See also Chris Bronk's talk about Wikimania this year about Diplopedia, a
pilot project within the U.S. Department of State to provide information to
diplomats and increase information sharing within the department. I'm not
sure if the projects are related.
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…
*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_3-5…
.
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.