[welp]

While links are never impossible, I am ever optimistic and hope that their employees actually do watch out for the red flags they just spoke about on their blog two months ago.

"Every Palantirian is trained to look out for “red flags” at deployments that might indicate activities that are antithetical to our commitment to privacy and civil liberties."

http://www.palantir.com/2013/04/dont-just-trust-us/

[randomfool]

And are the employees told to report these red flags directly to independent third-parties for investigation?

It's an easy thing to say but I'm extremely skeptical about it in practice.

For instance, red flag- government is scaling up for 1000x the capacity that lawful warrants would generate. You report this, but who at Palantir would take action?

[gohrt]

No they report them to their manager ... on the way to their exit interview.

[pekk]

Obviously your definition of (say) a privacy issue is correct, and nobody else is entitled to any different definition.

[maxcan]

And every elected federal official in the United States takes an oath to defend the Constitution.

[dragonwriter]

That's not limited to "elected" or "federal" officials.

U.S. Constitution, Art. VI, Clause 3 (emphasis added):

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.