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# The Global Intelligence Files

On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date 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 Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.

## Re: A letter from George Friedman

Released on 2012-08-24 05:00 GMT

Email-ID | 473739
Date | 2011-04-04 22:37:02
From | thehouse.tm@gmail.com
To | service@stratfor.com

Dear Mr Friedman,
First, forgive me in stating that when I saw another book title by a
Friedman, I almost jumped off my seat. Oh, man! We have had Thomas
Friedman, the New York Times world-is-flat columnist, and Milton Friedman,
the free-market academic economist, who till his last day, preached how
wonderful free-market world is. And now, another Friedman -- that's you
-- have come with a new book, 'The Next Decade' after your previous 'The
Next 100 Years'. While I think the content might be overlapping, I wonder
whether your real interest is in increasing sales for STRATFOR, after all,
you concluded your letter with "I'd like to send a free copy to all those
who join STRATFOR here."
With all due respect, I think we have had enough Friedmans and their papal
talkies. Please find some other creative ways to sell STRATFOR
subscription, rather than troubling the readership with another title.
Thank you.
With best wishes,
Jay Rhodes
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:38 PM, STRATFOR <mail@response.stratfor.com>
wrote:
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STRATFOR
Dear Reader:
Join STRATFOR to
receive The Next Decade
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Let me begin with a confession: I've written another book. This must
surely violate some federal law, given that I published my last book
less than two years ago.
The new book is called The Next Decade . Titles notwithstanding, this
book is very different from its predecessor, The Next 100 Years . The
last book was about a century, a time frame in which all things are
impersonal. A decade is the opposite, because it is filled with
individual decisions and uncertainty. It not only requires a very
different type of forecasting, it requires the opposite sensibility.
In a century, leadership counts for little. In a decade, it counts for
a great deal.
The book is framed by two concepts. The first is the idea that the
United States is an unintended empire of vast power, deeply
interlocked with the affairs of most of the world. It is not a
question of whether Americans want this empire; it is impossible to
let go. The question is what to do with it. Like a child you did not
expect and may not have welcomed, it is still your responsibility.
The second concept is what I call the Machiavellian Presidency. I
consider three presidents exemplary: Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and
Reagan. Each possessed a deep moral core. Each fully understood the
uses of power, lying and violating the Constitution and human rights
to achieve the respective moral necessities of the abolition of
slavery, the destruction of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, and the
destruction of the Soviet Union. When we recall that Roosevelt allied
with Stalin to defeat Hitler, we capture the Machiavellian President.
The United States has stumbled into empire. It now faces the crisis of
Rome that the empire will annihilate the republic. I argue that of all
the institutions of our Constitution, it is the president who can
preserve the republic while managing the empire. I also argue that the
greatest threat to the republic is living in denial about what the
United States has become. The issue, then, is how to manage the
unintended and unwanted in the next decade.
It is a privilege to have the opportunity to write and an even greater
privilege to be read. For me, STRATFOR and this book are part of a
single fabric of thought.
For that reason, I'd like to send a free copy to all those who join
STRATFOR here. I hope you find value in both your membership & the
book.
Sincerely,
George Friedman
Founder and CEO of STRATFOR
Become a Member & receive The N ext Decade
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cannot be applied to existing or renewalof STRATFOR accounts.
Memberships cannot be purchased to replace otherhigher priced
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