Rita Katz is in the kill chain!Open-source information gathering can rival, if not surpass, the clandestine intelligence produced by government agencies.
The "collaboration" section of this article essentially describes the MemeStreams model. Why aren't you selling it? (A: We are not sure anyone takes us seriously. We are working on that.) America will be a more secure country once it discards the notion that secrecy is equal to strength.
The Jebsen Center at Tufts, mentioned in this article, has an open-invite Brown Bag lunch seminar program. Coming up in February, the NYPD intelligence department will conduct a recruiting Q&A session for those interested in counterterrorism. The Wikipedia way to better intelligence | 
