WikiLeaks Is Back! With Millions of Global Intelligence E-mails

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http://www.thenation.com/blog/166464/wikileaks-back-millions-global-intelligence-e-mails

12:55 Anonymous (@AnonOps) tweets: "Goldman Sachs will be exposed in just a few hours. Stay tuned."

12:45 This Stratfor "Glossary" is must reading. Samples: "ATF Alcohol Tobacco and Fire Arms. Rednecks with a license to kill. Never, ever, ever ask for their help on anything....Brief the Times When the Briefer has obtained zero valuable intelligence from analysis, he finds something in the inside of the morning paper, powers up a view graph, and 'Briefs the Times.' Customers are frequently impressed. It’s a hoot....Duplicitous little bastards Israeli Intelligence."

12:30 Here's Stratfor's full statement on "illegal" released of the hacked emails. Claims some could be forged, some real, will comment on neither.

12:20 Andy Greenberg of Forbes, longtime WikIleaks watcher, takes look here, and explores Anonymous link.

12:10 Another revealing email about discussion with Israeli Defense Force source (among other things, guy is upset Obama "abandoned" Mubarak).... Jason Leopold tweeting out some good nuggets, here on Israelis and Hugh Chavez.

12:05 AM Wired covers the big release, and looks at the "odd" coupling with Anonymous.

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1. Stratfor’s ‘Glossary’ is interesting

ATF

Alcohol Tobacco and Fire Arms. Rednecks with a license to kill. Never, ever, ever ask for their help on anything.



Background Check

Check of history of someone to determine reliability. Usually meaningless. A perfect credit rating does not mean you aren’t devious scum. Does run up the client’s bill and makes it appear that you are busy. Clancy move. Pros run tests. [Ed. The same document later states that a "Clancy" is "Somebody who has read a lot of Tom Clancy novels and thinks he knows the Craft. Total moron. Really dangerous if he is the Customer. Never let a Briefer be a Clancy. "



Black Op

If you heard even a hint of it, it ain’t black. Anyone who tells you about a black op is a liar. Does Stratfor do black ops? You’ll never know.



Backgrounder

General analysis that gives the customer better situational awareness. The customer never actually reads the Backgrounder. Its primary use is as cover when the customer screws something up. Backgrounders are the basic intelligence tool for shifting blame to the customer.



Brief the Times

When the Briefer has obtained zero valuable intelligence from analysis, he finds something in the inside of the morning paper, powers up a view graph, and “Briefs the Times.” Customers are frequently impressed. It’s a hoot.



CIA

Central Intelligence Agency. Also called “Langley” or “up river.” Owns human intelligence (directorate of operations) and analysis (directorate of intelligence). Director, CIA is supposed to oversee all of the intelligence community. Isn’t that a joke? Imagine the Post Office with a foreign policy.


More:

http://www.observer.com/2012/02/anonymous-wikileaks-stratfor-leak-stratfors-glossary-may-be-huge-blow/

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