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Showing Original Post only (View all)Wikileaks will begin releasing emails referring to Obama,Biden,Romney & their parties [View all]
Today, Wednesday 8th October, WikiLeaks begins releasing over 200,000 Global Intelligence Files (GI Files) relating to the U.S. presidential elections. Each week day we will release thousands of emails referring to Obama, Biden, Romney and the Republican and Democratic parties. Today we will publish over 8,238 emails referring to republican(s), Romney, RNC and/or GOP, ranging from 17th September 2011 to 19th December 2011.The GI Files total over five million emails from the U.S. private intelligence firm Stratfor. Stratfor is a secretive multi-national private intelligence firm, providing services to large corporations, and government agencies. Despite providing the U.S. government with "global intelligence" services there is no public oversite of Stratfor. The emails highlight Stratfor staffs revolving door with government offices; Stratfors Vice-President for Intelligence, Fred Burton, was formerly a special agent with the U.S. State Departments Diplomatic Security Service and was their Deputy Chief of the counterterrorism division. Although Stratfor boasts U.S. governmental sources and reports to have a lot of influence on western decision makers, their emails reveal poor working and security methods and show strong political bias within the organization.
This close connection to the U.S. government means that these GI Files releases will shed insight into key U.S. federal election players. The only legitimate government is one that is elected by an informed population. Through this release WikiLeaks aims to inform the U.S. electorate in an unbiased way through the release of source documents from one of the most oddly influential companies in the U.S. today. We call upon all people around the world to search the emails and publicise their findings using the hashtag #wlfindGI.
Whoever you elect into power, keep them accountable by supporting WikiLeaks - vote with your wallet, vote WikiLeaks.
http://wikileaks.org/WikiLeaks-GI-Files-Presidential.html
Boom may go the dynamite!
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Wikileaks will begin releasing emails referring to Obama,Biden,Romney & their parties [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Oct 2012
OP
And I am sure you'd be willing to scour through all 5 million emails to find
Luminous Animal
Oct 2012
#19
Journalism requires researching the material and presenting it in a coherent manner.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2012
#25
Well right now there is a big giant bodacious donation ad on the page sooo........
nc4bo
Oct 2012
#15
Voting accordingly has to do with an informed electorate voting on the basis of what they know.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2012
#56
Yes, Stratfor leans very right. And since Wikileaks claims there is 'bias' in the emails, I assume
sabrina 1
Oct 2012
#55
I learned that a lot of people bleme the left for Gore's inability to get enough votes.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2012
#65
... Stratfor has been accused of overselling itself as a “quasi-CIA”. But as the leaked document
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#48
"VP for Intelligence" is may be a "rain-maker" slot: it's common for well-connected folk to use
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#57
You are using the same strategy btw, that Stratfor, it was revealed in the released emails, when
sabrina 1
Oct 2012
#63
Oh, isn't everyone here on the Assange Canonization Committee still celebrating??
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#66