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Welcome to the ever famous Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? Hmmm…so what is the big IC story this week? Oh yes, the little story about the leaking of 91,000 secret documents about the Afghanistan war on WikiLeaks. Of course, this made realize that the ideal theme for this week’s FFT post would be all about the leaking of confidential information? Does our human nature make it difficult for us to keep secrets? We try our best to dive into this topic today. Hope you enjoy and happy Friday!

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Collaboration and information sharing has been vital to the Intelligence Community – especially in our post 9/11 world. As many of our readers know, we have been covering innovations in the IC — including A-Space and Intellipedia — for sometime now. And, we like to tip off our readers to Op-Eds and stories that showcase how important these innovations are for protection our nation. As such, we found a refreshing Op-Ed in AFCEA’s SIGNAL Magazine from Christopher J. Dorobek, the co-anchor of The Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris on Federal News Radio 1500 AM, that discusses how these collaborative tools are light-years ahead of what most organizations are doing in both the private and public sector. It is refreshing to see an article that is not critical of the information sharing issues in the IC, but lauds these efforts. To read the full Op-Ed, click here.

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Yesterday, the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a hearing called “Homeland Security Intelligence: Its Relevance and Limitations,” which consisted of law enforcement and and members of the ACLU discussing the need for better sharing of information in homeland security efforts. A key part of the hearing was on DHS’ “Intelligence Fusion Centers”. For those not familiar with these fusion centers, they were set up by the Bush administration (about 70 total in the U.S.), run by DHS and serve as areas where local law enforcement can share information with federal authorities on potential threat activities.

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We always track the news cycle surrounding the FOSE show, especially when it comes to Web 2.0 technologies and the Intelligence Community. And this year, Intellipedia has been garnering some substantial press coverage — considering the last time it was in the news cycle was when it was going through a “midlife crisis.” In addition, there was plenty of discussion around other Web 2.0 technologies that are fostering better information sharing within the Intelligence Community.

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We hope everyone had a productive work week. We are wrapping up the week with a unique Friday’s Food for Thought post that highlights the interesting, funny and down-right bizarre. From coverage of the intelligence community infiltrating the Web 2.0 world, to a bizarre iPhone application for snipers and an Olympic video added in for some light humor.

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In a time where information is ubiquitous, and can be accessed by the wrong people, defense and intelligence agencies need to be assured that all sensitive data gets to the right people at the right time. As simple as this concept is, it will always ring true in the intelligence community.

Fortunately, there are technologies like the ones from member company, Owl Computing Technologies that allow for the secure transfer of information. The company delivers certified and accredited, secure one-way data transfer systems to transport and protect our nation’s most sensitive data. And, the data can be shared between discrete domains of varying security levels and policies, physical distance and network architecture types.

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