Leaked from Wikileaks Huge Surveillance Network...

[trichrider]

i'm sure it's not S4L...otherwise Hydro-soil would have smelled it...

 

[MadBuddhaAbuser]

Yeah all this shit is real folks. well aside from the "ugly" chick thing. I can't vouch for that.

scary shit there man.. any more info youve found?

This trapwire is partly held by a texas security firm Stratfor. Wiki released hundreds of emails dating from 2004-2011 from this company.

heres a link and summation.

http://www.wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html

Today, Monday 27 February, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files – more than five million emails from the Texas-headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The emails date from between July 2004 and late December 2011. 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 Defense Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor’s web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods, for example :

"[Y]ou have to take control of him. Control means financial, sexual or psychological control... This is intended to start our conversation on your next phase" – CEO George Friedman to Stratfor analyst Reva Bhalla on 6 December 2011, on how to exploit an Israeli intelligence informant providing information on the medical condition of the President of Venezuala, Hugo Chavez.

The material contains privileged information about the US government’s attacks against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Stratfor’s own attempts to subvert WikiLeaks. There are more than 4,000 emails mentioning WikiLeaks or Julian Assange. The emails also expose the revolving door that operates in private intelligence companies in the United States. Government and diplomatic sources from around the world give Stratfor advance knowledge of global politics and events in exchange for money. The Global Intelligence Files exposes how Stratfor has recruited a global network of informants who are paid via Swiss banks accounts and pre-paid credit cards. Stratfor has a mix of covert and overt informants, which includes government employees, embassy staff and journalists around the world.

The material shows how a private intelligence agency works, and how they target individuals for their corporate and government clients. For example, Stratfor monitored and analysed the online activities of Bhopal activists, including the "Yes Men", for the US chemical giant Dow Chemical. The activists seek redress for the 1984 Dow Chemical/Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India. The disaster led to thousands of deaths, injuries in more than half a million people, and lasting environmental damage.



Stratfor has realised that its routine use of secret cash bribes to get information from insiders is risky. In August 2011, Stratfor CEO George Friedman confidentially told his employees : "We are retaining a law firm to create a policy for Stratfor on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. I don’t plan to do the perp walk and I don’t want anyone here doing it either."

Stratfor’s use of insiders for intelligence soon turned into a money-making scheme of questionable legality. The emails show that in 2009 then-Goldman Sachs Managing Director Shea Morenz and Stratfor CEO George Friedman hatched an idea to "utilise the intelligence" it was pulling in from its insider network to start up a captive strategic investment fund. CEO George Friedman explained in a confidential August 2011 document, marked DO NOT SHARE OR DISCUSS : "What StratCap will do is use our Stratfor’s intelligence and analysis to trade in a range of geopolitical instruments, particularly government bonds, currencies and the like". The emails show that in 2011 Goldman Sach’s Morenz invested "substantially" more than $4million and joined Stratfor’s board of directors. Throughout 2011, a complex offshore share structure extending as far as South Africa was erected, designed to make StratCap appear to be legally independent. But, confidentially, Friedman told StratFor staff : "Do not think of StratCap as an outside organisation. It will be integral... It will be useful to you if, for the sake of convenience, you think of it as another aspect of Stratfor and Shea as another executive in Stratfor... we are already working on mock portfolios and trades". StratCap is due to launch in 2012.

The Stratfor emails reveal a company that cultivates close ties with US government agencies and employs former US government staff. It is preparing the 3-year Forecast for the Commandant of the US Marine Corps, and it trains US marines and "other government intelligence agencies" in "becoming government Stratfors". Stratfor’s Vice-President for Intelligence, Fred Burton, was formerly a special agent with the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service and was their Deputy Chief of the counterterrorism division. Despite the governmental ties, Stratfor and similar companies operate in complete secrecy with no political oversight or accountability. Stratfor claims that it operates "without ideology, agenda or national bias", yet the emails reveal private intelligence staff who align themselves closely with US government policies and channel tips to the Mossad – including through an information mule in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Yossi Melman, who conspired with Guardian journalist David Leigh to secretly, and in violation of WikiLeaks’ contract with the Guardian, move WikiLeaks US diplomatic cables to Israel.

Ironically, considering the present circumstances, Stratfor was trying to get into what it called the leak-focused "gravy train" that sprung up after WikiLeaks’ Afghanistan disclosures :

"[Is it] possible for us to get some of that ’leak-focused’ gravy train ? This is an obvious fear sale, so that’s a good thing. And we have something to offer that the IT security companies don’t, mainly our focus on counter-intelligence and surveillance that Fred and Stick know better than anyone on the planet... Could we develop some ideas and procedures on the idea of ´leak-focused’ network security that focuses on preventing one’s own employees from leaking sensitive information... In fact, I’m not so sure this is an IT problem that requires an IT solution."

