Whitney Webb explains how the Paypal Mafia laid the groundwork for global surveillance, predictive policing, and AI targeting “threats” before they act — starting with Ukraine.
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00:00 Palantir's AI war tech used in Ukraine now offered to Israel
01:12 "Paypal Mafia" early execs like Thiel and Musk going full national security state
02:26 Paypal talked to every three-letter agency before it even launched
03:16 Palantir started as Paypal’s fraud algorithm, merged with post-9/11 DARPA plans
04:35 CIA built Palantir with Thiel and Karp as private front for mass surveillance
05:05 Pre-crime tools tested on poor Black neighborhoods with little accuracy
07:08 Trump and Biden both backed AI scanning brains to predict violence
08:38 Palantir handles our health data, finances, and social feeds all in one
11:42 "Government by algorithm" in hands of dubious figures
12:14 Replacing gov workers with AI from Thiel, Musk, and co.
Whitney Webb has been a professional writer, researcher and journalist since 2016. She has written for several websites and, from 2017 to 2020, was a staff writer and senior investigative reporter for Mint Press News. She currently writes for Unlimited Hangout. She is the author of the book One Nation Under Blackmail. Recently her work was referenced by Ian Carroll on the Joe Rogan Podcast. Follow Whitney on X https://x.com/_whitneywebb
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