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U.S. Spy Agencies Build Their Own MySpace

by Terrence O'Brien on August 22, 2007 at 05:08 PM

US Intelligence Gets a MySpace CloneWe thought the social networking craze had gone about as niche as it possibly could with the likes of Eons.com (for the over-50 set), Yub.com (for shoppers) and NurseLinkup.com (for ... you guessed it!). But now the U.S. government has hopped on the bandwagon with a site so super niche, most of us aren't allowed to even view it. In December, all of our country's national intelligence agencies will gain access to A-Space, a MySpace-like internal network to help different departments communicate. The 'A' in A-Space is for 'analyst.'

As tough as it may be to believe, the creation of a social network for spooks is part of the post 9/11 overhaul to make the sharing of information between departments easier. This MySpace for analysts will, in addition to the standard social networking features, have a recommendation system similar to Amazon's that will connect people to other analysts and relevant areas of research and espionage. The site will also have document creation and hosting abilities, with different levels of access.

A-Space is, of course, voluntary. This no doubt comes as a relief to those spies who aren't crazy about the idea of having their faces and details posted on the A-Space pages of every friend-hoarding Tom, Dick and Harry employed by a three-lettered government agency.

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