Did Bank of America solicit a proposal to discredit gay journalist Glen Greenwald and launch hack attacks on Wikileaks? Salon.com: 'A disturbing threat against one of our own'

From the New York Times:

A proposal entitled "The WikiLeaks Threat" was developed by Palantir Technologies, HBGary, Berico Technologies upon request from Hunton and Williams, a law firm whose clients include Bank of America, the bank widely rumored to be the target of WikiLeaks' next leak.
     The proposal (mirrored on the WikiLeaks site) offers suggestions on how to disrupt and discredit WikiLeaks apparently included cyberattacks on its infrastructure and leaking misinformation in the hopes that WikiLeaks could be caught in a "gotcha" moment.
     More surprising and arguably more troubling: the proposal suggests an attack on Glenn Greenwald, a journalist who has been an active supporter of WikiLeaks and of Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier charged with leaking many of the classified documents that WikiLeaks distributed. "This level of support needs to be disrupted." The proposal suggests that "without the support of people like Glenn WikiLeaks would fold." That seems a rather silly contention, but the idea that one would target a journalist like this is chilling to say the least.

Byron Acohido, of USA TODAY reported on BofA's denial:

Bank of America has broken silence about news reports and Internet discussions circulating all week connecting BofA to these presentation slides outlining "proactive tactics" to neutralize WikiLeaks and silence its leader, Julian Assange.

"We've never seen the presentation, never evaluated it, and have no interest in it," BofA spokesman Scott Silvestri told Technology Live late Thursday.

Whether BofA's categorical denial holds up remains to be seen...

The slides and e-mail contain stunning details that appear to show a prominent U.S. law firm, Hunton & Williams, collaborating with three data intelligence firms -- Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies -- in an effort to shape a plan to help BofA stop Assange from following through on a threat to release damaging documents about a major U.S. bank.

The final version of the slides outline "proactive tactices" like instigating feuds, spreading disinformation and releasing fake documents through Wikileads, then pointing out the errors.

The slides also include an outline of how to discredit Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald and others who write favorably about WikiLeaks:

These are established professionals that have a liberal bent, but ultimately most of them if pushed will choose a professional preservation over cause … without the support of people like Glenn wikileaks would fold.

On Thursday night, Palantir CEO Alex Karp issued the following statement:

Palantir Technologies does not build software that is designed to allow private sector entities to obtain non-public information, engage in so-called cyber attacks or take other offensive measures ... personally and on behalf of the entire company, I want to pubicly apologize to progressive organizations in general, and Mr. Greenwald in particular, for any involvement that we may have had in these matters.

Salon.com: "We take threats against our own very seriously."