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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.

## FW: The Assange Arrest and WikiLeaks' Survival

Released on 2012-08-15 00:00 GMT

Email-ID | 438203
Date | 2010-12-07 19:33:21
From | Jean.Desgagne@tdsecurities.com
To | Undisclosed, recipients:

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The Assange Arrest and WikiLeaks' Survival
December 7, 2010 | 1646 GMT
The Assange Arrest and WikiLeaks' Survival
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the United Nations office in Geneva on
Nov. 5
Summary
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange surrendered to authorities in Britain on
Dec. 7, following an Interpol Red Notice based on a Swedish arrest
warrant. WikiLeaks is a relatively young organization with one leader and
has not institutionalized a set of practices and protocols that guarantee
its survival even if the personnel changes. Assange's arrest will test the
organization's ability to maintain itself, but the use of the Internet to
leak documents will continue.
Analysis
Related Special Topic Page
. The WikiLeaks Releases
London Metropolitan police arrested Julian Assange, the founder and public
spokesman for WikiLeaks, at 9:30 a.m. local time on Dec. 7 after Assange
turned himself in. He is due to appear in a court in Westminster soon over
sexual assault charges filed against him in Sweden, and faces possible
extradition.
There is considerable interest in what his arrest will mean for his
organization. WikiLeaks organized a new method for an old practice -
leaking confidential government information in an attempt to influence
politics. And while Assange's arrest could disrupt the long-term viability
of WikiLeaks, it will not stop the release of the current batch of
diplomatic cables in the short term, nor will it stop similar future leaks
via the Internet.
Leadership is extremely important in nongovernmental organizations that
have not institutionalized to the point where their dominant figures are
replaceable and members can adapt to changing circumstance. From terrorist
groups to charities, new organizations often rise and fall with their
founders. Assange created WikiLeaks with himself as the only public face -
he leads supporters, drives donations, gives interviews and faces the
resulting criticism. There have been reports of internal dissent and
tensions, and in one interview with CNN, a discussion of the
organization's internal politics seemed to touch a nerve with Assange. If
Assange were to face charges in Sweden for sexual assault or new charges
in the United Kingdom or the United States and was found guilty, WikiLeaks
would still need someone to oversee it. Assange may have someone ready to
fill the leadership void, but there has been no evidence of this.
In addition to having its leadership threatened, WikiLeaks has suffered
logistically. As national governments put pressure on its infrastructure,
its web server has been shut down, and most important, a major source of
funding, PayPal, has closed WikiLeaks' account (Visa and Mastercard have
also banned payments from their cards to WikiLeaks). It is also possible
the events of the past few months will deter other potential leakers from
approaching WikiLeaks as opposed to other organizations (especially if
they dislike or disagree with Assange). Moreover, this new set of
documents has not been greeted with the reaction Assange expected - the
U.S. public is not angry at the State Department, but many are angry at
Assange and his organization.
Immediately following Assange's arrest, a WikiLeaks spokesman said the
arrest would not stop the group's operations. Indeed, whether Assange
remains behind bars or not, it most likely will not stop the continued
release of the 250,000 U.S. State Department cables, only a fraction of
which have been released thus far. It also will not shut down WikiLeaks,
which still maintains its website - albeit currently on a Swiss server,
after its initial U.S.-hosted servers were deactivated - and the ability
to collect information from leakers. So in the short term, WikiLeaks will
persist. The question remains if Assange created a truly sustainable
institution.
If Assange is extradited to Sweden and tried on one count of unlawful
coercion, two counts of sexual molestation and one count of rape, it is
not clear to what degree the image of WikiLeaks will be damaged; thus far
Assange has cultivated the site as an extension of his persona, and even
without the assault charges he is not held in high repute. The extradition
process could take months or even years, and he may try to use prison time
to develop his image as a martyr for free speech, but this can backfire.
If WikiLeaks, however, is not tied to his image, it will be much more
sustainable as an organization.
Western governments also fear whatever is contained in his "insurance"
file, a 1.4-gigabyte computer file that has already been distributed to
many thousands of people over the Internet. Assange has threatened to
release the encryption password if something happens to him. As STRATFOR
has stated before, WikiLeaks likely led with its most insightful
documents, and thus those saved in the insurance file are probably less
enlightening than they are damaging. The file may contain no new
information at all, but simply the names and information on sources,
diplomats, military and intelligence officers not already disclosed. Such
a release could put these individuals' jobs or even lives at risk.
However, such a release exposing these individuals in a vindictive manner
could further tarnish Assange and WikiLeaks in the eyes of the
international public, to include potential financial and information
contributors. Beyond that, governments will almost certainly take stronger
measures against WikiLeaks if it does release identities of classified
sources or officers.
WikiLeaks is now facing a conundrum that all new organizations face at
some point - the ability to maintain and transition leadership through
adverse circumstances. Assange may be released quickly, but if he is not,
WikiLeaks' survival will be in question. However, even if WikiLeaks
disappears, the organizational concept will continue, and leaks along with
it. WikiLeaks has only demonstrated the ability new technology has created
to transfer large quantities of documents, and there is no reason other
organizations will not make use of the same technology.
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