Over the past decade, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (Ice) has amassed millions of data points that it uses to identify and track its targets – from social media posts to location history and, most recently, tax information.
And there’s been one, multibillion-dollar tech company particularly instrumental in enabling Ice to put all that data to work: Palantir, the data analytics firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, the rightwing mega-donor and tech investor.
For years, little was known about how Ice uses Palantir’s technology. The company has consistently described itself as a “data processor” and says it does not play an active role in any of its customers’ data collection efforts or what clients do with that information.
Now, a cache of internal Ice documents – including hundreds of pages of emails between Ice and Palantir, as well as training manuals, and reports on the use of Palantir products – offer some of the first real-world examples of how Ice has used Palantir in its investigations and during on-the-ground enforcement operations.
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In International Politics it pays to know who your best friend is. Russia claims the WSJ is lying about helping Iran?
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/wsj-doubles-down-report-russia-120247527.html
Russia has been sharing satellite intelligence and advanced drone technology with Iran to aid its targeting of U.S. and allied military assets in the Middle East, according to an exclusive report in the Wall Street Journal, a claim the Kremlin swiftly dismissed as “fake news.”
The allegations, published by the WSJ on Wednesday, describe an expanding military and intelligence relationship between Moscow and Tehran amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and the U.S.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the report says Russia has been providing Iran with satellite imagery and technological improvements for the Iranian-designed Shahed drones that both countries have deployed in recent conflicts. The technology reportedly includes components designed to improve drone communication, navigation, and targeting.
Russia has also shared battlefield experience from its war in Ukraine, offering guidance on drone tactics such as how many drones to deploy in coordinated strikes and at what altitudes they should fly, according to the report.
The assistance is intended to help Iran counter U.S. and Israeli military power while prolonging a conflict that has strategic and economic benefits for Moscow, the WSJ reported.
The intelligence sharing reportedly includes the locations of U.S. military forces and allied assets across the Middle East. Two sources told the newspaper that Moscow has recently provided
Tehran with satellite imagery directly from a fleet of military reconnaissance satellites operated by the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Such data could give Iranian forces detailed insight into troop movements and military infrastructure, improving their ability to select targets and assess damage after attacks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the Wall Street Journal’s report as “fake news” on Wednesday in a comment to Reuters.
The WSJ report comes days after U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff addressed initial reports in The Washington Post that Russia had shared intelligence with Tehran.
During a CNBC interview on March 10, Witkoff appeared content with Russian officials’ denial of the allegations in a call with U.S. negotiators.
“We can take them at their word,” he said, adding that Jared Kushner had heard the same assurances on a similar call, before warning: “But let’s hope that they’re not sharing.”
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