CISA director pick already drawing concern from Hill Dems over Palantir connection
Summary: The Trump administration announced Monday its intent to nominate Michael LoSapio, Palantir's chief information security officer, to the long-vacant Senate-confirmed position of CISA director. Incoming Senate Homeland Security Committee chair Maggie Hassan and prospective House Homeland Security Committee chair Bennie Thompson both raised concerns about Palantir's work at DHS and ICE, while Cato senior fellow Patrick Eddington noted CISA is itself a Palantir customer and called a one-year recusal the main safeguard.
What you should know: Eddington's point is structural: Palantir's business is fusing government data at scale, DHS has made it the default analytics vendor, and the nominee would lead the agency that sets the security bar for those systems - making CISA one vendor's customer, regulator and alumni network at once.
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