[WikiEN-l] Intellipedia the intelligence version of Wikipedia launched

Wed Nov 1 07:58:36 UTC 2006

Fantastic.  Over the years there have been these recurring stories about 
spies who go so caught up looking for secret information that they 
forgot to take into account the information that was already available.

A few years ago it was only low ranking USAF personnel that was trying 
to use Wikipedia to find out about the missiles on her base.  So now it 
has reached the highest levels that Wikipedia information is superior to 
what is discovered by military intelligence. ;-)

Ec

Keith Old wrote:

>Folks,
>
>C/Net reports that the US intelligence community has launched its version of
>Wikipedia.
>
>http://news.com.com/Intelligence+czar+unveils+spy+version+of+Wikipedia/2100-7348_3-6131309.html
>
>*The U.S. intelligence community on Tuesday unveiled its own secretive
>version of Wikipedia, saying the popular online encyclopedia format known
>for its openness is key to the future of American espionage.*
>
>The office of U.S. intelligence czar John Negroponte announced Intellipedia,
>which allows intelligence analysts and other officials to collaboratively
>add and edit content on the government's classified Intelink Web much like
>its more famous namesake on the
>Web<http://news.com.com/Study+Wikipedia+as+accurate+as+Britannica/2100-1038_3-5997332.html?tag=nl>.
>
>A "top secret" Intellipedia system, currently available to the 16 agencies
>that make up the U.S. intelligence community, has grown to more than 28,000
>pages and 3,600 registered users since its introduction on April 17. Less
>restrictive versions exist for "secret" and "sensitive but unclassified"
>material.
>
>Intellipedia is currently being used to assemble a major intelligence
>report, known as a national intelligence estimate, on Nigeria as well as the
>State Department's annual country reports on terrorism, officials said.
>  
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