# Anti-Pinkerton Act **Entity class:** Legal instrument or procurement arrangement **Domain:** Pinkerton ## Definition Federal prohibition codified at 5 U.S.C. § 3108 concerning employment of individuals from Pinkerton or similar organizations. Procurement interpretation makes its operative classification important to firms entering government investigative and security work. ## Operational role The Pinkerton lineage connects private investigative skill with public capacity and corporate clients. The article preserves the historical record as practical instruction in client selection, estimating discipline, lawful authority, and the durability of capabilities built inside a firm. Modern procurement depends on understanding both the service being purchased and the professional terms governing it. **Architecture connections:** [[wiki/HUMINT|HUMINT]] · [[wiki/Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]] · [[wiki/Contractor as Sovereign Function|Contractor as Sovereign Function]]. ## Relationships - **article-linked mechanism or framework:** [[wiki/Quasi-Military Armed Forces for Hire|Quasi-Military Armed Forces for Hire]]. - **article-linked authority or contracting instrument:** [[wiki/FAR 37.109|FAR 37.109]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#VIII. Palantir, ImmigrationOS, ELITE, and the Contractor as Sovereign Function|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — VIII. Palantir, ImmigrationOS, ELITE, and the Contractor as Sovereign Function]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace. - [American Immigration Council, ICE to Use ImmigrationOS by Palantir.](https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-immigrationos-palantir-ai-track-immigrants/) - [Axios, ICE Pays Palantir $30M to Build New Tool to Track and Deport Immigrants (May 1, 2025).](https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/05/01/palantir-deportations-ice-immigration-trump) ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkerton National Detective Agency]], [[wiki/Homestead Strike|Homestead Strike]], [[wiki/Quasi-Military Armed Forces for Hire|Quasi-Military Armed Forces for Hire]], [[wiki/FAR 37.109|FAR 37.109]], [[wiki/United States ex rel Weinberger v Equifax|United States ex rel Weinberger v Equifax]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].