Do they control all the nodes tho is the question.

That depends. Lots of evidence the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which originated in 1942 and was heavily affiliated with the OSS, is now controlled by the CIA. It became an "independent" agency in 1999.

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Broadcasting_Board_of_Governors

Archived link - https://archive.ph/Ueq1B

BBG eventually rebranded itself to the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) after several books exposed the agency and its ties to the CIA-

https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/board/former-governors/

Archived link - https://archive.ph/tPpv2

BBG/USAGM is notable for continued funding of Tor through its Open Technology Fund (OTF).

Here's USAGM's page dedicated to OTF-

https://www.usagm.gov/networks/otf/

Archived link - https://archive.ph/ebulD

Here's the Tor Project's Sponsors page, and you'll see OTF is at the top of the list-

https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors/

Archived link- https://archive.ph/JkQSO

Do they control all the nodes tho is the question.

That depends. Lots of evidence the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which originated in 1942 and was heavily affiliated with the OSS, is now controlled by the CIA. It became an "independent" agency in 1999.

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Broadcasting_Board_of_Governors

Archived link - https://archive.ph/Ueq1B

BBG eventually rebranded itself to the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) after several books exposed the agency and it's ties to the CIA-

https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/board/former-governors/

Archived link - https://archive.ph/tPpv2

BBG/USAGM is notable for continued funding of Tor through its Open Technology Fund (OTF).

Here's USAGM's page dedicated to OTF-

https://www.usagm.gov/networks/otf/

Archived link - https://archive.ph/ebulD

Here's the Tor Project's Sponsors page, and you'll see OTF is at the top of the list-

https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors/

Archived link- https://archive.ph/JkQSO

Do they control all the nodes tho is the question.

That depends. Lots of evidence the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which originated in 1942 and was heavily affiliated with the OSS, is now controlled by the CIA. It became an "independent" agency in 1999.

https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Broadcasting_Board_of_Governors

Archived link - https://archive.ph/Ueq1B

BBG eventually rebranded itself to the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) after several books exposed the agency and it's ties to the CIA-

https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/board/former-governors/

BBG/USAGM is notable for continued funding of Tor through its Open Technology Fund (OTF).

Here's USAGM's page dedicated to OTF-

https://www.usagm.gov/networks/otf/

Archived link - https://archive.ph/ebulD

Here's the Tor Project's Sponsors page, and you'll see OTF is at the top of the list-

https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors/

Archived link- https://archive.ph/JkQSO