WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People using CIA and FBI computers have edited
   entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on topics including the
   Iraq war and the Guantanamo prison, according to a new tracing program.
   A screenshot of Wikipedia.com, taken on August 16, 2007. (image onsite)
   The changes may violate Wikipediaâs conflict-of-interest guidelines, a
   spokeswoman for the site said on Thursday.
   The program, WikiScanner, was developed by Virgil Griffith of the Santa
   Fe Institute in New Mexico and posted this month on a Web site that was
   quickly overwhelmed with searches.
   The program allows users to track the source of computers used to make
   changes to the popular Internet encyclopedia where anyone can submit
   and edit entries.
   WikiScanner revealed that CIA computers were used to edit an entry on
   the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. A graphic on casualties was
   edited to add that many figures were estimated and were not broken down
   by class.
   Another entry on former CIA chief William Colby was edited by CIA
   computers to expand his career history and discuss the merits of a
   Vietnam War rural pacification program that he headed.
   Aerial and satellite images of the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects
   at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were removed using a computer traced to the
   FBI, WikiScanner showed.
   CIA spokesman George Little said he could not confirm whether CIA
   computers were used in the changes, adding that âthe agency always
   expects its computer systems to be used responsibly.â
   The FBI did not have an immediate response.
   Computers at numerous other organizations and companies were found to
   have been involved in editing articles related to them.
   Griffith said he developed WikiScanner âto create minor public
   relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike (and) to
   see what âinteresting organizationsâ (which I am neutral towards) are
   up to.â
   It was not known whether changes were made by an official
   representative of an agency or company, Griffith said, but it was
   certain the change was made by someone with access to the
   organizationâs network.
   It violates Wikipediaâs neutrality guidelines for a person with close
   ties to an issue to contribute to an entry about it, said spokeswoman
   Sandy Ordonez of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipediaâs parent
   organization.
   However, she said, âWikipedia is self-correcting,â meaning misleading
   entries can be quickly revised by another editor. She said Wikimedia
   welcomed the WikiScanner.
   WikiScanner can be found at wikiscanner.virgil.gr/
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