The CIA helped sell a mapping startup to Google. Now they won't tell us why

Immediately demonstrating the value of Keyhole's technology to the national security community, NIMA used the technology to support United States troops in Iraq. "Within two weeks of In-Q-Tel's engagement with Keyhole, we implemented the technology to support our mission within the Pentagon," said Rob Zitz, Director of NIMA's InnoVision directorate. [NIMA is now known as NGA, the NSA's sister agency. —YL] “Introducing technologies like Keyhole is part of NIMA's effort to transform the intelligence business, and the way we serve our customers.”

https://pando.com/2015/07/01/cia-foia-google-keyhole/