"...in interviews with more than a dozen current and former CIA officials, congressional aides, venture capitalists that have worked with [In-Q-Tel, Inc.] and executives who have benefited from it, no one disputed that what began as an experiment in transferring private-sector technology into the CIA is working as intended. The Army, NASA and other intelligence and defense agencies have, or are planning, their own "venture capital" efforts based on the In-Q-Tel model." (Washington Post)
WaPo on In-Q-Tel
Unwilling to enter into a discussion of the possible problems associated with for-profit government spy agencies, the Washington Post lavishes praise on the CIA's venture capital investment firm In-Q-Tel:
