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Thomson Reuters, the technology and media giant has three active contracts with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (rachelgilmore.substack.com)

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What? Headquartered in Toronto, the technology and media giant has three active contracts with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. One, awarded in 2021, covers a “law enforcement investigative database subscription. Another, awarded in 2023, is for “risk mitigation services.” A third, awarded in 2025, is for a “maritime analysis tool” and “subject matter expert support services to the support the homeland security investigations, operation national initiative for illicit trade enforcement program.”

How much? The 2021 contract is worth US$22.8 million. The 2023 contract has seen Thomson Reuters awarded US$2.7 million to date, and has a potential award amount of US$4.6 million. The 2025 contract has so far garnered the media giant US$1.8 million, with a potential award amount of $3.6 million. Together, the three contracts are worth a potential US$31 million.

Canadian government money? Yes. Thomson Reuters has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal government contracts since 2022, largely for subscriptions, data and database access services.

Response? Thomson Reuters did not respond to a request for comment.

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[–] lol_idk@piefed.social -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Says the person on Substack

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So's a shitload of people across all ideologies and levels of integrity as well as competence.

Including for example Ken Klippenstein and "Ethan Coen" reviewing Joel Cohen's first solo project as "Joel Coen’s shittiest movie by several billion light years. If all the elephants in all the world crapped into the same canyon for 100 years, you would still not have a pile of shit half a large as Joel Coen’s dumb-as-a-dog-dick rendering of this classic tale“

It's just a newsletter platform 🤷

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

The receipts are in the article.