https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance/
Read between the lines.
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> "It was at a time when military and intelligence budgets within the Clinton administration were in jeopardy, and the private sector had vast resources at their disposal."
Meaning:
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The intelligence agencies were able to siphon moneys from other agencies toward their own projects.
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The people in charge of these projects (e.g. Schmidt, Brin) – funded by other agencies, (e.g. NSF, DARPA) – were operatives of the intelligence agencies.