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In recent years, intelligence has undergone profound changes, both in relationships within the intelligence system and in relations between it and the political and military environment that it serves. These changes are also reflected in the practice of intelligence today and in the new concepts appearing in the discourse on intelligence, which are displacingthe traditional approaches, now outdated. The developments in intelligenceare the necessary result of the profound changes taking place in the human situation and in the nature of warfare in the twenty-first century. At theircenter is the profound change in the character of the enemy and the nature of wars and the profound change inherent in the transition from the industrial age to the digital information age. This article examines thechanges that have taken place in intelligence and presents a number of problems which the intelligence community faces today. Its main argument is that intelligence capabilities can be significantly improved and brought into the twenty-first century if we adopt a new approach to intelligence that draws its main inspiration from Web 2.0.