Palantir's 'Elite' App for ICE: Targeting Neighborhoods for Raids

Palantir's Elite App for ICE

• 🔍 A new investigative report by 404 Media reveals that ICE agents are using a high-tech app called Elite to identify neighborhoods for raids.
• 🎯 The app, developed by Palantir, a data analytics company, populates a map with potential targets, profiles individuals, and provides a confidence score on their addresses.

How the Elite App Works

• 🗺️ The app functions like a map interface, allowing users to zoom in on specific areas and individuals across the United States.
• 👤 When an individual is selected, the app displays their name, photo, apparent address, and a confidence score indicating the likelihood of their presence.
• 📈 This tool enables ICE to precisely target individuals for apprehension.

Data and Targeting Capabilities

• 📍 Agents can draw a circle around a neighborhood to gather information on all individuals within that area.
• 👥 The app can also be used to identify where a certain population might be located.
• 📝 For operations, the tool can generate special operations lists, sending target lists to agents on the ground for wider operations across the country.

Investigative Origins

• 📰 Journalist Joseph Cox has been covering ICE's use of technology and heard about Elite for months.
• 📖 He obtained a user guide that detailed the tool's functionality and found testimony from an ICE official explaining its use in targeting neighborhoods.
• 🔗 The investigation established a clear link between Palantir's technology and ICE's methods for choosing raid locations.