Written by America’s spy agencies are introducing a top secret social networking site called A-Space, fashioned after MySpace, to encourage agencies and spies to share informal information with each other. There is high-hope that such a network could prevent the type of information failure that allowed the September 11 attack even while various agencies had a variety of clues beforehand (but no one agency was able to put the whole picture together in advance).
MySpace users and other bloggers have figured out that the social networking is a great way to expose and share all pieces to a puzzle, and I’m encouraged that our nation’s security experts realize there is real value in the this type of networking.
Your friends (and maybe even your kids) on MySpace are a lot more in-the-know than you may realize…if you are not familiar with social networking, you probably need a tutorial to fully comprehend the way information spreads through the medium.
I’m sure this information-spread is why Rupert Murdock, arguably America’s shrewdest and most forward-looking news media icon, has purchased MySpace, in addition to the Wall Street Journal, FOX, and hundreds of other major media properties he (and his company News Corp) owns.
Closer to home, I have been enjoying both MySpace and it’s competitor LiveJournal to share information with thousands of Renton citizens over the last couple years. (Right now Renton Myspace is getting ‘happy birthday’ comments from the many readers that are aware that the city’s birthday is September 6; bloggers are sharing candid inputs about the Mayor’s race; and residents are commenting about whether we should pursue a plaque or statue at Kennydale Beach Park to inform people about Clint Eastwood’s Lifeguard service there)
Click here to see the Renton WA MySpace Page
Here is the story about America’s spy agencies in today’s New York Times
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