CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies

Source: CNN

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U.S. intelligence agencies are urging staffers to use a new social-networking site

Called A-Space, it's for analysts within the nation's 16 intelligence agencies

Analysts can use A-Space to share information about al Qaeda, other issues

Only intelligence personnel with the proper security clearance can access the site

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off.


A social-networking site for the world of spying officially launches for the U.S. intelligence community this month.

But that's not the case at the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency, where bosses are encouraging their staffs to use a new social-networking site designed for the super-secret world of spying.

"It's every bit Facebook and YouTube for spies, but it's much, much more," said Michael Wertheimer, assistant deputy director of national intelligence for analysis. The program is called A-Space, and it's a social-networking site for analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.

Instead of posting thoughts about the new Avenged Sevenfold album or Jessica Alba movie, CIA analysts could use A-Space to share information and opinion about al Qaeda movements in the Middle East or Russian naval maneuvers in the Black Sea.

The new A-Space site has been undergoing testing for months and launches officially for the nation's entire intelligence community on September 22.



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damn

and this is costing us how much?

hacked in a week.

established line of communication.

Romanian, Russian, Cheinese, Korean, Dutch, American hackers will be in a day.

Innocents could be dead in minutes and suspects can disappear themselves in about 5 minutes.

Ludicrous. Stunningly unbelievable.

Georgia is no longer friends with Russia ?

;)
:rofl:

Discussions on the race for the new Al Qaeda "Number 2" :rofl:

:wrysmile:

like spying in DU