Comments on: Facebook being used to recruit spies

It has emerged that Britain's Secret Service has admitted to using Facebook to recruit tomorrow's James Bonds.

[cinupina]

just fyi, internet, telephone network, snail mail system, and word of mouth are also used to recruit spies.

[elasticthought]

Chris, I mentioned this a little while back being used internally here in the States as well. (http://elasticthought.typepad.com/elastic_thought/2008/09/linkedin-with-a-spy.html)
Only it isn't just on the public side. The conversational abilities and fast sharing of information across a network of people has an internal version of this already in use by spies. So it goes beyond recruiting. Fascinating stuff! Thanks for passing this along.

[willdryden]

Keep in mind these are "data analysts". You an translate that to mean "office people". It is the field operatives that have to keep their identity secret.