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Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by tomjen3 on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:40AM (#3406963)
So what exactly has Stratfor done? I mean aside from posting their own (informed) articles and running a business?

These people aren't protesting anything reasonable anymore -- they are flat out against people who earn money. Personally I consider them traitors to America.

Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by dantheman on Friday December 30, 2011 @03:07AM (#3407017)
I'm a fan of Stratfor (I read it to get a handle on international news - they provide a background/context to enable me to understand what's going on, unlike traditional news), and I don't agree with this type of activity, but calling someone a traitor is a serious allegation, especially when these people are merely criminals and are not committing treason, which is what traitors do. Given that I don't understand the point of posting account details with password hashes, and CC#s - what are they trying to achieve?
Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by gruseom on Friday December 30, 2011 @04:53AM (#3407157)
I read it to get a handle on international news - they provide a background/context to enable me to understand what's going on, unlike traditional news

That sounds like it might be worth looking at. Is there a publicly accessible example you could provide a link to?

Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by ovi256 on Friday December 30, 2011 @05:32AM (#3407213)
Unfortunately, their site has been down since the penetration. Even if it appears most of their content is not free, I signed up for their newsletter and received links to some articles regularly.

I highly recommend "The Geopolitics of the United States" series. Very well reasoned and clear explanation of the underpinning advantages of the US. It all clicked together so nicely.

No idea where you could find it now though.

Maybe these black hats should have snatched a copy of the content instead of these stupid mail spools.

Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by gyardley on Friday December 30, 2011 @10:57AM (#3407989)
John Mauldin frequently links to / references / includes excerpts from STRATFOR in his own newsletters. This is just an excerpt, but should give anyone curious a sense of the quality:

http://www.johnmauldin.com/images/uploads/pdf/mwo082511.pdf

Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by cipherpunk on Friday December 30, 2011 @03:06AM (#3407016)
Traitors to America? What the hell does that even mean in this context?

Are all anti-capitalists traitors to America?

Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by tomjen3 on Friday December 30, 2011 @04:39AM (#3407143)
America is the country it is and people have it as good as they have it because America embraces capitalism.

You would call a soldier a traitor if he gave a nuke to Al Quida right? Yet America would survive. Without capitalism, America would not.

Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by rbanffy on Friday December 30, 2011 @08:35AM (#3407520)
> Without capitalism, America would not.

It would, of course. Just look at some European democracies that lean heavily towards socialism. Excellent universal healthcare, schooling, civil rights (yes, economic systems are orthogonal do state systems) and so on.

What really endangers the US is the rapid erosion of civil liberties under the excuse the country is under attack. It is, but if the medicine kills the patient, it is not exactly a winning scenario.

Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by beedogs on Friday December 30, 2011 @07:40AM (#3407433)
This may be the worst comment I've read on HN in months.
Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump by zobzu on Friday December 30, 2011 @04:18AM (#3407112)
I though you were talking about banks for a moment.