The Financial Times reports that the Director of National Intelligence is getting ready to launch -- don't choke on your Cheerios -- a social network for intelligence analysts.

The goal of the site is to unleash the viralness of social networking to break down the kinds of organizational barriers that have proven to be big problems in the past. It's good to see someone recognizing that social networks are good for something other than ogling your BFF's.

If one of the most secretive, guarded organizations in the world can see the utility of a social network, what excuse does a candidate -- *any candidate* -- have to not fully leverage the power of social networking?