This looks somewhat like a bounty for dragging up dirt motivated by a dislike of somebody's politics.

No, it's simply replaying the favor. He's a political operative through his investments and involvement with Palantir. He is fair game for this activity.

Here's another example of how he's engaged in manipulating political dialog: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/conservative-facebook-inves...

> political operative...fair game...engaged in manipulating political dialog

Fortunately for Thiel, being right wing is not illegal.

Terrifyingly, I suspect that he contains wrong views.

We can only hope you have the bravery to deal with this monster.

Thats pretty much it. Its funny how a lot of the Tech community values personal privacy, but forget that people like Peter Thiel are private citizens too.

Except these are FOIA requests regarding Palantir and (so far) are legitimate queries.