Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi
I think it is a great idea and an easy way to share basic information. I would bet any intel agency worth a spit would also have their own information to cross check and verify with.
That, in essence, is also the reason why this is just a gimmick. Any effective intelligence agency already has many links to share information and cross-check it. They share useful and valid information, not post wiki rumours.

Or rather they don't. The intelligence failures extant are invariably due to petty rivalries both between agencies of allegedly friendly nations and within the rival national intelligence communities themselves. With the overt politicisation of intel chiefs, the fight is on to be the Most Valuable Player to the politicos, not to get the intel right.

A wiki of this sort is just a PR exercise that may compromise security if anything useful gets put on it (unlikely) or allow fishing expeditions and rumour-mongering for political gain.

Politicians (and therefore their lapdog placemen) just love technological "solutions" and never take the trouble to understand their limitations. The Intellipedia will shortly become infallible, like bank ATMs used to be.