Google D.C. Talks: “National Security and Web 2.0”

As part of the Google D.C. Talks series, Jim Young of Google moderated a discussion on “National Security and Web 2.0.” Panelists Lt. Col. Patrick Michaelis of the U.S. Army and Dr. Calvin Andrus and Sean Dennehy of the CIA explained how their organizations are using Web 2.0 tools to share knowledge quickly and make intelligence assessments. The panel also discussed the technical and cultural challenges to bringing Internet tools to the national security realm. This event took place on June 12, 2009 at Google’s offices in Washington, D.C.