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[[wikipedia:Palantir|Palantir]] Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Natalie |date=September 20, 2020 |title=Palantir: The controversial data firm now worth £17bn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601074059/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-date=June 1, 2025 |website=bbc.com }}</ref> Its platforms Gotham and Foundry, help governments and enterprises integrate data for secure AI-driven decision-making at scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Palantir |url=https://www.palantir.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909203722/https://www.palantir.com/ |archive-date=2025~~-09-09~~ |access-date=2025~~-09-10~~ |website=Palantir}}</ref>

[[wikipedia:Palantir|Palantir]] Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Natalie |date=September 20, 2020 |title=Palantir: The controversial data firm now worth £17bn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601074059/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-date=June 1, 2025 |website=bbc.com }}</ref> Its platforms Gotham and Foundry, help governments and enterprises integrate data for secure AI-driven decision-making at scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Palantir |url=https://www.palantir.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909203722/https://www.palantir.com/ |archive-date=September 9, 2025|access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=Palantir}}</ref>

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===WikiLeaks Proposals (''2010'')===

The '''Team Themis WikiLeaks proposal''' was a 2010–2011 plan by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies, discussed with the law firm Hunton & Williams, to undermine [[WikiLeaks]] and supporters using cyberattacks, disinformation, and pressure on journalists such as [[Glenn Greenwald]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Nate |title=Spy Games: Inside the Convoluted Plot to Bring Down WikiLeaks |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/02/spy/ |website=Wired |date=February 14, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The WikiLeaks Threat: An Overview by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies |url=https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf |website=WikiLeaks |date=2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. The materials surfaced after [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] hacked HBGary in February 2011 and released tens of thousands of emails<ref>{{cite news |last=Arthur |first=Charles |title=Anonymous attacks US security company |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/07/anonymous-attacks-us-security-company-hbgary |work=The Guardian |date=February 7, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. Following publication, Palantir apologized and severed all contacts with HBGary, and Berico said it had discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andy |first=Greenberg |date=2011~~-02-11~~ |title=Palantir Apologizes For WikiLeaks Attack Proposal, Cuts Ties With HBGary |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/02/11/palantir-apologizes-for-wikileaks-attack-proposal-cuts-ties-with-hbgary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164506/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2025/09/10/designing-the-pause-rethinking-goal-setting-for-the-future/?malcolm=A&api=true&streamIndex=1&isNextJS=true |archive-date=2025~~-09-10~~ |access-date=2025~~-09-10~~ |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Olson |first=Parmy |title=Anonymous Ready To Dump More HBGary E-mails; Launch AnonLeaks |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/02/11/anonymous-ready-to-dump-more-hbgary-e-mails-launch-anonleaks/ |website=Forbes |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. [[Bank of America]] and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said they had not hired the firms for this work<ref>{{cite news |last=Halliday |first=Josh |title=Anonymous: US security firms 'planned to attack WikiLeaks' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/15/anonymous-us-security-firms-wikileaks |work=The Guardian |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>.

The '''Team Themis WikiLeaks proposal''' was a 2010–2011 plan by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies, discussed with the law firm Hunton & Williams, to undermine [[WikiLeaks]] and supporters using cyberattacks, disinformation, and pressure on journalists such as [[Glenn Greenwald]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Nate |title=Spy Games: Inside the Convoluted Plot to Bring Down WikiLeaks |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/02/spy/ |website=Wired |date=February 14, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The WikiLeaks Threat: An Overview by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies |url=https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf |website=WikiLeaks |date=2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. The materials surfaced after [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] hacked HBGary in February 2011 and released tens of thousands of emails<ref>{{cite news |last=Arthur |first=Charles |title=Anonymous attacks US security company |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/07/anonymous-attacks-us-security-company-hbgary |work=The Guardian |date=February 7, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. Following publication, Palantir apologized and severed all contacts with HBGary, and Berico said it had discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andy |first=Greenberg |date=February 11, 2011 |title=Palantir Apologizes For WikiLeaks Attack Proposal, Cuts Ties With HBGary |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/02/11/palantir-apologizes-for-wikileaks-attack-proposal-cuts-ties-with-hbgary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164506/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2025/09/10/designing-the-pause-rethinking-goal-setting-for-the-future/?malcolm=A&api=true&streamIndex=1&isNextJS=true |archive-date=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Olson |first=Parmy |title=Anonymous Ready To Dump More HBGary E-mails; Launch AnonLeaks |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/02/11/anonymous-ready-to-dump-more-hbgary-e-mails-launch-anonleaks/ |website=Forbes |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. [[Bank of America]] and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said they had not hired the firms for this work<ref>{{cite news |last=Halliday |first=Josh |title=Anonymous: US security firms 'planned to attack WikiLeaks' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/15/anonymous-us-security-firms-wikileaks |work=The Guardian |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>.

