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CIA Details Its Wikipedia-Like Tools For Analysts

Posted by samzenpus on from the facebook-without-faces dept.

hhavensteincw writes "If you think selling Web 2.0 in your organization is hard, some early backers of a Wikipedia-like project at the Central Intelligence Agency were called traitors and told they 'would get someone killed' by their efforts. But Intellipedia — the CIA's version of Wikipedia — now is so heavily used by analysts that the agency is using it in its security briefings, according to two of the CIA employees who work on the project. Intellipedia has been expanded since it was first launched so that now it boasts its own YouTube-like channel for video and Flickr-like photo sharing as well as a wiki where workers can debate different intel information."

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  1. Re:I guess by moderatorrater · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can tell which intel is poor because it's got [citation needed] all over the place.

  2. Here come the edit wars.... by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny
    • (cur) (last) 11:57, 16 May 2008 IntelGuy (Talk | contribs) (46,528 bytes) (reverting per BLP. Please see [[WP:CIVIL]] and stop making personal attacks, jerk!)
    • (cur) (last) 11:46, 16 May 2008 CocaineImportAgent (Talk | contribs) (46,589 bytes) (revert; please stop censoring well-sourced material just because it is critical of your terrorist hero, douchebag!) (undo)
    • (cur) (last) 11:38, 16 May 2008 IntelGuy (Talk | contribs) (46,589 bytes) (revert per BLP--this text suggests sources say things they do not to cast a living person in a negative light. it is a textbook poorly sourced negative entry, which is a textbook BLP violation.) (undo)
    • (cur) (last) 11:35, 16 May 2008 Spook4Hire (Talk | contribs) (48,131 bytes) (change to "considered by many to be a terrorist" in order to address intelguy's BLP concerns) (undo)
    • (cur) (last) 11:33, 16 May 2008 CocaineImportAgent (Talk | contribs) (48,117 bytes) (rv no BLP violation has been substantiated in talk; this is notable criticism from notable organizations that IntelGuy is disruptively censoring. IntelGuy please see WP:DE!) (undo)
    • (cur) (last) 11:31, 16 May 2008 IntelGuy (Talk | contribs) (46,589 bytes) (revert BLP violation) (undo)
    • (cur) (last) 11:19, 16 May 2008 CocaineImportAgent (Talk | contribs) (48,117 bytes) (restore legitimate and well-sourced section on notable criticism) (undo)
    • (cur) (last) 11:01, 16 May 2008 IntelGuy (Talk | contribs) (46,528 bytes) (reverting per BLP. another 6 FBI references do not address my concerns. It still says "bin Ladin is considered a terrorist." There is still no consensus for this negative info in a Biography of Living Persons) (undo)
    • (cur) (last) 10:46, 16 May 2008 Spook4Hire (Talk | contribs) (47,990 bytes) (-->Allegations of Terrorism) (undo)
  3. Article: No WMDs in Iraq by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Deleted: Doesn't indicate importance/significance

  4. Re:Wikipedia has a screenshot by QuantumG · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's what bugmenot is for.

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  5. So... Wikipedia and Intellipedia... by jesdynf · · Score: 4, Funny

    One's run by a shadowy cabal not obviously accountable to any authority... ... do I have to spell this one out?

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  6. BANHAMMER TIME by Titoxd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Block him. He broke the Three-revert rule.

  7. Some Current Posts by copponex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Iran has in the past contacted people who have also been monitored to have visited a nuclear facility in Pakistan. Recommend making diplomatic contact to get some more intel. (fieldofficerfred 8/23/99, imported from file)

    Anyone? Need some direction on this. (fieldofficerfred 9/8/00, imported from file)

    Hello? (fieldofficerfred 2/23/01, imported from file)

    We're listening. How can we make this suit our needs? (pwolfawitz, rrumsfeld, dcheney 9/10/01, imported from file)

    Saddam's a softer target. Hang on. (dcheney 10/25/02, imported from file)

    Saddam? Iran is refining uranium! With all due repsect, what the fuck are you guys thinking? (fieldofficerfred 11/26/02, imported from file)

    Don't question my authority to not know what I may or may not know that I know. You're fired. (rrumsfeld 1/8/03, imported from file)

    Hey, did you guys know Iran was refining uranium? (rrumsfeld (deprecated) 11/16/07)

    Iran has offered to accept the delivery of peaceful fissile material and a shutdown of their own refineries in exchange for guarantees from Europe that they won't allow the US to attack them. (gathered from the AP 5/2/08)

    Disregard that. We will not allow Europe to negotiate with extremists on the other side. Iran is the greatest threat to America and the known universe, second only to waxy buildup and auto erotic asphyxiation. (dcheney 5/4/08)

    Iran continues to refine uranium as they see it as their only diplomatic leverage and hope to prevent the United States from invading. (gathered from the AP 5/29/08)

    IRAN HAS NUKES. [citation needed] JESUS TOLD ME TO ATTACK AT DAWN!!!!!!!!1111 [citation needed] (gwbush 8/5/08)

    Mer mer mer attack at dawn, mer mer mer. (dcheney 8/5/08)

  8. Re:Wikipedia has a screenshot by JeremyBanks · · Score: 5, Funny

    I decided not to investigate further when I realized what I was doing. :V

  9. Intellipedia stubs by theurge14 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Locations of WMD in Iraq

    This article is a stub. You can help Intellipedia by expanding it.