Possible Scenarios regarding SVR/FBI/Stratfor

From Cryptocomb:

List of possible Scenarios regarding the SVR/FBI & Stratfor revelations:

1. Stratfor get "approached" by the USGOV and informs Stratfor that Don Heathfield is a spook, and the USGOV asks for help.
2. Stratfor gets approached by Don Heathfield for "Help" and maybe Stratfor attempts to use him as a source, all the while informing to the FBI.
3. Stratfor bills the USGOV for services rendered as an "informant".
4. The USGOV has a "understanding" with Stratfor and they have been sharing information for many years, "back scratching".
5. Maybe the USGOV flipped Don Heathfield and a few of the other spies for a period of time and then sent them back to Russia after they have fulfilled their usefulness, if this proves to be true, Don Heathfields Handler in Russia does not know this and they are going to be killed/prosecuted in Russia.
6. Someone in the USGOV spills the beans to Stratfor about these spies (Professional Chit Chat), and Stratfor used that "chit chat" to make a buck and sold out the USGOV to its foreign govt clients who would pay a tremendous amount of money for that information.
7. Quoting Stratfor "but these folks were everywhere"*, it's possible that some spies were caught but their identities were never revealed to the public and they are walking amongst us to this very day.
8. The USGOV leaves them as "agents in place" and worked them against their own handlers. Stratfor uses this information as a tool against the USGOV and they secure a "back channel" agreement with the USGOV and the USGOV throws Stratfor a bone every now and then.
9. All the above
10. None of the above, and some even more evil plot unfolded that we could never had imagined occured(ing).

Source sends this - Citing a previous Cryptocomb post published early February 2012.


It is now clear that the "Stratfor Leak" is replete with spies. The "Stratfor Leak" needs further intensive review. Cryptocomb has discovered that Ann Foley (Illegal Russian Spy) was a Stratfor Member. She used her real russian name "Elena Vavilova" (Stupid Move) in her registration, and used her cover name (Ann Foley) as her billing name. Her Stratfor password was "heathfield". Her email address was/is annfoleysvp@hotmail.com

* http://web.archive.org/web/20100716170526/http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100712_russian_spies_and_strategic_intelligence

Twin Goals and the Espionage Challenge

One of the Russian operatives, Don Heathfield, once approached a STRATFOR employee in a series of five meetings. There appeared to be no goal of recruitment; rather, the Russian operative tried to get the STRATFOR employee to try out software he said his company had developed. We suspect that had this been done, our servers would be outputting to Moscow. We did not know at the time who he was. (We have since reported the incident to the FBI, but these folks were everywhere, and we were one among many.) Thus, the group apparently included a man using software sales as cover — or as we suspect, as a way to intrude on computers. As discussed, the group also included talent scouts. We would guess that Anna Chapman was brought in as part of the recruitment phase of talent scouting. No one at STRATFOR ever had a chance to meet her, having apparently failed the first screening.

It will be extremely interesting to read the email correspondence between Don Heathfield and this "Stratfor Employee", I wonder if Stratfor attempted to "Flip Him"? There will be of course email chatter between Stratfor and the FBI in regards to Don Heathfield, maybe the FBI asked Stratfor to attempt to "Flip Him". Now that the Stratfor emails are in the wild, I guess everyone will find out soon.