The CIA's investment fund is stalking Australian tech startups and has opened a local office

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Exclusive: A technology investment fund bankrolled by the CIA has set up a Sydney office to stalk Australian companies for future investment opportunities | bengrubb

, which later became Google Earth. The US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was created out of this technology as a separate branch to the NSA that now focuses on exploiting and analysing geographical information and activity.

"They were invited by the Australian government," an industry source said of In-Q-Tel, adding they believed the CIA-backed fund had an estimated $US400 million to invest globally. According to fund tracking siteA spokesperson for Scott Morrison's office confirmed a partnership with In-Q-Tel, which is bankrolled by the CIA.A spokesperson for Prime Minister Scott Morrison's office confirmed a partnership with In-Q-Tel.

Brendan Thomas-Noone is a Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

 

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bengrubb Stalking would be illegal

bengrubb Colab lol

bengrubb Hmm Imagine this was a China fund... the outcry... not sure I am more happy about CIA 'stalking' in our backyard... !! America nowadays is the 'friend' you have when no-one else will play with you!! NOT very friendly Trump

bengrubb 👏 on the right track smh 👍 . Everyone of us is now vulnerable as we all use Google , Microsoft (which is moving to Israel 🇮🇱 from Silicon Valley 🇺🇸) , Facebook , watch porn , talk to love ones . Everything that's private is now backdoored ---- (2.32m)

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bengrubb . That is deeply troubling. But this isn't quite so much...

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