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In reply to the discussion: A repost/expansion on the fall of Madison's Republic [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)22. KRB19 for TRUTH
There should be 1,000 Recs for this outstanding history. Seeing how Agent Mike might actually one day come calling for the Big Round-Up, I can understand why it doesn't.
How would a patriot act?
Stratfor: executive boasted of 'trusted former CIA cronies'
By Alex Spillius, Diplomatic Correspondent
9:08PM GMT 28 Feb 2012
The Telegraph
A senior executive with the private intelligence firm Stratfor boasted to colleagues about his "trusted former CIA cronies" and promised to "see what I can uncover" about a classified FBI investigation, according to emails released by the WikiLeaks.
Fred Burton, vice president of intelligence at the Texas firm, also informed members of staff that he had a copy of the confidential indictment on Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
The second batch of five million internal Stratfor emails obtained by the Anonymous computer hacking group revealed that the company has high level sources within the United States and other governments, runs a network of paid informants that includes embassy staff and journalists and planned a hedge fund, Stratcap, based on its secret intelligence.
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Mr Assange labelled the company as a "private intelligence Enron", in reference to the energy giant that collapsed after a false accounting scandal.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9111784/Stratfor-executive-boasted-of-trusted-former-CIA-cronies.html
It is an honor to know you, hifiguy. Thank you for that outstanding history. Every sentence you wrote can be sourced, online.
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oh, my. please, dear goddess, tell me that you forgot the sarcasm icon, because you cannot
niyad
Nov 2014
#24
A very important piece. Have you had a chance to check out the work of Sheldon Wolin
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#28
And the dumbing-down is vastly accelerated by the death of public education
Jackpine Radical
Nov 2014
#33
I think I'd edit some of the rough spots & start getting this thing out there.
Jackpine Radical
Nov 2014
#34
K&R for this primer on the New Fascism that should be at the top of the Greatest Page
woo me with science
Nov 2014
#42