Palantir’s CEO Disavows Surveillance Concerns, Thinks ‘Patriotism Will Make You Rich’

Alex Karp, the CEO of defense contractor Palantir, has been on the offensive lately. The billionaire with a penchant for making off-the-cuff remarks has sought to tamp down ongoing criticism and doubts about his firm, which is not only playing a pivotal role in the current presidential administration but has been having a very good year, stock-wise.

The most recent example of this took place on Thursday, when Karp appeared at the Yahoo Finance Invest Conference. There, he laid into…