An Open Letter to the Secretary of Defense Nominee

By Gilman Louie

Gilman Louie is the co-founder, CEO, and Managing Partner at America's Frontier Fund and a member of the board of directors at Maxar Corporation. Gilman is a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and the Foreign Affairs Policy Board at the U.S. Department of State. Previously, Gilman served as a Commissioner on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and was an early CEO of In-Q-Tel, the pioneering technology investment firm funded by the CIA.

President-elect Donald Trump recently announced he will nominate retired United States Marine Corps General James “Mad Dog” Mattis for Secretary of Defense. Gilman Louie, founder and former CEO of In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm, has written an open letter to General Mattis to suggest how the Defense Department can improve its digital capabilities in order to maintain its military edge.

Dear General Mattis,

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