Main Core
{{Short description|Alleged American government database}}
{{NSA surveillance}}
Main Core is an American government database containing information on those believed to be threats to national security.{{cite web
|url=http://www.salon.com/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/#
|title=Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power
|last=Shorrock
|first=Tim
|work=Salon.com
|date=July 23, 2008
|access-date=2010-12-19
}}
History
The existence of the database was first asserted in May 2008 by Christopher KetchamSatyam Khanna, [http://thinkprogress.org/security/2008/05/20/23492/main-core/?mobile=nc "Govt. May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in 'National Emergency,' 8 Million 'Potential Suspects'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410151328/http://thinkprogress.org/security/2008/05/20/23492/main-core/?mobile=nc |date=2016-04-10 }}, Think Progress blog, May 20, 2008. and again in July 2008 by Tim Shorrock.{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/25/main_core_new_evidence_reveals_top|title=Main Core: New Evidence Reveals Top Secret|last=Goodman|first=Amy|publisher=Democracy Now|date=July 25, 2008|access-date=2010-12-19}}
Description
The Main Core data comes from the NSA, FBI, CIA, and other agencies, and is collected and stored without warrants or court orders. The database's name derives from the fact that it contains copies of the essence of each item ({{em|i.e.}}{{nbs}}it contains the {{em|main core}} of each item) of intelligence information on Americans having been produced by the FBI and other agencies of the U.S. intelligence community.
{{As of|2008}}, there are 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, {{cite web|url=http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/05/government_surveillance_homeland_security_main_core_01.php |title=The Last Roundup |access-date=2008-07-29 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831101327/http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/05/government_surveillance_homeland_security_main_core_01.php |archive-date=August 31, 2008 }}, RADAR Online, 15 May 2008{{Cite web |date=2008-05-20 |title=Govt. May Have Massive Surveillance Program For Use In 'National Emergency,' 8 Million 'Potential Suspects' |url=https://archive.thinkprogress.org/govt-may-have-massive-surveillance-program-for-use-in-national-emergency-8-million-potential-da42a2721f76/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111103130409/http://www.christopherketcham.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/The%20Last%20Roundup,%20Radar%20Magazine.pdf Radar article] by Christopher Ketcham, May/June 2008
- [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120511973377523845 NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data] by Siobhan Gorman, Updated March 10, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET
Category:1980s establishments in the United States
Category:Federal Emergency Management Agency