{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "green-berets-clearview",
    "section": 1,
    "title": "Army Special Forces command renews Clearview AI facial recognition",
    "date": "Mar 20, 2026",
    "sort": "2026-03-20",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": "3.31",
    "note": "The Army's award record, solicitation, brand-name justification and requirements page read directly (Oct 3, 2026). Corrected Oct 3, 2026: an earlier version said \"analysts only\"; that was Biometric Update's inference, not the records'.",
    "category": "face",
    "summary": "The Army's 1st Special Forces Command, the Green Berets' headquarters at Fort Bragg, renewed five licenses for Clearview AI, a face-search tool the Army describes as drawing on about 50 billion images, many from social media. The Army specified Clearview by brand name and bought it through a reseller, for up to $339,415 over four years.",
    "body": "1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) at Fort Bragg bought five Clearview AI licenses by brand name; one offer came in. The award went to the reseller Octaris Technologies: $78,750 for the first year (signed March 17, 2026, for service from March 20, 2026 to March 19, 2027), with options through March 2030 worth up to $339,415 in all. The Army's requirements list \"50 billion images\" and \"98% accuracy\"; its justification memo calls Clearview \"sole source facial recognition software\" and cites a \"99.85% accuracy rating.\" The 2025 subscription was also five licenses.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "USAspending: Army purchase order W9124726PA016 to Octaris Technologies",
        "primary": true,
        "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W9124726PA016_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-"
      },
      {
        "label": "Army solicitation W9124726QA005, Clearview AI software licenses",
        "primary": true,
        "doc": "gb-clearview-solicitation"
      },
      {
        "label": "Army brand-name justification memo (Feb 25, 2026)",
        "primary": true,
        "doc": "gb-clearview-lsj"
      },
      {
        "label": "Army salient characteristics (Jan 7, 2026)",
        "primary": true,
        "doc": "gb-clearview-salient"
      },
      {
        "label": "Biometric Update, Feb 27, 2026",
        "url": "https://www.biometricupdate.com/202602/us-army-renews-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-contract-for-special-operations"
      },
      {
        "label": "Biometric Update, Jun 17, 2026 (reseller and award value)",
        "url": "https://www.biometricupdate.com/202606/clearview-ai-contract-links-army-special-forces-to-wider-intelligence-ecosystem"
      }
    ],
    "places": [],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/green-berets-clearview"
  }
}