He supposedly focused on foreign influence operations.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7041599

Peter Thiel was reportedly an FBI informant::Far-right blogger Charles Johnson and others allegedly outed venture capitalist and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel as an FBI informant.

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
      21·
      9 months ago

      He’ll inform only when it suits his own ends, and never out of a sense of justice or patriotism, or a want of walking around money.

      • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        9 months ago

        Absolutely. Just like the guy who reported him being an informant, who did it because Thiel didn’t invest in his startups.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nl
      5·
      9 months ago

      Don’t romanticize him choosing to be a snitch… He wasn’t even a single agent working for the FBI!

      • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        9 months ago

        I wasn’t trying to romanticise him, rather I was suggesting that he’d be trying to play the FBI in some way or another.

        • Empricorn@feddit.nl
          4·
          9 months ago

          I get what you’re saying, but he can’t “play” the FBI because he was never an agent. Information flows one way: he informs them, and they pay him. I just want to make that clear for others…