Fusion Centers and PublicIntelligence.net

The prior post took off on a representation of information in space.  Just my way of looking at and comprehending something.  Beyond the unique way I sometimes look at things is the objective analysis of the thing itself and the things related to it.  That can lead to a big bag of other things when everything is related.  The important relations are most important.  Duh!  But what are the important critical relationships among any set of entities?

Related to the prior post about Fusion Centers is the entity that published the link:  PublicIntelligence.net  What is this entity?

The site page is sparse when it comes to links about the site sponsor.  The first page has only "About", "Contact" and "Support Us".  That is sparse depth about the nature of the entity splashed over a picture of riot police.  Something feels strange about it, like setting off alarm bells strange.

From the site "About"

"Public Intelligence is an international, collaborative research project aimed at aggregating the collective work of independent researchers around the globe who wish to defend the public’s right to access information."

Yes, that is what "Public Intelligence" is generically about if anyone wants to look at the problem domain that way.

But then the "About" goes on to present the Credo of the site:

"We operate upon a single maxim: equal access to information is a human right. We believe that limits to the average citizen’s ability to access information have created information asymmetries which threaten to destabilize democratic rule around the world."

"This site is an attempt to compile and defend public information using software and methods which are open source and available to the public at large. It is our hope that by making such information available and demonstrating the power of a public resolved to inform itself, we may engender a more informed and proactive populace."

Hooray for their dedication to "engender a more informed and proactive populace"!  Sounds like power to the people to me.

Who is this entity called "We"  Who are "They"  What is their agenda?

From the "About":

"We provide documents, detailed analyses, and a host of other open-source intelligence products from the private and public sector."

To whom is all this collected intelligence product provided?

Their credo belief is aimed at the limits to the "average citizen" ability to access information causing asymmetries that threaten democratic rule around the world. 

But then the "About" goes on to say:

"Governments, corporations, law enforcement organizations, as well as private citizens, use PI to research primary source material relating to a large number of topics that affect the safety and security of their daily operations."

The double speak starts to emerge after the flag waving for the private citizen and pubic at large.

Double speak?  I mean the hidden agenda.  Usually hidden in a lot of words in a run on sentence.

Agenda?

Is this site a honey pot?

The main site has these links related to the site itself: "About", "Contact", "Donate"

at the "Contact Link"

Contact

"Please feel free to contact us. We want to build an information sharing environment. If you have any suggestions, documents, or pertinent information regarding matters covered on this site, we want to hear about it. If you know of any errors or omissions in the material we provide, please let us know.  You may use the appropriate email address listed below or you can contact us via our secure contact form."

"To send us an encrypted message via PGP, please use the following public key.
You may also use our encrypted contact form."

Detailed IP address info here at this link

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