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/2100-1…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.