Politico: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is finalizing a plan to become the primary federal steward of a CIA-backed venture capital firm that funds high-tech gadgets and software for U.S. spies, according to six people with knowledge of the effort.
If approved, the move would shift intelligence community oversight of the firm, In-Q-Tel, away from the CIA, which chartered the tech innovation fund more than 25 years ago, and nest it under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, whose office oversees the U.S. spy community…