Paladin

<p>Minihan, a retired Air Force lieutenant general, is managing director of Paladin Capital Group, a Washington-based private equity firm with investments in technology and cyber security.</p>

<p>The Muckety map above shows security startups in Paladin’s portfolio.

Some of those companies have in turn contracted with NSA. Because agency budgets and contracts are secret, it’s not clear how many.

<a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/all/" target="_blank">Wired</a> has identified Endgame, a Paladin investment where Minihan serves as a director, as an NSA contractor.

KEYW Holding, another company where Minihan is a board member, mentioned the NSA as a target customer in a <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487101/000148710113000005/keyw201333110q.htm" target="_blank">recent filing</a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Another ex-NSA official, former deputy chief of staff Richard C. Schaeffer Jr., sits on Paladin’s advisory board. The advisory group is chaired by R. James Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.</p>

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