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35. Stratfor: executive boasted of 'trusted former CIA cronies'

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 05:48 PM

Feb 2015

By Alex Spillius, Diplomatic Correspondent
The Telegraph, 28 Feb 2012

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

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Editor of major German newspaper says he planted stories for CIA [View all] Octafish Feb 2015 OP

The NYT could start on VERY VERY long trail of amends by doing expose on point Feb 2015 #1

Correspondence and collusion between the New York Times and the CIA Octafish Feb 2015 #3

That would be the day. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #14

Danke schoen, Udo Ulfkotte. raging moderate Feb 2015 #21

Their own role? JackRiddler Feb 2015 #25

Wow...CIA Writes Stories Here Too billhicks76 Feb 2015 #42

Damn. Now you've gone and given me a case of Quoter's Itch. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #2

Church Committee in 1976 reported CIA manipulated US Press... Octafish Feb 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author erronis Feb 2015 #16

Yes, and they are here on this board also. erronis Feb 2015 #29

and remember.... grasswire Feb 2015 #36

"Choose your bunk now." < The problem most people have is that they don't jtuck004 Feb 2015 #51

Thanks for that bit of history reminder! KoKo Feb 2015 #79

Woodward was (and is) Naval Intelligence. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #81

The only thing that surprises me about this statement Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #82

Nah--he's not Agency, although they've used him from time to time. He's straight ONI. msanthrope Feb 2015 #83

This goes all the way back to Watergate for me. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #86

Nixon pissed off the wrong people, that's for sure. nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #87

Nixon had knowledge of those involved in the Kennedy assassination. roamer65 Feb 2015 #91

Like the Mafia jalan48 Feb 2015 #5

!! grasswire Feb 2015 #13

LOL! jalan48 Feb 2015 #15

I think that is why Dennis Kucinich is stomped into the dust every time he gains a slight GoneFishin Feb 2015 #67

It does say it all, doesn't it. woo me with science Feb 2015 #18

Global capitalism with it's own secret police force-publically financed. jalan48 Feb 2015 #19

Makes one wonder, especially considering who Uncle Sam has done business with. Octafish Feb 2015 #28

Welcome to state-controlled media elias49 Feb 2015 #6

+100 ND-Dem Feb 2015 #9

Another whacko conspiracy theorist. merrily Feb 2015 #7

That's an example of what happens when you read the Huffington Post. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #24

This is huge...thank you for posting this judy Feb 2015 #8

As long as there are two like you, Judy, Democracy has a chance. Octafish Feb 2015 #107

Is there an English version of his book out? FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #10

The article states it is available in German only. Luminous Animal Feb 2015 #26

We should be outraged at the way major media allow themselves to be used for tblue37 Feb 2015 #11

Absolute Outrage Octafish Feb 2015 #99

The CIA is mucking about world wide picking winners and losers in the interest of crony capitalism. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #12

She didn't mean it Agent Mike! BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #22

But I did. Octafish Feb 2015 #32

Oh, your file is BIG BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #34

I agree with every word except the last one. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #56

It wasn't being used as a homophobic slur when I used it. I don't play that. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #58

I was pretty sure you weren't using it to mean that, but a lot of people do. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #59

and a big K & R! n/t wildbilln864 Feb 2015 #17

Stratfor: executive boasted of 'trusted former CIA cronies' Octafish Feb 2015 #35

And the obsolete mainstream media still wonders why it's ignored and ridiculed. pa28 Feb 2015 #20

Colbert saved Democracy. Octafish Feb 2015 #108

It will take the courage of individuals to turn the tide BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #23

I have been re-reading histories of American Revolution. grasswire Feb 2015 #37

We've seen it time and again BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #40

Marked this as one of those things that we suspected and are grateful that someone confirmed. Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #27

Kick Luminous Animal Feb 2015 #30

It's interesting. I generally check DU first thing every morning for my news. closeupready Feb 2015 #31