===ICE Partnership (''Since 2014'')===

<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=Palantir Contracts Raise Human Rights Concerns before Direct Listing |url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164812/https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Amnesty International USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=2025~~-05-03~~ |title=Palantir’s 'spy tech' set to power Trump admin priorities |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910165241/https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=NPR}}</ref>

<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=Palantir Contracts Raise Human Rights Concerns before Direct Listing |url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164812/https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Amnesty International USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=May 3, 2025 |title=Palantir’s 'spy tech' set to power Trump admin priorities |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910165241/https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=NPR}}</ref>

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-[[wikipedia:Palantir|Palantir]] Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Natalie |date=September 20, 2020 |title=Palantir: The controversial data firm now worth £17bn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601074059/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-date=June 1, 2025 |website=bbc.com }}</ref> Its platforms Gotham and Foundry, help governments and enterprises integrate data for secure AI-driven decision-making at scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Palantir |url=https://www.palantir.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909203722/https://www.palantir.com/ |archive-date=2025-09-09 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Palantir}}</ref>
+[[wikipedia:Palantir|Palantir]] Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Natalie |date=September 20, 2020 |title=Palantir: The controversial data firm now worth £17bn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601074059/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54348456 |archive-date=June 1, 2025 |website=bbc.com }}</ref> Its platforms Gotham and Foundry, help governments and enterprises integrate data for secure AI-driven decision-making at scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Palantir |url=https://www.palantir.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909203722/https://www.palantir.com/ |archive-date=September 9, 2025|access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=Palantir}}</ref>
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 ===WikiLeaks Proposals (''2010'')===
-The '''Team Themis WikiLeaks proposal''' was a 2010–2011 plan by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies, discussed with the law firm Hunton & Williams, to undermine [[WikiLeaks]] and supporters using cyberattacks, disinformation, and pressure on journalists such as [[Glenn Greenwald]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Nate |title=Spy Games: Inside the Convoluted Plot to Bring Down WikiLeaks |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/02/spy/ |website=Wired |date=February 14, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The WikiLeaks Threat: An Overview by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies |url=https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf |website=WikiLeaks |date=2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. The materials surfaced after [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] hacked HBGary in February 2011 and released tens of thousands of emails<ref>{{cite news |last=Arthur |first=Charles |title=Anonymous attacks US security company |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/07/anonymous-attacks-us-security-company-hbgary |work=The Guardian |date=February 7, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. Following publication, Palantir apologized and severed all contacts with HBGary, and Berico said it had discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andy |first=Greenberg |date=2011-02-11 |title=Palantir Apologizes For WikiLeaks Attack Proposal, Cuts Ties With HBGary |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/02/11/palantir-apologizes-for-wikileaks-attack-proposal-cuts-ties-with-hbgary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164506/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2025/09/10/designing-the-pause-rethinking-goal-setting-for-the-future/?malcolm=A&api=true&streamIndex=1&isNextJS=true |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Olson |first=Parmy |title=Anonymous Ready To Dump More HBGary E-mails; Launch AnonLeaks |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/02/11/anonymous-ready-to-dump-more-hbgary-e-mails-launch-anonleaks/ |website=Forbes |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. [[Bank of America]] and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said they had not hired the firms for this work<ref>{{cite news |last=Halliday |first=Josh |title=Anonymous: US security firms 'planned to attack WikiLeaks' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/15/anonymous-us-security-firms-wikileaks |work=The Guardian |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>.
+The '''Team Themis WikiLeaks proposal''' was a 2010–2011 plan by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies, discussed with the law firm Hunton & Williams, to undermine [[WikiLeaks]] and supporters using cyberattacks, disinformation, and pressure on journalists such as [[Glenn Greenwald]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Nate |title=Spy Games: Inside the Convoluted Plot to Bring Down WikiLeaks |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/02/spy/ |website=Wired |date=February 14, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The WikiLeaks Threat: An Overview by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies |url=https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf |website=WikiLeaks |date=2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. The materials surfaced after [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] hacked HBGary in February 2011 and released tens of thousands of emails<ref>{{cite news |last=Arthur |first=Charles |title=Anonymous attacks US security company |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/07/anonymous-attacks-us-security-company-hbgary |work=The Guardian |date=February 7, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. Following publication, Palantir apologized and severed all contacts with HBGary, and Berico said it had discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andy |first=Greenberg |date=February 11, 2011 |title=Palantir Apologizes For WikiLeaks Attack Proposal, Cuts Ties With HBGary |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/02/11/palantir-apologizes-for-wikileaks-attack-proposal-cuts-ties-with-hbgary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164506/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2025/09/10/designing-the-pause-rethinking-goal-setting-for-the-future/?malcolm=A&api=true&streamIndex=1&isNextJS=true |archive-date=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Olson |first=Parmy |title=Anonymous Ready To Dump More HBGary E-mails; Launch AnonLeaks |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/02/11/anonymous-ready-to-dump-more-hbgary-e-mails-launch-anonleaks/ |website=Forbes |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>. [[Bank of America]] and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said they had not hired the firms for this work<ref>{{cite news |last=Halliday |first=Josh |title=Anonymous: US security firms 'planned to attack WikiLeaks' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/feb/15/anonymous-us-security-firms-wikileaks |work=The Guardian |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>.
 ===ICE Partnership (''Since 2014'')===
-<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=Palantir Contracts Raise Human Rights Concerns before Direct Listing |url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164812/https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Amnesty International USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=2025-05-03 |title=Palantir’s 'spy tech' set to power Trump admin priorities |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910165241/https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=NPR}}</ref>
+<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=Palantir Contracts Raise Human Rights Concerns before Direct Listing |url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910164812/https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/palantirs-contracts-with-ice-raise-human-rights-concerns-around-direct-listing/ |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Amnesty International USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=May 3, 2025 |title=Palantir’s 'spy tech' set to power Trump admin priorities |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910165241/https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump |archive-date=2025-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=NPR}}</ref>
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