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December 22, 2016

Trump Adviser Peter Thiel's Company Poised to Profit Under Trump
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Trump's comments came as the Electronic Information Privacy Center
reported that a company co-founded by billionaire Trump adviser Peter
Thiel provided secret assistance to the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection as it tracked travelers and immigrants. The tools built by
Thiel's data mining firm, Palantir, could help Trump limit migration to
the U.S. and create a "Muslim registry." Thiel's company already has
contracts with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the Departments of
Justice and Defense, and the CIA. Thiel drew fire earlier this month
when he refused to confirm whether he'd signed an ethics agreement to
recuse himself from any matter affecting his self-interest.


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