Like WikiLeaks’ diplomatic cables, much of the significance of the emails will be revealed over the coming weeks, as our coalition and the public search through them and discover connections. Readers will find that whereas large numbers of Stratfor’s subscribers and clients work in the US military and intelligence agencies, Stratfor gave a complimentary membership to the controversial Pakistan general Hamid Gul, former head of Pakistan’s ISI intelligence service, who, according to US diplomatic cables, planned an IED attack on international forces in Afghanistan in 2006. Readers will discover Stratfor’s internal email classification system that codes correspondence according to categories such as ’alpha’, ’tactical’ and ’secure’. The correspondence also contains code names for people of particular interest such as ’Hizzies’ (members of Hezbollah), or ’Adogg’ (Mahmoud Ahmedinejad).

Stratfor did secret deals with dozens of media organisations and journalists – from Reuters to the Kiev Post. The list of Stratfor’s "Confederation Partners", whom Stratfor internally referred to as its "Confed Fuck House" are included in the release. While it is acceptable for journalists to swap information or be paid by other media organisations, because Stratfor is a private intelligence organisation that services governments and private clients these relationships are corrupt or corrupting.

WikiLeaks has also obtained Stratfor’s list of informants and, in many cases, records of its payoffs, including $1,200 a month paid to the informant "Geronimo" , handled by Stratfor’s Former State Department agent Fred Burton.

Go there and check out some of those emails, pretty intense stuff.

my favorite so far.

OBL take -- quick response needed

Released on 2012-02-28 15:00 GMT


2011-05-12 22:25:38

From [email protected]

To [email protected]


I can get access to the materials seized from the OBL safe house.

What are the top (not 45) questions we want addressed?

So obviously they are pretty top dog type shit if they can get that kind of info.

as for the facial/iris scan doubters, they should check out this page

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/

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Whether you are seeking background on a new technology or product; access to the key homeland security decision makers; analysis of business or policy trends in homeland security; or want to be the first informed about key grants, contracts, or new regulations, the HSNW is your must-read, “one stop shop” for homeland security news and information.

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The shit they have there reads like some sort of tin foil town, but it is all just industry trade papers and such. Go look around there, pages of stories about all of those about listed topics. an example page.

Biometric technologies

NYPD buys new portable fingerprint scanners
The NYPD is armed with a portable fingerprint reader that allows cops immediately to confirm identities at crime scenes with the roll of a thumb; they can also be used to identify the dead at homicide and accident scenes


DHS testing iris scan technology at border crossings
DHS is beginning a 2-week trial of iris scanning technology at a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, where they will be used on illegal immigrants; a new generation of cameras that capture images from six feet away instead of a few inches; DHS will test cameras that take photos from 3 or 4 feet away, including one that works on people as they walk by; the ACLU is raising objections, saying the cameras could be used covertly


Biometric companies see government as the driver of future market growth

Observers say that most of the growth in the biometric market will be driven by government spending; many still agree that the marketplace for biometrics is likely to continue to grow, but one of the bigger points of contention is that some are arguing that the growth will not be in United States but more likely in Central and South America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Asia

Mobile biometric and document device for borders

NEC shows a tablet computing device for biometric identity enrollment and verification using multiple biometrics — and which can also read travel documents; the company says the device will be sold to border control agencies


U.S. military personnel increasingly using biometric technologySince the Department of Defense implemented biometric identification technology, military personnel have seen benefits such as quickly identifying known terrorists, collecting intelligence on insurgent activities, and identifying former detainees the military had released

Biometrics replaces traditional means of identification

Access cards, PINs, and passwords, designed to protect end-users, are not only ineffective against modern day threats, but often end up being used to perpetrate crime; card-based systems will only control the access of authorized pieces of plastic, but not who is in possession of the card; one of the benefits of a biometric technology is that only authorized people — not merely their credentials — are granted access to, for example, a building, a specific part of a building or even a computer or an account


Minority Report comes to Leon, Mexico

Leon, Mexico, a city of one million, has began implementing an iris scan biometric system from New York-based Global Rainmakers; the system, rolled out across the city; anyone taking money out of an ATM, paying for items in a store, or simply catching a bus will have their eyes scanned by hi-tech sensors; criminals will automatically be enrolled, their irises scanned once convicted; law-abiding citizens will have the option to opt-in; the company’s CEO believes people will choose to opt-in: “When you get masses of people opting-in, opting out does not help. Opting out actually puts more of a flag on you than just being part of the system. We believe everyone will opt-in”

awesome summary in those last couple sentences. "Get in line and scanned, or be under suspicion , then harrassed, or maybe biometrically found and brought in for questioning for a few days, or weeks, or years.

