September 08, 2007

Q-Tel back in the news

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Google acquires CIA-linked company http://www.google- watch.org/ jobad.html
Google has acquired Keyhole, Inc. Keyhole is supported by In-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm funded by the CIA. Rob Painter joined Google as Senior Federal Manager. He came straight from In-Q-Tel, where he had been Director of Technology Assessment.

n 2003, Keyhole's CEO John Hanke was quoted in an In-Q-Tel press release: "Keyhole's strategic relationship with In-Q-Tel means that the Intelligence Community can now benefit from the massive scalability and high performance of the Keyhole enterprise solution."

The spooks in Washington now had another hook into Google, Inc. Then in mid-2005, Rob Painter joined Google as Senior Federal Manager. He came straight from In-Q-Tel, where he had been Director of Technology Assessment.

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