glueck: The document, obtained by CNN, is identical to one created by Oracle's top Washington lobbyist, Kenneth Glueck, an executive vice president with the company, Glueck tells CNN. The one-page document was presented to Trump along with other information in a meeting in the last week where the contract and Amazon's possible award were discussed, one of the sources said, according to CNN. It's unclear how the document made it to the White House. White House officials in recent weeks have shown Trump a document that alleges a large conspiracy to award Amazon a 10-year, 10 billion contract to build the Pentagon's cloud computing network, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The document contains a flow chart titled A Conspiracy to Create a Ten Year DoD Cloud Monopoly, and provides a visual representation of a narrative that Oracle has been pushing for months -- that a web of individuals inside and outside the Defense Department were greasing the wheels for Amazon to win a cloud computing contract known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure JEDI . Oracle's own bid did not make it to the final stage. Read More Amazon executives slam Oracle and Microsoft as the cloud wars heat up The chart features the faces of a number of former Pentagon officials, current Amazon employees and executives, as well as consultants working on behalf of Amazon, connecting them together in a criss-cross of business and professional ties. Amazon declined to comment for this story.
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