Why I’ve teamed up with AOC:

Palantir is helping Trump build a mega-database of Americans' private information so he can target and spy on his enemies, or anyone. That's why I'm partnering with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 8 other members of Congress to demand information regarding reports that Palantir is enabling and profiting from serious violations of federal law.

From our letter:

"The unprecedented possibility of a searchable, 'mega-database' of tax returns and other data that will potentially be shared with or accessed by other federal agencies is a surveillance nightmare that raises a host of legal concerns, not least that it will make it significantly easier for Donald Trump's Administration to spy on and target his growing list of enemies and other Americans"

The full scope of Palantir's work for the Trump Administration is unclear, but publicly available contracts indicate its tendrils are reaching nearly every corner of the federal government. Recently, the Department of Defense awarded Palantir a $795 million contract that could increase to $1.3 billion to lead data fusion and artificial intelligence programs throughout the U.S. military.

The Trump administration has already deployed Palantir's software at the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health.

From day one of his presidency, Trump and his cronies have been weaponizing every corner of our federal government against American citizens and immigrants. This mega-database will help make it easier for them to do it. It's also a flagrant privacy violation.

I take a backseat to nobody in the Senate when it comes to protecting Americans' fundamental and constitutional right to privacy. I'm fighting this every single step of the way, and I'm proud to have Representative Ocasio-Cortez as a partner in this battle.

More soon,

Ron