Silicon Valley Tech Giant Peter Thiel Urges U.S. Probe of Google’s ‘ Treasonous’ Acts

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The enemy is deep amoung us.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
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Peter Thiel Urges U.S. Probe of Google’s ‘Seemingly Treasonous’ Acts

  • The billionaire cites China work and dropped Pentagon contract
  • Thiel praises Trump’s aggressive posture toward China

Peter Thiel, one of President Donald Trump’s top Silicon Valley supporters and donors, took aim at Google and the tech industry over the companies’ focus on global markets while brushing aside U.S. interests.

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In a speech Sunday in Washington, the billionaire singled out Google for agreeing to work closely with China, trying to get its search engine back into the country, while deciding to let lapse a U.S. Defense Department contract that gave the military access to its artificial intelligence tools.

Thiel, a Facebook Inc. board member, argued that the kind of AI developed by DeepMind, which like Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., should be thought of as a potential “military weapon.” “We’ve been a lot more dishonest about that in Silicon Valley than the nuclear physicists were in the 1940s,” he said in the opening speech at the National Conservatism conference.

He then suggested Google’s actions were “seemingly treasonous,” asking whether DeepMind or Google senior management had been “infiltrated” by foreign intelligence agencies. “These questions need to be asked by the FBI and the CIA,” Thiel said, “And I’d like them to be asked in a not excessively gentle manner.”

Thiel was a featured speaker at the gathering, where many of the attendees are enthusiastic supporters of Trump. Thiel’s endorsement of the New York developer at the 2016 Republican National Convention — and donation of $1.25 million — helped give Trump a measure of Silicon Valley credibility at the time.

Thiel also praised Trump’s foreign policy on Sunday, in particular his trade efforts in China, which he termed a “signature achievement” of the administration. Thiel suggested the 25% tariff on Chinese goods should be thought of “as a floor and not a ceiling.” He also proposed reforms in higher education, including investigations into student lending practices and ending the nonprofit tax-exempt status of elite universities, singling out Harvard University.

Thiel didn’t endorse calls by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 candidate to replace Trump, and others to break up tech giants like Google and Facebook. He said Warren’s success raising money from Google employees was evidence of an underlying problem.

“Silicon Valley,” he said, “is getting a little bit of a bad conscience.”

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Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

Helping China’s identity AI tells much about the intentions of Google in the west and that they really want a 1984 control scenario across the world. Is this purely in the name of profit? How much is enough? Or is it the power and control that such money allows? I hope that I live long enough to see such traitors, not just to the west, but to mankind, receive their well deserved comeuppance.

scherado
scherado
4 years ago

“We’ve been a lot more dishonest about that in Silicon Valley than the nuclear physicists were in the 1940s.

What the bleep does that mean? Does he know that the Manhattan Project was in the 1940s? Exactly what the bleep does he mean? Anyone?

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago
Reply to  scherado

He Is referring to the transfer by the Rosenbergs and Oppenheimer of nuclear weapons technology to Stalin!! This technology saved Communism and the Soviet Union for the next 70 years!!!!! If Thiel Thinks this Google treachery is more serious then we all need to be very alarmed and the Trump Administration needs to move IMMEDIATELY and shut the place down or take it over and arrest the perps for high treason AND all of those responsible for the transfer of this military grade technology to the Chinese. Today is not soon enough! All responsible must suffer the same fate as the Rosenbergs.

Bart's Bantering
Bart's Bantering
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

Fully agreed Mr. Acord. Now, I wonder, why the evil left is trying to say that the Rosenbergs were framed? That they were innocent? Possibly to set up the precedent to allow the communists in our Congress and other governmental groups to thrive even more than that which they do now?

scherado
scherado
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were not nuclear physicists.

Today is not soon enough!

Are you waiting, still, for the Clintonoids to be held accountable for space-rocket launch technology passed to the Chinese? You are going to have a very long wait to see anything happen with respect to Gewh-Gull.

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago
Reply to  scherado

Thanks,but please explain in greater detail.

scherado
scherado
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

Do a search, I don’t have the time.

Suresh
Suresh
4 years ago

Agree. Both spy like sheet. And Lie about it like sheet.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
4 years ago

Those two little phaggots hiring a bunch of other phaggots, sodomites, nerds and fatherless morons think they ought to RULE the world and America needs to be taught a lesson. Even though we gave them everything here.

WHY YOU…….

Roma Mikhasev
Roma Mikhasev
4 years ago

Immediately!

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago

The theft of intellectual property by China is estimated to be in excess of $3 TRILLION dollars.It has been called the largest theft in history and it is continuing to this very day. There have been numerous cases of theft,spying and sabotage by identified Chinese agents. There is no doubt that many of the tens of thousands of Chinese “students” in the US universities are gents of the Chines government. Now,to learn that Google is infiltrated and transferring military grade artificial intelligence technology to the Chinese is beyond horrifying. Trump mus step in immediately. Peter Thiel knows of what he speaks. There is little doubt he is correct., The U.S. Government must seize Google and its subsidiaries immediately,place them under a trustee and root out the traitors and stop the transfer of technology and know-how to the Chinese, and this must be done IMMEDIATELY!!!

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago

I disagree. Thiel is a patriot and has a unique perch on which to see exactly what is going on in Silicon Valley. He is only one of 16 on the FB board which has very little authority as Zucky control 60% of the voting shares.

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

I have been following Thiel for years. He has a file on Zucky that would put him away for 30 years. He has files on all the Silicon Titan.He is very clever queer and not one to be trifled with. Zucky is deathly afraid of him.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

I sure hope so.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago

Comprehend what you pretended to read…

Peter Thiel, one of President Donald Trump’s top Silicon Valley supporters and donors, took aim at Google and the tech industry over the companies’ focus on global markets while brushing aside U.S. interests.

Thiel, a Facebook Inc. board member, argued that the kind of AI developed by DeepMind, which like Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., should be thought of as a potential “military weapon.” “We’ve been a lot more dishonest about that in Silicon Valley than the nuclear physicists were in the 1940s,” he said in the opening speech at the National Conservatism conference.

He then suggested Google’s actions were “seemingly treasonous,” asking whether DeepMind or Google senior management had been “infiltrated” by foreign intelligence agencies.These questions need to be asked by the FBI and the CIA,” Thiel said, “And I’d like them to be asked in a not excessively gentle manner.”

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