Intelink
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Intelink is a group of secure intranets used by the United States Intelligence Community
. The first Intelink network was established in 1994 to take advantage of Internet
capabilities and services to promote intelligence dissemination and business workflow. Since then it has become an essential capability for the US intelligence community and its partners to share information, collaborate across agencies, and conduct business. Intelink refers to the web environment on protected top secret, secret, and unclassified networks. One of the key features of Intelink is Intellipedia
, an online system for collaborative data sharing based on MediaWiki
. Intelink uses WordPress
as the basis of its blogging service.
could be shared amongst a secure community of interest. Intelink-U was formerly known as the Open Source Information System
(OSIS). Intelink-U operates on the DNI-U network.
.
's Intelink which facilitates sharing intelligence products up to the Top Secret
/Sensitive Compartmented Information
(SCI) level. Intelink-TS operates on JWICS.
as CIA’s sole-source link to the White House
and other high-level, intelligence consumers. Today, Intelink-P is more commonly referred to as CapNet.
In the novel Rogue Warrior: Task Force Blue by Richard Marcinko
, the protagonist uses Intelink, during his mission countering domestic terrorism in the United States, and his assassination of a Ross Perot
-like character, who is the architect of a domestic terror network.
United States Intelligence Community
The United States Intelligence Community is a cooperative federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the...
. The first Intelink network was established in 1994 to take advantage of Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
capabilities and services to promote intelligence dissemination and business workflow. Since then it has become an essential capability for the US intelligence community and its partners to share information, collaborate across agencies, and conduct business. Intelink refers to the web environment on protected top secret, secret, and unclassified networks. One of the key features of Intelink is Intellipedia
Intellipedia
Intellipedia is an online system for collaborative data sharing used by the United States Intelligence Community . It was established as a pilot project in late 2005 and formally announced in April 2006 and consists of three wikis running on JWICS, SIPRNet, and Intelink-U...
, an online system for collaborative data sharing based on MediaWiki
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a popular free web-based wiki software application. Developed by the Wikimedia Foundation, it is used to run all of its projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikinews. Numerous other wikis around the world also use it to power their websites...
. Intelink uses WordPress
WordPress
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1...
as the basis of its blogging service.
Intelink-U
Intelink-U (Intelink-SBU) is a sensitive but unclassified (SBU) variant of Intelink which was established for use by U.S. federal organizations and properly vetted state, tribal, and local officials so sensitive information and open source intelligenceOpen source intelligence
Open-source intelligence is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence...
could be shared amongst a secure community of interest. Intelink-U was formerly known as the Open Source Information System
Open Source Information System
The Open Source Information System is the former name of an American unclassified network serving the US intelligence community with open source intelligence....
(OSIS). Intelink-U operates on the DNI-U network.
Intelink-S
Intelink-S (Intelink-Secret or Intelink-SIPRNet) is the secret-level variant of Intelink which is primarily used by the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, and Justice. Intelink-S operates on SIPRNetSIPRNet
The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the United States Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information by packet switching over the TCP/IP protocols in a 'completely secure' environment"...
.
Intelink-TS
Intelink-TS (Intelink-SCI) is the Intelligence CommunityIntelligence community
Intelligence community may refer to* Bangladeshi intelligence community* Croatian intelligence community * Israeli intelligence community* Italian intelligence community, see SISMI...
's Intelink which facilitates sharing intelligence products up to the Top Secret
Top Secret
Top Secret generally refers to the highest acknowledged level of classified information.Top Secret may also refer to:- Film and television :* Top Secret , a British comedy directed by Mario Zampi...
/Sensitive Compartmented Information
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Sensitive compartmented information is a type of United States classified information concerning or derived from sensitive intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes. All SCI must be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence...
(SCI) level. Intelink-TS operates on JWICS.
Intelink-P
Intelink-P (Intelink-PolicyNet) is run by the Central Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
as CIA’s sole-source link to the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
and other high-level, intelligence consumers. Today, Intelink-P is more commonly referred to as CapNet.
Intelink-C
Intelink-C (Intelink-Commonwealth) links the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia intelligence communities at the TS/SCI level. Today, Intelink-C is more commonly referred to by its network name of STONEGHOST.Books and Novels
In 1999 Fredrick Thomas Martin wrote a book about Intelink, titled "How U.S. Intelligence Built INTELINK - The World's Largest, Most Secure Network" it claims to be an inside look at the U.S. Intelligence Community's worldwide, super-secure intranet, and the never-before-published story of Intelink. As of 2004 the book is no longer in print, but some user reviews can be found at Amazon.com.In the novel Rogue Warrior: Task Force Blue by Richard Marcinko
Richard Marcinko
Richard "Dick" Marcinko , is a retired Commander in the United States Navy and a former Navy SEAL. He was the first Commanding Officer of SEAL Team Six and Red Cell...
, the protagonist uses Intelink, during his mission countering domestic terrorism in the United States, and his assassination of a Ross Perot
Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot is a U.S. businessman best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988...
-like character, who is the architect of a domestic terror network.
External links
- Intelink-U home page
- "Connecting the Virtual Dots: How the Web Can Relieve Our Information Glut and Get Us Talking to Each Other", Matthew S. Burton, Studies in Intelligence, September 2005
- "The wiki and the blog: toward a complex adaptive intelligence community", D. Calvin Andrus, September 2005.
- "Wikis and blogs" presentation by D. Calvin Andrus at the Knowledge Management Conference and Exhibition, April 21, 2006.
- "Rants + raves: agent of change", Wired, September 2006.
- "Spies Come In From The Cold With Own Vid-Share Site", Wired, March 25, 2008