I mostly trust DU because if a news item does not seem relevant or does not seem to fit or JDPriestly Feb 2015 #48

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #33

But but but - the problem is RT! DUH!!!!!!!!!!!! malaise Feb 2015 #38

Russian media is probably no better than ours, but we don't follow Russian media, so it is JDPriestly Feb 2015 #50

Kick nom n/t Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #39

K&R Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #41

K&R! G_j Feb 2015 #43

Makes you wonder . . . gratuitous Feb 2015 #44

We can only hope that journalists with terminal diseases will come forth as a deed to society. YOHABLO Feb 2015 #45

Udo Ulfkotte is the Alex Jones of Germany Major Nikon Feb 2015 #46

The guy wasn't a senior editor at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung? Octafish Feb 2015 #47

His story made sense? Major Nikon Feb 2015 #65

a vast conspiracy that nobody has heard of before? grasswire Feb 2015 #72

There are plenty of gullible people, sadly they all believe that CTs are not real. Rex Feb 2015 #75

50 years ago during the cold war, seriously? Major Nikon Feb 2015 #84

Alex Jones has a PhD in international politics? reorg Feb 2015 #78

...and now Ulfkotte writes for Kopp Online Major Nikon Feb 2015 #85

wow, I'm deeply impressed over your astute and factual rebuttal reorg Feb 2015 #88

I didn't notice you said much of anything Major Nikon Feb 2015 #92

of course you didn't reorg Feb 2015 #101

So because one TV station's public advocate wrote that some reporting might have been biased... Major Nikon Feb 2015 #102

please educate yourself about what ARD is and how it works reorg Feb 2015 #103

Please... Major Nikon Feb 2015 #104

I pointed out reorg Feb 2015 #105

Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Alkene Feb 2015 #49

Beautiful! I love Cowboy and Yankee movies. Octafish Feb 2015 #94

Of course he did! He ain't alone!!! DeSwiss Feb 2015 #52

Remember the Army Psyop troops that were "working" at CNN and NPR nationalize the fed Feb 2015 #53

Great memory, yours, nationalize the fed! Octafish Feb 2015 #100

, blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #54

Of course, it is probably true. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #55

The book is not a "bestseller" and it was reported on in fall 2014. DetlefK Feb 2015 #57

Does not make it any less true or disturbing. djean111 Feb 2015 #60

He does. He claims that his book doesn't get media coverage despite being a bestseller. DetlefK Feb 2015 #61

You honestly do not think the CIA plants stories? djean111 Feb 2015 #62

I never said that. I said that he made up the claims about a plot to suppress coverage of his book. DetlefK Feb 2015 #63

Okay. I sort of think the CIA could care less about his book, because the CIA djean111 Feb 2015 #64

the book is currently ranked third on Der Spiegel's bestseller list reorg Feb 2015 #70

My apologies. DetlefK Feb 2015 #71

Since you have admitted you have provided false information reorg Feb 2015 #80

I am supposed to document that something wasn't documented??? DetlefK Feb 2015 #89

You cannot find a single review? reorg Feb 2015 #96

You know..... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #106

If I were a betting person father founding Feb 2015 #66

Given the extent to which they have gone to propagandize and corrupt the media I think it GoneFishin Feb 2015 #69

yes grasswire Feb 2015 #73

The "press" certainly did its part JEB Feb 2015 #68

Spent part of his career being a voice that helped to "drive nations toward war" NCTraveler Feb 2015 #74

Like the CIA cares. They got caught spying on Congress and do they give a shit? Rex Feb 2015 #76

It is nuts to think this has stopped. I had a relative in the Lint Head Feb 2015 #77

To quote Poppy Bu$h... roamer65 Feb 2015 #90

bushisms and cites johnnyreb Feb 2015 #109

An institution of sociopaths pauldp Feb 2015 #93

Capitalism's Invisible Army Octafish Feb 2015 #95

RIP Steven Kangas, author grasswire Feb 2015 #98

Well said. woo me with science Feb 2015 #97