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 World Wide Web. 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. The system is also
available to the Transportation Security Administration and
national laboratories. Intellipedia is currently being used to
assemble a major intelligence report, known as a national
intelligence estimate, on Nigeria as