Jun 16, 2026 4:21 PM

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

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A trove of internal records from a secret society for powerful figures in US politics, finance, and tech was left exposed online, WIRED has confirmed, naming participants in its events and revealing sensitive personal details they were assured would stay private.

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Yeah, I was wondering why they didn’t. Someone else reported Cory Booker being on this list, but I guess they didn’t get that from Wired.
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I think these groups do directly influence through the power they each hold and the collective of the group. But I would not call them shadow governments. That title I would reserve for agencies without names that get funding that isn't reported and are exempt from law, not because it is written, but because they don't exist on paper. Technically they serve as agencies of national security but I am willing to wager there are several such agencies not on the books, who use their funding, personnel and influence to alter world politics on a more fundamental level. However, it is not impossible to argue that their own ranks may be infected or even over run by members of various influential secret societies. Though I would like to think that any government group with access to enough money and information would do all it could to remain uninfected, remain independent. Because there are no watchdogs to sound the alarms at this level. -Who protects the Men in Black?
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