Snip from SF Chron story:
The CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies have created a new computer system that uses software from a popular Internet encyclopedia site to gather input on sensitive topics from analysts across the spy community, part of an effort to fix problems that plagued prewar estimates on Iraq.
The new system, called "Intellipedia" because it is built on open-source software from the Wikipedia Web site, was launched earlier this year. It is already being used to assemble intelligence reports on Nigeria and other subjects, according to U.S. intelligence officials who discussed the initiative in detail for the first time Tuesday.
Reader comment: Frank F. says,
Technically speaking, the correct title would be CIA, feds using _MediaWiki_ for intelligence reports. MediaWiki is the software that powers Wikipedia (and hundreds of other wikis); Wikipedia is just one installation. Since the story is on the feds using the MediaWiki software, and not actual Wikipedia articles, it's somewhat misleading to say they're using Wikipedia.
