Wikileaks release reveals ‘private lies of private spies’

Wikileaks has begun publishing a huge number of emails from US intelligence firm Stratfor in a move the anti-secrecy website said revealed the “private lies of private spies”.

Wikileaks claims that over 5m emails from the company will uncover “everything from sinister spy tactics to an insider trading scheme with Goldman Sachs” in the coming weeks.

Texas-based Stratfor, which describes itself as a “subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis,” denounced the theft of the emails as “a deplorable, unfortunate — and illegal — breach of privacy”.