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At In-Q-Tel Painter’s work focused on IDing researching & evaluating new start-up tech firms that were believed to offer tremendous value to CIA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency & DIA. Indeed the NGA had confirmed that its intel obtained via TK was used by the NSA to support US ops in Iraq from 03 onwards.

A former US Army spec ops intel officer Painter’s new job at G as of 7/05 was fed manager of what TK was to become: G Earth Enterprise. By 07 Painter had become G's federal chief technologist.

TK refers to Talent/Keyhole code names for imagery from recon aircraft & spy sa