Intellipedia
Geoffrey Greene provides an overview of the SCIP DC chapter's meeting held in conjunction with the World Future Society that featured a presentation by the CIA's Sean Dennehy. From the blog:
After brief opening remarks by SCIP President*, August Jackson, and our own Eric Garland, WFS President, the crowd was drawn into the web 2.0 gospel of CIA "evangelist" Sean Dennehy. Mr. Dennehy is the chief of development for the Agency's Intellipedia project, using a Wiki platform to share intelligence throughout the Agency.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the spooks have their own Wikipedia, and it is wicked cool.
*Editor's Note: August Jackson is heading SCIP's DC Chapter.
This is even "cooler":
The thing that shocked and intrigued the crowd the most was the fundamental sea-change we had now undergone. The CIA, most secretive of all organs of American governance, most jealous guardian of privileged information, had now embraced a collaborative technology that rewarded sharing rather than hoarding. Furthermore, perhaps uncharacteristically for a government program, the Intellipedia project was not forced on agents from above. It was fed into the system, to be adopted by individuals if and when they found it useful. It's spectacularly successful, reaching high levels of penetration throughout not just the CIA, but the NSA, Army Intelligence, etc. And guess what, the most prolific poster to Intellipedia is 67-years-old.
If the people who depend on information as their major weapon against the enemies of the United States think a Wiki is good enough for them, why not you?
