Hard to know how much of this is true but pretty weird story. Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic. But there is yet another facet to Thiel, one that has remained secret until now: FBI informant. *** Thiel did not respond to multiple requests for comment. A Thiel spokesperson stopped responding to inquiries after being told that Insider was reporting on Thiel's relationship with the FBI. *** In a written statement to Insider, Johnson said he was stepping forward as a CHS to support Buma's effort as a whistleblower to bring about what Buma believes to be necessary reforms in how the FBI handles informants. Johnson said that he was exposing Thiel's work as a CHS as retribution for what Johnson perceives to be bad decision-making by the Founders Fund, Thiel's venture-capital firm.
Read that this morning. I was wondering if anyone else would find it interesting. I should have known that you would. Not a fan of the vampire
I was hesitant to post partly because I couldn't figure out which four paragraphs could possibly summarize the story. But yeah, Thiel has seemed like an enigma to me, and not in a good way for the most part.
I'm beginning to believe that we have so many "informants" that we're turning into the old communist East German Stasi... Only a radicalized, totalitarian, nation should have anything like that.
