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RedTennisRacket

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    Comment #16879810

    Not every government in every country is of the same quality in terms of e.g. corruptibility and willingness to improve. That's just how it is. It's not too different from other co…

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    Comment #16878729

    I think there are a couple of misconceptions about FOIAs, our software and the law in general here... - FOIAs cannot be used to obtain specific information about persons, this kind…

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    Comment #16878288

    I think it's important to distinguish between individual abuse and systemic abuse. Every one of those agencies has had, in their history, at least some cases of individual abuse (e…

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    Comment #16877484

    This is not in the least accurate... 1) yes, the LE do already have the data. 2) agencies don't 'give' data to palantir, law enforcement data almost always lives in air-gapped envi…

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    Comment #16877373

    It is unclear to me what you are saying here. It is well-known fact (amongst the intelligence community) that our software has been used to save tens of thousands of lifes, prevent…

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    Comment #16877220

    People FOIA palantir related contract successfully all the time, esp. in local law enforcement. If you try to FOIA certain other government institutions, then yes, you might get th…

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    Comment #16876611

    FOIAs are not made to companies, they are made to government entities. But yes, of course you can make FOIA requests to government entities we work with (the law guarantees you thi…

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    Comment #16876291

    You raise several good points, but a few clarifications here: - In our software that we deploy to police departments, generally the origin of any piece of information is tracked, a…