Comments on: IC launches “Intellipedia” http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/10/31/ic-launches-intellipedia/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:18:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Homeland Security Watch » Puzzles vs. mysteries in intelligence http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/10/31/ic-launches-intellipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-31852 Homeland Security Watch » Puzzles vs. mysteries in intelligence Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:52:16 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/10/31/ic-launches-intellipedia/#comment-31852 [...] These passages raise a critical question: is the US intelligence community still expending too much effort trying to solve “puzzles,” and not enough at uncovering “mysteries”? The massive emphasis within the intelligence community budget on the raw collection of SIGINT, ELINT, MASINT, etc. seems to support that contention. Does this distinction explain many of the notable intelligence failures (e.g. WMD’s in Iraq) in the past decade? And what should the intelligence community be doing to get better at solving “mysteries”? The aforementioned “batty geniuses” are part of the equation, but so are new collaborative tools, such as Intellipedia, to synthesize information and discover new insights. [...] [...] These passages raise a critical question: is the US intelligence community still expending too much effort trying to solve “puzzles,” and not enough at uncovering “mysteries”? The massive emphasis within the intelligence community budget on the raw collection of SIGINT, ELINT, MASINT, etc. seems to support that contention. Does this distinction explain many of the notable intelligence failures (e.g. WMD’s in Iraq) in the past decade? And what should the intelligence community be doing to get better at solving “mysteries”? The aforementioned “batty geniuses” are part of the equation, but so are new collaborative tools, such as Intellipedia, to synthesize information and discover new insights. [...]

]]> By: eMarv http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/10/31/ic-launches-intellipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-20188 eMarv Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:46:41 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/10/31/ic-launches-intellipedia/#comment-20188 Thanks for the info Christian! I wonder how FAS got a hold of the media advisory when its not even posted on the DNI website... Take care! eMarv Thanks for the info Christian!

I wonder how FAS got a hold of the media advisory when its not even posted on the DNI website…

Take care!
eMarv

]]> By: All news, All about Intellipedia! http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/10/31/ic-launches-intellipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-20183 All news, All about Intellipedia! Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:26:24 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/10/31/ic-launches-intellipedia/#comment-20183 <strong>Much more news to come about Intellipedia or How did FAS get this Media Advisory?...</strong> I saw a post on the Homeland Security watch blog and saw that (in addition to the a reference to the US News & World Report article I referenced in the last post) there was a link to DNI PAO...... Much more news to come about Intellipedia or How did FAS get this Media Advisory?…

I saw a post on the Homeland Security watch blog and saw that (in addition to the a reference to the US News & World Report article I referenced in the last post) there was a link to DNI PAO……

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