content: Well for a fact, In-Q-Tel seed/angle funded the company which means, at minimum, that they saw a government/Intel use of the technology to develop. As they continued, they maintained open access to the data as a "third party" and weren't bound by the Constitutional laws that restrict government agencies, despite being an arm of the CIA. They can provide that Intel to gov agencies without warrant since they would be acting as a party not subject to 4th amendment requirements. 1984.