Wikileaks reveals Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian emailed with Stratfor

Re:Wikileaks reveals Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian emailed... by grandalf on Monday August 26, 2013 @04:29PM (#6279701)

I used to be a subscriber to Stratfor, and have enjoyed George Friedman's books. He presents a very interesting, Geopolitical perspective.

A bit of Friedman's personal political leanings "leaked" into his books/essays, but they are interesting enough that I was able to ignore it.

I don't see anything in the info on Wikileaks that makes me consider Ohanian's conduct remotely inappropriate.

FWIW the Geopolitical perspective Friedman advocates in his books is perfectly useful as a tool for analysis and does not dictate any particular approach to governance or diplomacy.

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Re:Wikileaks reveals Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian emailed... by cookiecaper on Monday August 26, 2013 @04:36PM (#6279766)

No business is intimated by the mail chain. Is there a problem with simple networking? Because as far as has been revealed, that's all this was. Ohanian and Stratfor briefly met one another, exchanged pleasantries, and went on their separate ways.

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Re:Wikileaks reveals Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian emailed... by Questioneer on Monday August 26, 2013 @04:35PM (#6279760)

Unless you read Friedman's emails where he elaborates on his personal approach of bypassing multiple nation's laws via paid inside informants.

Undermining governance, diplomacy, while promoting corruption.

But by all means take the public facing statements as they are crafted.

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Re:Wikileaks reveals Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian emailed... by grandalf on Monday August 26, 2013 @05:01PM (#6279888)

My comments are as a reader of Friedman's writing (his books and via his subscription-only website).

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