News Article #1

CNN.com/technology

"CIA/FBI push 'Facebook for Spies'"

I found this particular article to be very interesting for a number of reasons. For starters, much like this website, people are using the web to socially connect and post information more and more each day. The government didn't let this new trend go without consideration because as of September 22nd, 16 U.S. intelligence agencies are connected through a website called "A-Space". The purpose of this website is to allow different government officials to share information within an online community. I think that this is interesting and somewhat humorous to think about a bunch of CIA agents checking up on their wall posts everyday, but at the same time I'm sure that information is being spread much faster than ever. The internet is becoming the dominant way to communicate for our generation, and it was only a matter of time before the government jumped on board.