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Loading ...I am amazed and intrigued by the United States Military and Intelligence Complex. I mean, I have lived “inside the Beltway” since 1988 of my own volition — I am neither a govvie nor a contractor.
“While the US intelligence community has a long history of expensively botched computer systems, it does seem like they’ve suddenly became [sic] Web 2.0 believers. Last year we wrote about the internal Wikipedia-like offering called Intellipedia, that would let members from different agencies in the intelligence community share information more easily. It appears that things have progressed beyond that as well. They now have a social networking app just for the intelligence community, called A-Space, along with a del.icio.us clone and internal blogs. Of course, it seems like some in the intelligence arena (especially those who happen to be undercover) aren’t entirely thrilled with the concept — but it will be interesting to find out how it develops (as if we’ll ever find out). What would be really nice to know is how much these efforts are costing compared to the $600 million that was thrown away on useless computer systems.” Via Tech Dirt
Long-story-short, the kids who staff Langley and the rest — DIA, NSA, DHS, NRO, DOE, FBI, DNI, NGA, ONI, and State — have lots of money and talent these days. I reckon that they’re running technologies and solutions that are squarely sitting in 2027. We’ll see. What I admire most, however is how Intelligence is leveraging Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Social Media, and Web 2.0 strategies. I can’t wait to see what’s next.
Filed under: OSINT, Open Source Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Social Network Services, Social Networking, Social Networks, Web 2.0
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