@saustin_moco@TopherField Also, again, if your point is that government contractors should not have glaring conflicts of interest, that is a valid point.
@saustin_moco@TopherField “You saw no assessment?” Are you the one auditing the contract? Elon lied. He said it was a payment to a news organization to deceive Americans. That’s not what it was. Does it bother you that someone with so much power isn’t bothered to learn facts, and repeatedly lies?
@saustin_moco@TopherField If you read the article, it answers many of your questions. Thompson Reuters’ DoD contract (approved during Trump’s first term) is what is at issue, so of course it is a DoD contractor.
@saustin_moco@TopherField If you think it’s an unacceptable conflict for a federal contractor to be part of a conglomerate that also includes news media, I’d agree you have a point.
@saustin_moco@TopherField Did you read the article I posted? The funds were to protect against foreign cyberattacks. The social deception is by our foreign adversaries. Do you not think cyberwar is real? Should the United States not defend its computer systems?
@saustin_moco@TopherField stuff like what? Defense against cyberattacks? Neither Musk nor you have identified what is wrong with this federal expenditure. Just confusion because of the name Reuters.
@saustin_moco@TopherField While it's hard to know what to believe, this article says the contract with Thomson Reuters Special Services (not Reuters news) was entered into during the first Trump administration. https://t.co/ldznCqUu2R