February 27, 2012 13:10:06


Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has begun publishing
more than 5 million confidential emails from Texas-based intelligence
firm Stratfor.
WikiLeaks says the emails - which it refers to as
the 'Global Intelligence Files' - date from between July 2004 and
December 2011.

"The emails show Stratfor's web of informers,
pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological
methods," WikiLeaks said in a statement.

"The material shows how a private intelligence agency works, and how they target individuals for
their corporate and government clients."WikiLeaks says it has
proof of the firm's confidential links to large corporations, such as
Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co and Lockheed Martin, as well as government
agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US
Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency.

It says it has found evidence that Stratfor gave a complimentary membership to Pakistan
general Hamid Gul, former head of Pakistan's ISI intelligence service,
who, according to US diplomatic cables, planned an IED attack against
international forces in Afghanistan in 2006.WikiLeaks also
alleges it has proof that Stratfor monitored and analysed the online
activities of activists seeking redress for the 1984 Dow Chemical/Union
Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India.

"The Global Intelligence Files exposes how Stratfor has recruited a global network of informants
who are paid via Swiss banks accounts and pre-paid credit cards,"
WikiLeaks said."Stratfor has a mix of covert and overt
informants, which includes government employees, embassy staff and
journalists around the world."Stratfor, which was founded in 1996, describes itself as "a subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis".

"Unlike traditional news outlets, Stratfor uses a unique, intelligence-based
approach to gathering information via rigorous open-source monitoring
and a global network of human sources," according to the Texas-based
firm's website.
WikiLeaks says 25 media outlets - including
Rolling Stone, The Hindu newspaper and Italy's La Repubblica - have been
given access to the files and important revelations will be revealed
over the coming weeks.

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Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-27/wikileaks-begins-publishing-confidential-intelligence-emails/3854838