Very interesting post. Brings up a question:
Which companies on the right column had secret blessings from NSA/CIA/FBI for certain favors given by those companies?
Which companies said no to the 3 letter agencies?
It's true that Apple, Facebook, and Google are a bunch of loopy leftwingers but while I don't want to ignore the power of Central Command let's not forget that supply and demand wins every time. Businesses get big when they meet a need, not because they know the right people.