 

[MadBuddhaAbuser]

here's another good article from hsnw.

Identifying faces in a crowd in real-time

Published 2 September 2010

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U.K. company develops a face recognition technology that can recognize individual faces in a crowd — and do so in seconds, even when they are moving, at a wide angle, or in poor light; the system captures and analyzes images and compares them to a database, and alerts security personnel if a match is made
A new type of infrared security camera is being used to identify individual faces in real time. The CheckPoint.S system from Guildford, Surrey, U.K.-based OmniPerception can recognize faces in seconds — even when they are moving, at a wide angle, or in poor light — by capturing and analyzing images and comparing them to a database.

As well as alerting security teams to a suspect’s presence, the system can also be used to confirm the identity of invited guests entering a building. “The thing that has plagued facial recognition for many years is the effect of lighting,” OmniPerception’s CEO Stewart Hefferman told the Engineer’s Stephen Harris. “Our systems operate in the near-infrared space rather than visual light. This means we effectively provide our own illumination source and we don’t care if the system is operating indoors, outdoors, in a bit of sunshine, mottled sunshine or whatever — we can cope with that.”

OmniPerception’s cameras emit near-infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, and then use the reflected waves to scan the subject’s features. If the face matches one on record, the CheckPoint.S system immediately alerts the operator.

The system does not require constant human monitoring and is not intended as a replacement for CCTV cameras, which usually look down on a location rather than filming at eye level to record people’s faces.

Hefferman stressed the technology was designed as a tool to alert security teams or police to the possible presence of an individual, rather than a watertight way of proving someone was at location at a specific time.

“We may not recognize someone with 100 percent confidence and that’s why we always pass the final call to a more intelligent being — a human — and we choose the applications and markets on that basis,” said Hefferman. “We would give the police the confidence to pursue a line of enquiry rather than the evidence to say ‘John Smith was there.’ I don’t ever believe it would be used purely as an evidential tool.”

Harris notes that the firm has been using infrared cameras for around six months but more recently introduced the algorithms that allow CheckPoint.S instantly to identify its subjects. It was developed over eighteen months, partly in collaboration with BAE Systems, which helped perfect the technology’s greater tolerance to scanning faces at wide angles or when moving.

The U.K. government indicated in its coalition agreement that it intends to introduce legislation to regulate CCTV (“U.K. will regulate license number plate recognition cameras more tightly,” 6 July 2010 HSNW). Hefferman said he would welcome regulation as a way of addressing public concerns about security systems and invasion of privacy.

This thing is two years old, so the current tech must be stellar.

 

[skullznroses]

"gang stalking"

all of this is a result of cell phone advancement and the youth and co0nverts to Borg life styles by the rich and famous. People who have a sense of independence must be weeded out of the flock so that those who are in the flock won't feel threatened. You could be thought of as either crazy, a possible ganga grower, or at the very least somebody who doesn't require the affirmation that they are doing the right thing when in fact they are doing nothing. The fact that people are monitoring you is a sign of respect in a way. They are trying to guess what your next move is, and have cause and reaction sets of logic.

deviation from the norm in America is getting to be impossible for people who are parts of the social networks. any sort of unique or bold action will be noticed, but do not live your life in fear of making things to your liking.

Remember that your allegiance to these groups is required and desired. don't wear this on your sleeve so much brother/sister and know that the powers that be are actually on your side... they don't want the flock to be too homogeneous or else they would quickly be outmatched against the safe normal. the authorities want you to be comfortable so they can do their jobs and hopefully find people who have no right or need to strange, not those who are just strange or standout.

p.s. Hydro-soil what does military intelligence smell like? dolphinss?

 

[Nosmo King]

If these theoretical biometric algorithms existed, there should be a 'No fat chicks' app for smartphones.

 

[trichrider]

...in the future, all com devices will be threeway calls. you, your intended, and the gubmint agency keeping track of everyone. rolling it out already. privacy bye bye.

ain't that special?

 

[bombadil.360]

...in the future, all com devices will be threeway calls. you, your intended, and the gubmint agency keeping track of everyone. rolling it out already. privacy bye bye.

ain't that special?

so for every two people on the phone, you'll need one to listen in, which would mean, if one million people were on the phone at a given time, 500,000 people would be needed to listen in to these conversations.

yeah, sounds doable lol...