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@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Palantir Technologies Inc.'s registration statement of August 25, 2020 states: "
The filing states that Thiel "is one of our co-founders and has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since 2003," and that he has been a partner of Founders Fund since 2005. Its biography of Thiel records that he "co-founded PayPal, Inc., an online payment company, where he served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of its board of directors from 2000 until its acquisition by eBay in 2002."[^30]
The filing lists government users including the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, [[U.S. Special Operations Command]], the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], the Department of Agriculture, the [[Department of Homeland Security]], the Department of Veterans Affairs and the [[Food and Drug Administration]].[^29] The PayPal name appears in the Palantir filing only in Thiel's biography.
The filing lists government users including the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, [[U.S. Special Operations Command]], the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], the Department of Agriculture, the [[Department of Homeland Security]], the Department of Veterans Affairs and the [[Food and Drug Administration]].[^29] The PayPal name appears in the Palantir filing only in Thiel's biography. [[Forbes]] reported in 2013 that Thiel's "concept for Palantir was to use the fraud-recognition software designed for PayPal to stop terrorist attacks," that the CIA's venture arm [[In-Q-Tel]] made two rounds of investment "totaling more than $2 million," and that "from 2005 to 2008 the CIA was Palantir's patron and only customer."[^44]
### Sanctions screening and OFAC
@ -220,3 +220,4 @@ In June 2021 [[Access Now]] published a letter asking PayPal and [[Venmo]] to pu
[^41]: New York State Department of Financial Services, enforcement actions listing, "Consent Order Issued to PayPal, Inc.," January 23, 2025. https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry-guidance/enforcement-discipline/ea20250123-paypal-inc
[^42]: Cameron, Dell, and Yulia Almazova. "Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel's Secretive 'Dialog' Society." WIRED, June 16, 2026. https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/
[^43]: Access Now, "It's time for PayPal and Venmo to come clean on account closure policies," published June 28, 2021, last updated January 26, 2023 (call for annual transparency reports covering requests to surveil, limit, investigate or shut down accounts). https://www.accessnow.org/its-time-for-paypal-and-venmo-to-come-clean-on-account-closure-policies-center-human-rights/
[^44]: Andy Greenberg, "How A 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, A CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut," *Forbes*, August 14, 2013. https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/agent-of-intelligence-how-a-deviant-philosopher-built-palantir-a-cia-funded-data-mining-juggernaut/