US-based security think-tank Stratfor spied for the Dow Chemicals on the activists of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, WikiLeaks alleged today as the whistleblower website started publishing millions of confidential emails of this prominent private intelligence analyst group.
The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011, WikiLeaks said.
“They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal’s Dow Chemical Co, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency,” WikiLeaks alleged.
Stratfor was not immediately available for its reaction on the allegations by WikiLeaks. But the website of this Texas-based organisation said that it is offering all its contents for free.
“I wanted to warn you that individuals continue to send out false communications that appear to be from Stratfor.
These spam emails may contain malware and attachments, and may attempt to lead you to websites that look like our own. They may also attempt to convince you to provide your private information,” says Stratfor CEO George Friedman on its website.
The emails posted by WikiLeaks on its website, revealed that Stratfor not only provided to Dow Chemicals and Union Carbide the analysis of the daily developments on the case related to the Bhopal Gas tragedy in Indian courts, but also the activities including the travel plans and like where they are staying or what they plan to do.
PTI has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of these emails.
Keywords: WikiLeaks, Stratfor, Global Intelligence Files, spyfiles
Looking at the email from Stratfor: This is compilation of information
available in the public domain - newspapers, NGO websites on Bhopal etc.
Why to blame Dow? Each corporation has right to know what is happening
in public space which can impact its reputation. How can it be called
spying? Wikileaks breaking into private website is called spying using
wrong means. I hope media becomes bit more objective and bring right
perpective rather than creating hysteria.
As said by Leo Tolstoy: God sees the truth but waits ....It means Truth
can never be suppressed forever ,some day or the other the truth comes
out like the rays of sun ......even it may take some decades....
This is scary. Thanks to wikileak we know more. I think the Indian government agencies should take Stratfor to task.
Really Mr. CEO? That's all you could come up with? Malware? He's insulting the
public's intelligence by accusing WikiLeaks - an organization that is shaking up
countries by revealing the twisted ways in which they operate - of cheap tactics.
Although I was initially sceptic of WikiLeaks, I am now 100% sure that they don't
publish their materials unless they are sure their sources are authentic. Look at the
clientele list - US Homeland, Marines, Dow, Lockheed. In the age where information
is everything, big corporations have again proven that they'll leave no stone unturned
to get it.
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