies at least 28 times, including at least 14 contracts with CBP. As Insider previously reported, these companies have used third parties to work with CBP as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Google and Amazon employees have a history of speaking out against their companies' work with the military and immigration enforcement.

☆ The US military is getting a 2-for-1 replacement for its vaunted Hellfire missile
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

This results in one missile that can do the job of both Hellfire missiles currently in service. This results in one missile that can do the job of both Hellfire missiles currently in American and allied inventories. Living up to the legacy of the HellfireA YAH-64 Apache prototype armed with AGM-114A Hellfire missiles in March 1982. Today's primary family of Hellfire missiles includes the AGM-114R Hellfire II, commonly known as the Hellfire Romeo, and the AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire. An SH-60 helicopter armed with AGM-1148 Hellfire missiles aboard USS John F. Kennedy in March 2002.

☆ Salesforce, Oracle, Palantir and other tech companies are interested in building a new Army tool to manage weapons distribution and troop deployment
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The US Army is looking for tech companies to build a prototype for its new "operational back-bone." Palantir, Gitlab, Salesforce, Oracle, RedHat, IBM, and others submitted "Requests for Information" to build the prototype, a step before submitting a bid. The prototype would manage the deployment of troops, and the supply and distribution of missiles, guns, tanks, and other weapons. Palantir has an $823 million Army contract for data mining and analytics. It's also unclear if Amazon, Google, or Microsoft will contribute to the project in some capacity, including as a subcontractor.

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☆ Donald Trump just broke ground on a new golf course — even though they tend to lose millions each year. Take a look inside his 15 clubs around the world.
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-30 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Libertina Brandt | Dominic-Madori Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump owns 19 golf courses around the world. This month, Trump flew to Scotland to break ground on his newest course in Aberdeen, Scotland. According to a New York Times investigation, his 15 courses combined lost more than $315.6 million between 2000 and 2020. In addition, he's lost $63.6 million on his golf courses in the British Isles THIS INCLUDES SCOTLAND? Insider compiled a list of Trump's 15 open and operating golf courses, along with their amenities, from The Trump Organization DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER SOURCES?.

☆ We asked 5 MBA graduates in varying age groups when the right time to go to business school is — here's what they said
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-08 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

The average age for students taking the GMAT to get into business school is on the decline. Insider interviewed graduates to determine when the best time to go to business school really is. The average age of people sitting to take their GMAT test for business school is trending slightly downwards, from 26.5 in 2014 to 25.9 in 2021. In an unconventional move, McGranahan decided to go to business school after having been offered another promotion at global cosmetics giant Sephora. "I wish my mind was a bit younger to compete with the 30- and 35-year-olds, but the right time for you is the right age to go.

☆ US nuclear forces are controlled by this shockingly obsolete tech
▼ + stars: | 2016-05-26 | by ( Dave Mosher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new government report paints a disquieting picture of the computer systems used to run the United States. But perhaps the most alarming information touches on the Department of Defense (DoD), which controls the nation's stockpile of 7,100 nuclear and thermonuclear warheads. The GAO found that the Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) — a computer system that "coordinates the operational functions of the United States' nuclear forces, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers, and tanker support aircrafts" — still runs on 8-inch floppy disks. Per the GAO report:[T]he system's primary function is to send and receive emergency action messages to nuclear forces. But US command and control systems aren't the only pieces of nuclear strike infrastructure that are dated: The nuclear weapons themselves are not getting any younger.

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