Author: Robert Maginnis/Washington Stand

By Robert Maginnis/Washington Stand Peter Thiel arrived in Rome this month carrying an unusual set of briefing materials. The billionaire co-founder of Palantir Technologies — whose data-mining systems now run inside the U.S. defense and intelligence communities — was not there for a shareholder meeting or a policy summit. He was there to lecture, by private invitation, on the Antichrist. The talks ran four nights at the Renaissance-era Palazzo Orsini Taverna, steps from Vatican City, closed to the press and cameras. Catholic universities in Rome raced to distance themselves. The Vatican’s official newspaper called him “an agent of chaos.” Protesters…