Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2026-01-15-058

Court testimony exposes ELITE, Palantir's target-mapping app

Court testimony reveals ELITE, a Palantir-built app mapping potential deportation targets, fed by HHS/Medicaid and other data (404 Media).

Verified through 2026-08-26Source: 404media.coCorrections: none logged

What happened

Court testimony reveals ELITE, a Palantir-built app mapping potential deportation targets, fed by HHS/Medicaid and other data (404 Media).

Why it matters

Linking identity, biometric and commercial data expands the government's ability to identify, monitor and act against people at scale. It is tracked here under “Fuse government data into one system”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.

Receipt details

  • Phase 1
  • Build a surveillance machine
  • Fuse government data into one system

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