Hmmmm……
September 29, 1999: the CIA formed In-Q-Tel, Gilman Louie its first CEO:
"The origins of the concept that has become In-Q-Tel are traceable to Dr. Ruth David, a former CIA Deputy Director for Science and Technology [she was appointed by President Obama as a member of the National Science Board and National Science Foundation in 2012]. She and her Deputy, Joan Isham, were the first senior Agency officials to understand that the information revolution required the CIAto forge new partnerships with the private sector and design a proposal for radical change.The timing of the proposal was fortuitous. The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), George Tenet, had just launched his Strategic Direction initiative that included technology as one of its areas for review. The study made a direct link between the Agency’s future technology investments and improving its information gathering and analysis capabilities."
Thus, the CIA owned a private American company within the U.S, clearly a violation of the law. Corporations stepped up to grab a slice of the profits, among whom were Telecredit, Inc.;Lockheed Martin Corp.and its Missile and Space Systems Com; Xerox Corp.; Columbia Univ.; Goldman Sachs; Lucent Technologies; AT&T; Stanford U.
Joe's Scarbo's daddy worked for Lockheed.
Wrong post, sorry. Here's the one I meant:
September 29, 1999: the CIA formed In-Q-Tel, Gilman Louie its first CEO:
"The origins of the concept that has become In-Q-Tel are traceable to Dr. Ruth David, a former CIA Deputy Director for Science and Technology [she was appointed by President Obama as a member of the National Science Board and National Science Foundation in 2012]. She and her Deputy, Joan Isham, were the first senior Agency officials to understand that the information revolution required the CIAto forge new partnerships with the private sector and design a proposal for radical change.The timing of the proposal was fortuitous. The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), George Tenet, had just launched his Strategic Direction initiative that included technology as one of its areas for review. The study made a direct link between the Agency’s future technology investments and improving its information gathering and analysis capabilities."
Thus, the CIA owned a private American company within the U.S, clearly a violation of the law. Corporations stepped up to grab a slice of the profits, among whom were Telecredit, Inc.;Lockheed Martin Corp.and its Missile and Space Systems Com; Xerox Corp.; Columbia Univ.; Goldman Sachs; Lucent Technologies; AT&T; Stanford U.
Joe's Scarbo's daddy worked for Lockheed.
Sauce for quote:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/intelligence-history/in-q-tel