{"id":1385059,"date":"2022-03-16T19:10:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385059"},"modified":"2022-03-16T19:10:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T23:10:26","slug":"former-google-boss-and-clinton-lackey-eric-schmidt-pushes-deeper-ties-between-big-tech-and-defense-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-google-boss-and-clinton-lackey-eric-schmidt-pushes-deeper-ties-between-big-tech-and-defense-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Google Boss and Clinton Lackey Eric Schmidt Pushes Deeper Ties Between Big Tech and Defense Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-google-boss-and-clinton-lackey-eric-schmidt-pushes-deeper-ties-between-big-tech-and-defense-industry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1385059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Google CEO and noted Clinton lackey Eric Schmidt urged the American tech industry to take a deeper role in national defense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/14\/russia-ukraine-war-shows-tech-importance-of-national-security-schmidt.html\">In an interview with CNBC on Monday<\/a>, the former tech executive, who developed close links between Google and the U.S. Department of Defense, said the Ukraine war would \u201csolidify\u201d the need for deeper ties.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe war is going to help solidify the tech companies\u2019 understanding of why national security is important,\u201d Schmidt told CNBC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3636271\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2016\/04\/AP_071114043129.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you believed, falsely, that 10 years ago, that war had been eliminated, that conflict was eliminated, we didn\u2019t need militaries and so forth to protect us, then you would say, \u2018Let\u2019s not work with the government, let\u2019s not focus on this stuff.\u2019 And I think we\u2019ve unfortunately and horrifically put that argument to bed. We need a strong national security in our country, and the tech industry needs to support it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News has previously reported, Schmidt has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2020\/10\/01\/bokhari-the-defense-innovation-board-may-just-be-a-google-lobbying-operation\/\">longstanding ties to the U.S. defense industry<\/a>, a relationship he developed as CEO of Google.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Obama\u2019s Department of Defense created a \u201cDefense Innovation Board\u201d (DIB), focused on innovation in the defense sector, chaired by Schmidt and including Milo Medvin, who was at that time Google\u2019s head of wireless.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving Google, Schmidt has put over $60 million behind Rebellion Defense, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/01\/22\/eric-schmidts-year-old-defense-startup-already-tied-to-biden-admin\/\">a new defense startup that is already tied closely to the Biden administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/09\/20\/eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-predicts-internet-split-china.html#:~:text=Eric%20Schmidt%2C%20who%20has%20been,and%20the%20other%20by%20China.\">previously predicted<\/a> that the internet is going to split in two, with one internet led by the U.S. and another, separate internet led by China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at China, and I was just there, the scale of the companies that are being built, the services being built, the wealth that is being created is phenomenal,\u201d said Schmidt in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChinese Internet is a greater percentage of the GDP of China, which is a big number, than the same percentage of the US, which is also a big number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2016\/10\/19\/wikileaks-googles-eric-schmidt-working-with-clinton-campaign\/\">held deep ties<\/a> to Hillary Clinton\u2019s failed 2016 campaign for president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.\u00a0He is the author of\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Google CEO and noted Clinton lackey Eric Schmidt urged the American tech industry to take a deeper role in national defense. 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