Hacktivist collective Anonymous Sunday announced a new partnership with WikiLeaks. Release of a collection of 5 million emails from Texas-based Stratfor (aka Strategic Forecasting) Stratfor refused to confirm or deny any of the emails’ contents. Stratfor Monday released a statement denouncing the email release as “a deplorable, unfortunate–and illegal–breach of privacy” Stratfor launched a damage-control campaign seeking to discredit the emails, saying they could have been altered by Anonymous. “Having had our property stolen, we will not be victimized twice,” Stratfor said.”]

