muaha. read about HBGary. Palantir is scum of the earth. they participated in targeting Glenn Greenwald. only thing they haven't done is flying drones themselves to kill people. they are probably #1 in help NSA with their programs.
If government/banks/etc are going to use tools to pursue their objectives, they could do much worse than use Palantir tools. One important feature of Palantir's tools is the "need-to-know" capabilities built-in to restrain dissemination.