CIA's Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA (theintercept.com)

sittingnut writes: The Intercept reports that Skincential Sciences, whose main product line is Clearista, has attracted media coverage because its "innovative line of cosmetic products marketed as a way to erase blemishes and soften skin" are funded by In-Q-Tel, a venture capital arm of the CIA. According to Russ Lebovitz, the chief executive of Skincential Sciences, the CIA fund told him they share an interest in looking at DNA extraction from "normal skin" using the method pioneered by his company. Lebovitz said he was unsure of the intent of the CIA's use of the technology, but the fund was "specifically interested in the diagnostics, detecting DNA from normal skin." He added, "There's no better identifier than DNA, and we know we can pull out DNA." Perhaps law enforcement could use the biomarker extraction technique for crime scene identification or could conduct drug tests, Lebovitz suggested.

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Uh...

[pushing-robot]

The CIA isn't "law enforcement". Spy agencies are pretty much the opposite of that.

And they've been doing surreptitious DNA analysis for a while now.

Really? Do you get paid to shill?

[s.petry]

All you need to do is read the top of the linked article to see how shitty our Government and people have been behaving. Not only does the CIA have front companies for harvesting DNA without the person's knowledge, but the first thing they say is A White House official says the CIA will no longer use vaccine programs as cover for spy operations. Good grief, the only reason they announced it is BECAUSE THEY KEEP GETTING CAUGHT! It also does not mean that they will actually stop using vaccine programs as cover, just that they claim it will.

You attempt to paint MK-Ultra as theory, when the papers were finally released. The CIA did drug people without their knowledge using LSD. They were caught smuggling drugs into the US and swapping those drugs for guns to send to South America. Not fantasy, not theory, facts.

Blah blah but the cowbows and indians blah, you need police with super powers blah. Shut the fuck up. If you are a paid shill you need to give your master back your money, you sure as hell don't know enough to earn it. If you are not a paid shill, seek medical help.