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Five years ago, Google backed away from a Pentagon government contract because thousands of employees protested that its tech might be used for lethal drone targeting. Today, however, Silicon Valley has far fewer qualms about developing tech for the U.S. Department of Defense. Bowsher argued that the "reluctance of Silicon Valley to work with the [Defense Department] and intel community" was always "overblown," adding that across his 16 year with In-Q-Tel, which is the CIA's venture fund, his team has met with roughly 1,000 companies each year and just "five to 10 have turned us down, saying they weren't interested in working with the customers we represent."