Can you please identify several non-fee based Internet services such
as specific usenet groups or listservs or ftp sites that cater to or
have professionals congregate in, that are in the Intelligence
community, specifically workers with high level government clearances?
Specific contact information such as name, email address, and if
possible phone number is essential.

Hi netrecruiter!

I have found some information to satisfy your request at the
Federation of American Scientists website which covers such topics as
Global Security Resources, Emerging Technologies, and Government
Secrecy.
The Intelligence Resource Program
http://www.fas.org/irp/usenet.html

“Intelligence-related Newsgroups
Agencies
alt.politics.org.batf Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
alt.politics.org.cia which includes both discussions specifically on
CIA, as well as more general discussions of intelligence community
topics. All kinds of people participate in this and related
newsgroups, and their contributions range from quite insightful to
bootless and unhorsed.
alt.politics.org.covert generic covert stuff, pretty massively
cross-posted
alt.politics.org.fbi Federal Bureau of Investigation 
alt.politics.org.nsa National Security Agency in particular, and
signals intelligence and related topics more generally.

Conspiracies
alt.conspiracy.area51 Groom Lake in particular, and secret sites a bit
more generally
alt.conspiracy What evil lurks in the hearts of men? Not many FAQs 
alt.conspiracy.jfk a fairly lively discussion 
alt.conspiracy.jfk.moderated a bit less bandwidth intensive. 

Computers
comp.sys.super supercomputers, much beloved on the intelligence
community.
comp.sys.dec devoted to noted intelligence computer contractor Digital
Equipment Corporation [see the FAQs].
comp.sys.ibm.* devoted to noted intelligence computer contractor IBM,
but only covers PC issues [same for the FAQs].
comp.sys.intergraph devoted to noted intelligence computer contractor
Intergraph.
comp.sys.sun.* devoted to noted intelligence computer contractor Sun
[see the FAQs].
comp.sys.unisys devoted to noted intelligence computer contractor
Unisys.

Cryptology
alt.2600 hacker's newsgroup, with a FAQ 
alt.privacy.clipper 
alt.security general information security issues, with FAQs 
alt.security.keydist 
alt.security.pgp Pretty Good Privacy with lotsa FAQs 
alt.security.ripem RSA with some FAQs 
comp.security general computer security [see the FAQs for subgroups] 
comp.security.announce 
comp.security.firewalls see the FAQ 
comp.security.misc check out the FAQs 
comp.security.unix more FAQs as well. 
sci.crypt the motherlode of FAQs 
sci.crypt.research just the FAQs 
talk.politics.crypto 

Other Topics
comp.infosystems.gis Geographic Information Systems [aka maps] with
some nice FAQs.
rec.radio.shortwave includes some discussions of CIA and other
"numbers stations" as well as other clandestine radio stuff [check out
the FAQs].
rec.outdoors.rv-travel includes some interesting mapping discussions.
sci.space.policy Some threads related to technical-collection issues
(look for John Pike, Dwayne Day, or Allen Thomson). “

The Intelligence Resource Program
http://www.fas.org/irp/usenet.html




Search Terms Used: 

"intelligence community" "ftp" OR listserv OR usenet
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&querytime=8NOaD&q=%22intelligence+community%22+%22ftp%22+OR+listserv+OR+usenet

I hope this helps!

Penguin

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Clarification of Answer by penguin-ga on 14 May 2002 15:43 PDT

Hello again!

I noticed your subject indicates you are looking for resources to
identify professionals in the intelligence community, however the
names of people with high level security clearances are not on public
record. This is why I answered your question with links to the usenet
or ftp sites.

I hope you understand,
Penguin

Not to be rude, but I've found that most of the folks with high
security clearances don't tend to congregate anywhere.  Very closed
lipped folks.

I have had better luck concentrating on the skill set that is needed -
engineering, photo analisys, etc.  And then, the high clearance folks
tend to be lurkers there, too.

Good luck!