WikiLeaks: "Private Spies" Stratfor Helped Dow Chemical Monitor Bhopal Activists, Yes Men

democracynow.org - Emails leaked by WikiLeaks from the private intelligence firm Stratfor reveal the chemical industrial giant Dow Chemical closely followed the work of activists around the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical disaster, the 1984 gas leak that killed anywhere between 3,500 and 25,000 people. Of particular interest to Dow was the group, The Yes Men -- the anti-corporate pranksters who pulled off a famous 2004 hoax that led the world to believe Dow had finally taken responsibility for the Bhopal tragedy. "With us, they were carefully paying attention to every move that we were making publicly, especially anything to do with Dow and Bhopal," said Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men. "What surprised us in those emails, though, was that we would have assumed that Dow would be really concerned with the exact issue of Bhopal and Dow's responsibility, stuff that could directly impact their bottom line. But, what they, what Stratfor seems to be really a bit obsessed with is whether we or other organizations are going to draw this into a bigger critique of corporate power."

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[urcritic]

Great work wikileaks.

[vitorhhh]

So great. Thumbs up Andy.. thumbs up Amy..

[boris morris]

wow if i could read your comment i would understand it... funny how you spelt all the dictators names right. shows your are a brainwashed fool

[etsneroj]

Lucky for us Austrailia is one of our closest allies in foreign affairs. 

[etsneroj]

Does Democracy Now have journalistic credibility and integrity when it promotes the fraudulent actions of this guest which are designed to trick journalists into false reporting? Is that we need today? Pranks and false reporting?

[MagicKirin]

Yes ask the Kurds if we liberated Iraq, unlike Turkey where there participate in Genocide under islamic rule.

Wrong political family Joe Kennedy father of JFK and Teddy was the Nazi

Let see dictators Hugo,fidel, NK, Burma, Zimbawbe, Iran none of these are supported by the U.S

Typical stupidy from an Amy goodman listener

[MagicKirin]

First we liberated Ieaq and that million fdigure America bashers use is a lie. Almost everyone killed in Iraq is by Ilsaic terrorists that amy goodman supports as she would support a Nazi, Pol Pot or any dcitator who the U.S opposes.

Dow owe India Nothing!

[MagicKirin]

The rapist Julian Assange should be put in Gitmo as a terrorist

[MagicKirin]

Yes and misrepresenting and causing harm is against the law.

This piece of crap hurt more people than Dow ever has.

[MagicKirin]

Who gives a damm what the World court thinks they should be indicting Kofi Annan and El Barderdi

[MagicKirin]

Unio Cabide you moron not Dow. Dow had nothing to do with Bhopal

But you want a 3rd party to pay for someone else's mistake you probaly also believe the dictator Corea who believes Chevron should pay for a 3rd company's damage.

Waterboard Julian Assange and Amy Goodman!

[jorgefromthefuture]

truly, your reasoning is nothing short of astounding. Stockholders should be reimbursed... but families of the dead and those disabled by Dow... ??? What about those who have no means to clean up their land after the mess Dow left behind??? Anyway try to see it from the pov of those that don't follow the "free market can't be wrong" religion.