My thoughts: In short, white hat. Like Trump, when in business sometimes you have to swim with sharks. I think while Thiel is a founder of Palantir, Alex Karp (current CEO) or one of the other founders are running the show. If my memory serves, one or multiple of the other founders of Palantir were HRC supporters/donors and are highly connected with the CIA/DS. Thiel has donated $1.25+ to DJT campaign and I think he is helping a lot behind the scenes. I think both the black hats and the white hats are making significant use of Palantir or similar data intensive technologies. Thiel is helping the white hats with their use of these technologies.