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Spies Sans Frontières?

How CIA-linked Palantir is gaining ground in the aid industry (and why some humanitarians are worried)

By Obi Anyadike

A months-long investigation by IRIN into the secretive intelligence-linked firm Palantir, reveals a cosying up to aid organisations large and small, including a bargain-basement contract with a sensitive UN agency, and a flirtation with the international response to the Ebola outbreak. But how close is too close?

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