Greenpeace: Stratfor

Stratfor: Stratfor, sometimes dubbed a shadow CIA, came under fire recently after a leaked document prepared for an oil company outlined ways to counter activist groups, such as Greenpeace, who oppose Canadas oilsands development, according to The Star. Emails from January 2009 and February 2011 show invoices of $13,125 and $13,725 for one-year Stratfor subscriptions for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, which were not publicly disclosed by the department and OTTAWA At least 13 Canadian government agencies have had subscriptions with U.S. private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting, Inc. or Stratfor, newly released WikiLeaks emails indicate. The same cache of leaked emails indicates Canadian federal agencies have purchased at least half a million dollars in Stratfor services. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.