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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
no it wasn't.
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You think huh?
Facebook for example got around 13 million in initial seed money from In-Q-Tel.
In-Q-Tel of Arlington, Virginia, United States is a not-for-profit venture capital firm that invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel
and what do you know there's also reference to google CIA connections on the same page
"In-Q-Tel sold 5,636 shares of Google, worth over $2.2 million, on Nov 15, 2005.[6] The stocks were a result of Google’s acquisition of Keyhole, the CIA funded satellite mapping software now known as Google Earth."