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New comment by COMS in "Wikileaks publishes 500k new Stratfor emails"

COMS — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 05:13:54 +0000

Reva's pretty hot. I see why the CEO told her to exploit an Israeli intelligence source by "financial, sexual or psychological control to the point where he would reveal his sourcing and be tasked."[1] The CEO added that this is difficult with her being associated with an intelligence organization.

Basically the same stuff CNN does.

[1] http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/201031_.html

New comment by COMS in "Wikileaks publishes 500k new Stratfor emails"

COMS — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 04:51:20 +0000

On the ground human intelligence is power. And Barron's called Stratfor "the shadow CIA".

I have limited experience in this but I've seen some egregious things with current intelligence employees and private contractors. I think you are underestimating outside ways these guys could profit and/or use their intelligence collection news company to encourage those profits.

New comment by COMS in "Wikileaks publishes 500k new Stratfor emails"

COMS — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 04:42:05 +0000

To be fair, the guy joking about India attacking Pakistan and Israel having an excuse to go back into Gaza is the FOUNDER and CHAIRMAN of Stratfor. He ended the email with, "We are looking at a tense and profitable week."

He is apparently in "high demand" at JP Morgan- http://www.stratfor.com/about/analysts/dr-george-friedman

New comment by COMS in "Jeremy Hammond sentenced to 10 years for Stratfor leak"

COMS — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 18:17:13 +0000

Except liberty is in the national motto of France. Those words are certainly used for manipulation but they also reflect the positive transformative nature of classical liberalism.