Some might find this interesting: Over the holidays, I spoke to an individual I know well and was told that US intelligence agencies keep a local copy of Wikipedia available for employees who are isolated from the Internet for security reasons. Apparently, its updated once a year. (Its separate from Intellipedia, which is used for sharing information classified up to TS). Additionally, it turns out that if intelligence employees have their names published on a site like Wikipedia (even without a connection to their position) they are dismissed or transferred to a public position (i.e . public relations). The quote was "Hello, we found your name on Wikipedia. You're the new CIA job fair representative." (posted using alternate e-mail)