Palantir Technologies built its empire on post-9/11 fears. Data software to hunt terrorists. CIA backing from the start. Now, workers wonder if they’ve become the villains. Founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, the company promised to safeguard civil liberties amid national security demands. That narrative cracks under Donald Trump’s second term. Contracts with ICE swell. Tools track immigrants for deportation. Military systems like Maven guide strikes. Employees speak out in Slack channels. WIRED captured the unrest. A former employee put it bluntly. “The broad story of Palantir as told to itself and to employees was that coming out of 9/11 we knew that there was going to be this big push for safety, and we were worried that that safety might infringe on civil liberties. And now the threat’s coming from within. We seem to be enabling them.” Identity crisis. Full-blown. Fall 2025. Trump’s return ignites debates. January 2026.…