The CIA Wants to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth
(gizmodo.com)https://gizmodo.com/cia-wooly-mammoth-de-extinct-resurrect-tasmanian-tiger-1849596497A venture capital firm funded by the CIA has officially placed its bets on bringing back extinct species like the woolly mammoth and the thylacine, according to a public portfolio released this month and spotted by The Intercept.
The company is called
In-Q-Tel, and its mission (according to its website) is to invest in technologies that bolster the United States’ national security. In-Q-Tel is over 20 years old, but only now have its taxpayer dollars been directed towards the genetically-engineered resurrection of extinct animals, or de-extinction.