Intelink

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Intelink is the name of the classified and highly secure intranet used by the US intelligence community. It 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.

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.[1] As of 2004 the book is no longer in print, but some user reviews[2] can be found at Amazon.com.

In the novel, Rogue Warrior: Task Force Blue, the protagonist of the story, Richard Marcinko, uses Intelink, as part of 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.

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[edit] Intelink-U (Intelink-UnclassifiedNet)

Intelink-U was formerly known as the Open Source Information System (OSIS).[3]

[edit] Intelink-S (Intelink-SecretNet)

Intelink-S is the secret-level variant of Intelink.[4]

[edit] Intelink-TS (Intelink-SCI)

The Intelligence Community's Intelink-TS facilitates sharing intelligence products up to the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) level.[5]

[edit] Intelink-P (Intelink-PolicyNet)

Intelink-P is run by the Central Intelligence Agency as CIA’s sole-source link to the White House and other high-level, intelligence consumers.[6]

[edit] Intelink-C (Intelink-Commonwealth)

Intelink-C links the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Home Page for Top Secret Intranet: How U.S. Intelligence Built INTELINK - The World's Largest, Most Secure Network
  2. ^ Amazon.com: Top Secret Intranet: How U.S. Intelligence Built Intelink
  3. ^ Federation of American Scientists Intelligence Resource Program: Intelink
  4. ^ Federation of American Scientists Intelligence Resource Program: Intelink
  5. ^ Federal Bureau of Investigation - Congressional Testimony Statement of Gary M. Bald Executive Assistant Director National Security Branch Federal Bureau of Investigation Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary September 21, 2005
  6. ^ Intelligence in the Internet Era - Studies in Intelligence
  7. ^ Intelligence in the Internet Era - Studies in Intelligence

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