Wikileaks exposes ‘shadow CIA’ emails

In a statement released on Monday Wikileaks said the documents would reveal Stratfor’s “web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods.”

“The material contains privileged information about the US government’s attacks against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Stratfor’s own attempts to subvert WikiLeaks,” the statement said.

Stratfor, a Texas-based firm that describes itself as a source of geopolitical analysis to corporate and government clients was targeted by hackers affiliated with the ‘hacktivist’ group known as Anonymous in December.

Anonymous posted online the names, emails and credit card numbers of thousands of Stratfor subscribers, including those of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President Dan Quayle.

“Here we have a private intelligence firm, relying on informants from the US government, foreign intelligence agencies with questionable reputations, and journalists,” WikiLeaks’ founder,Assange said.

Stratfor subscribers include major corporations, military officials and international government agencies. The US weekly business magazine Barron’s has likened Stratfor to a “shadow CIA.”

Australian-born Assange, 40, is currently on conditional bail in Britain and fights extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, which he denies.

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