Main Core is an alleged American government
database
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containing information on those believed to be threats to
national security
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.
History
The existence of the database was first asserted in May 2008 by Christopher Ketcham and again in July 2008 by
Tim Shorrock
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Life
The son of missionary parents, Shorrock grew up in Japan shortly after the US occupation ...
.
Description
The Main Core data, which is believed to come from the
NSA
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,
FBI,
CIA
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, and other sources,
is collected and stored without warrants or
court order
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s.
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".
, 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.
[Christopher Ketcham, , RADAR Online, 15 May 2008]
See also
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Disposition Matrix
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Rex 84
Rex 84, short for Readiness Exercise 1984, was a classified scenario and drill developed by the United States federal government to detain large numbers of United States citizens deemed to be " national security threats" in the event that the pres ...
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FBI Index
The FBI Indexes, or Index List, was a system used to track American citizens and other people by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) before the adoption of computerized databases. The Index List was originally made of paper index cards, fir ...
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Investigative Data Warehouse
Investigative Data Warehouse (IDW) is a searchable database operated by the FBI. It was created in 2004. Much of the nature and scope of the database is classified. The database is a centralization of multiple federal and state databases, inclu ...
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National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive
The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (National Security Presidential Directive NSPD 51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-20, sometimes called simply "Executive Directive 51" for short), signed by Presiden ...
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NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collectio ...
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PRISM (surveillance program)
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* Prism (geometry), a kind of polyhedron
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References
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External links
Radar articleby Christopher Ketcham, May/June 2008
NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Databy Siobhan Gorman, Updated March 10, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET
1980s establishments in the United States
Espionage
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Government databases in the United States
Continuity of government in the United States