[R-G] Google and the US Defense Department working together

[Nicholas Morcinek]

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - There are actually quite a few connections between
Google and the CIA and/or the Defense Dept., especially when you trace
where Google gets their funding. Examples:

Google is a privately held company with primary financial backing from
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital....

http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html

Sequoia gets Homeland Security money from DoD: Sequoia Capital's Kvamme
says roughly five startups backed by his firm are already doing business
with the Defense Dept. "They are a very big and important customer which
has gotten much easier to deal with," says Kvamme. Similarly, the CIA's
In-Q-Tel has funded 21 projects, including several to help it comb
through mountains of data.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_37/b3799608.htm

Curious readers can explore the connections between Google's VC backers
and the CIA, not surprisingly, via Google itself. Warning: clicking on
the below link may get you noticed by spooks:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Kleiner+Perkins+Caufield%22+OR+%22sequ
oia+
capital%22+CIA+OR+%22In-Q-Tel%22