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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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201030610/https://www.wired.com/2011/02/spy/ |archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260107030420/https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf |archive-date=7 Jan 2026}}</ref>. The materials surfaced after 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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250626024611/https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/02/11/anonymous-ready-to-dump-more-hbgary-e-mails-launch-anonleaks/ |archive-date=26 Jun 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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201030610/https://www.wired.com/2011/02/spy/ |archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260107030420/https://wikileaks.org/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf |archive-date=7 Jan 2026}}</ref>. The materials surfaced after 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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250626024611/https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/02/11/anonymous-ready-to-dump-more-hbgary-e-mails-launch-anonleaks/ |archive-date=26 Jun 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 ('' | ===ICE Partnership (''2014—'')=== | ||
<ref>{{Cite web | | <ref>{{Cite web |author= |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/ |website=Amnesty International USA |date=28 Sep 2020 |access-date=10 Sep 2025 |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=10 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |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 |website=NPR |date=3 May 2025 |access-date=14 Jun 2026 |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=10 Sep 2025}}</ref> | ||
- Investigative Case Management | - Investigative Case Management | ||
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- Investigative Tools (FALCON) | - Investigative Tools (FALCON) | ||
- ImmigrationOS, simply put, is a law enforcement tool made for the three letter organization known as ICE, which prioritizes people based on criminal potency | - ImmigrationOS, simply put, is a law enforcement tool made for the three letter organization known as ICE, which prioritizes people based on criminal potency and tracks individuals entering or leaving the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Rosemarie |title=Palantir, ICE Agree to $30 Million Tech Contract |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-palantir-new-technology-30-million-visa-overstays-self-deportation-2025-4 |website=Business Insider |date=17 Apr 2025 |access-date=10 Sep 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910165935/https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-palantir-new-technology-30-million-visa-overstays-self-deportation-2025-4 |archive-date=10 Sep 2025}}</ref> This is possible due to Palantir's ability to pull information on pull across multiple government databases, which is then used to create an AI profile on an individual for identification.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hubbard |first=Steven |title=ICE to Use ImmigrationOS by Palantir, a New AI System, to Track Immigrants’ Movements |url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-immigrationos-palantir-ai-track-immigrants/ |website=American Immigration Council |date=21 Aug 2025 |access-date=14 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824150935/https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-immigrationos-palantir-ai-track-immigrants/ |archive-date=24 Aug 2025}}</ref> | ||
- Data Collection | - Data Collection | ||
===Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018)=== | ===Data Analysis on Facebook Data acquired from Cambridge Analytica (2016, 2018)=== | ||