Main Core
Main Core is the code name of an American governmental database that is believed to have been in existence since the 1980s. It is believed that Main Core is a federal database containing personal and financial data of millions of United States citizens believed to be threats to national security.[1] The data which is believed to come from the NSA, FBI, CIA, and other sources,[1] is collected and stored without warrants or court orders.[1] The database's name derives from the fact that it contains "copies of the 'main core' or essence of each item of intelligence information on Americans produced by the FBI and the other agencies of the U.S. intelligence community."[1]
The Main Core database is alleged to have originated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 1982, following Ronald Reagan's Continuity of Operations plan outlined in the National Security Directive (NSD) 69 / National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 55, entitled "Enduring National Leadership," implemented on September 14, 1982.[1][2]
As of 2008[update], there were allegedly eight million Americans listed in the database as possible threats, often for trivial reasons, whom the government may choose to track, question, or detain in a time of crisis.[3]
The existence of the database was first asserted in May 2008 by Christopher Ketcham[4] and in July 2008 by Tim Shorrock.[2]
See also
- FBI Index
- Inslaw Inc. v. United States Government
- Investigative Data Warehouse
- National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive
- NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
- PRISM (surveillance program)
References
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- ↑ Christopher Ketcham, Is the government compiling a secret list of citizens to detain under martial law? at the Wayback Machine (archived August 31, 2008), RADAR Online, 15 May 2008
- ↑ Satyam Khanna, Govt. May Have Massive Surveillance Program For Use In ‘National Emergency,’ 8 Million ‘Potential Suspects’, Think Progress blog, May 20, 2008.
External links
- Radar article by Christopher Ketcham, May/June 2008
- Main Core, PROMIS and the Shadow Government by Ed Encho, February, 2009
- Salon's New Revelations on Illegal Spying at Electronic Frontier Foundation
- NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data by Siobhan Gorman, Updated March 10, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET
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