Closed loop: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) → In-Q-Tel → Mark Warner → Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Involved entities

Inference logic

1. Edge A→B: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) → In-Q-Tel (relationship: funding-type, "Warner, as a career VC investor in telecommunications and tech sectors, co-founded the venture capital firm Columbia Capital LLC. In-Q-Tel is a strategic investor that partners with companies; the data suggests Warner's VC background positions him as an investor whose firms could interact with entities like In-Q-Tel, though no direct transaction is documented.").
2. Edge B→C: In-Q-Tel → Mark Warner (relationship: authority-type, "Warner led advocacy for reauthorizing FISA Section 702, which allows searching 702 data for Americans' communications without warrants—despite documented FBI compliance failures. Virginia voters have shown strong support for privacy protections.").
3. Edge C→A: Mark Warner → Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (relationship: benefit-type, "FBI is listed as one of In-Q-Tel's government partners").
Each edge is independently documented in the connections table (IDs 12728, 12732, 5299). Together they form a directed cycle: money flows from A, authority flows through B, benefit returns to A. This is the structural definition of a closed conflict-of-interest loop.

Source edges (3)

• In-Q-Tel ↔ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — contractor (FBI is listed as one of In-Q-Tel's government partners)
• Mark Warner ↔ In-Q-Tel — investor (Warner, as a career VC investor in telecommunications and tech sectors, co-founded the venture capital firm Columbia Capital LLC. In-Q-Tel is a strategic investor that partners with companies; the dat)
• Mark Warner ↔ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — oversight (Warner led advocacy for reauthorizing FISA Section 702, which allows searching 702 data for Americans' communications without warrants—despite documented FBI compliance failures. Virginia voters have )

Comparative baseline

Steelman — strongest benign interpretation

Sensitivity

Replication query (SQL)

Anyone can re-execute this query to verify the published value. If the result diverges, the finding auto-flags as stale.

SELECT (
      EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=109 AND entity_b_id=9289) OR (entity_a_id=9289 AND entity_b_id=109)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%investor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donation%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contributor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contribution%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%funder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%co-founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%shareholder%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=9289 AND entity_b_id=84) OR (entity_a_id=84 AND entity_b_id=9289)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory_oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulator%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee_membership%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%chair%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointed_by%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supervisor%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=84 AND entity_b_id=109) OR (entity_a_id=109 AND entity_b_id=84)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor_relationship%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%client%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supplier%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%vendor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%grant_recipient%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%former_employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%consultant%'))
    )::int AS value

Questions this raises

Each question can be commissioned at the matching investigation tier.

• SEED — $5 What is the timeline of these three relationships — does Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s support of In-Q-Tel predate In-Q-Tel's authority over Mark Warner?
• SKETCH — $20 What is the dollar value flowing on each edge over the past five years?
• SKETCH — $20 Are there public records of In-Q-Tel recusing from any decision involving Mark Warner?
• DOSSIER — $75 Map every contract, grant, or appointment between the three entities since the loop closed.