Former Mayor Julián Castro appeared on a leaked list of alleged associates of billionaire Peter Thiel’s Dialog, a secret society that counts U.S. and foreign government officials and tech executives among its members.
A Swiss hacktivist earlier this month posted on BlueSky the names of 113 people who are either members of the invitation-only group or who have attended its events. Tech magazine Wired verified and first reported on the list.
Thiel co-founded PayPal along with Elon Musk and went on to co-found data analytics firm Palantir Technologies, which provides software platforms to the U.S. military, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private-sector companies. He was an early supporter of Donald Trump, donating to his 2016 presidential campaign, though Thiel sat out the 2020 and 2024 elections…