Palantir Is Helping Doge with a Massive IRS Data Project

By illegally firehosing American&#x27;s most unique and sensitive data into Palantir,<p>this top Whitehouse ally will be able to exploit Americans in ways no one else can.<p>The lasting and negative impact from this will span generations.

Government overreach was endangering America thanks to the tireless work to conspire by government employees who barely want to do their own job, but an organization legally aligned on gaining independent financial advantage can provide oversight that won&#x27;t misuse access?

“The event started Tuesday morning and ended Thursday afternoon. A source in the room this week explained that the event was “very unstructured.” On Tuesday, engineers wandered around the room discussing how to accomplish DOGE’s goal.”<p>It’s possible there were some good, rational developers present, but this reads like a nghtmare retreat.<p>Hopefully, they at least got some nice T-shirts.

Good initial reporting. We need follow up documenting the individuals involved. Particularly at decision-making levels. But also all the way down. We’ll need those public records when it comes time to prosecute or otherwise secure reprisals.

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I&#x27;m curious, did Palantir get the deal because of the close connections with Musk and J.D. Vance and Trump or were they genuinely the best company for this role?

My comment is mostly about journalistic tone and standards since others have already brought up other concerns. Does this opening passage seem professional to anyone? I just found it distracting enough before getting to the controversial parts.<p>&gt; Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is part of an effort by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to build a new “mega API” for accessing Internal Revenue Service records, IRS sources tell WIRED.<p>1. Did Palantir get a contract to do so? Normally the wording would be Palantir was awarded the contract.<p>2. Is it relevant that Thiel co-founded it, rather than also mentioning Karp? Is it to stuff as many boogey men into the lede?<p>3. Any talk about how Palantir is EVERYWHERE in the National Security circles of the US Gov? I think Palantir started as an analysis tool for money movement. So is it that crazy?<p>4. Isn’t DOGE the official name? What’s with prefixing it with “so-called”?