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The existence of the database was first asserted in May 2008 by Christopher Ketcham² and again in July 2008 by Tim Shorrock.³

Description

The Main Core data comes from the NSA, FBI, CIA, and other agencies,⁴ and is collected and stored without warrants or court orders.⁵ The database's name derives from the fact that it contains copies of the essence of each item (i.e. it contains the 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.⁶

As of 2008[update], 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.⁷⁸

See also

• Disposition Matrix
• Rex 84
• FBI Index
• Investigative Data Warehouse
• National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive
• NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
• PRISM (surveillance program)

External links

• Radar article by Christopher Ketcham, May/June 2008
• NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data by Siobhan Gorman, Updated March 10, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

References

1. Shorrock, Tim (July 23, 2008). "Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power". Salon.com. Retrieved 2010-12-19. http://www.salon.com/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/# ↩

2. Satyam Khanna, "Govt. May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in 'National Emergency,' 8 Million 'Potential Suspects'" Archived 2016-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, Think Progress blog, May 20, 2008. http://thinkprogress.org/security/2008/05/20/23492/main-core/?mobile=nc ↩

3. Goodman, Amy (July 25, 2008). "Main Core: New Evidence Reveals Top Secret". Democracy Now. Retrieved 2010-12-19. http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/25/main_core_new_evidence_reveals_top ↩

4. Shorrock, Tim (July 23, 2008). "Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power". Salon.com. Retrieved 2010-12-19. http://www.salon.com/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/# ↩

5. Shorrock, Tim (July 23, 2008). "Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power". Salon.com. Retrieved 2010-12-19. http://www.salon.com/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/# ↩

6. Shorrock, Tim (July 23, 2008). "Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power". Salon.com. Retrieved 2010-12-19. http://www.salon.com/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/# ↩

7. Christopher Ketcham, "The Last Roundup". Archived from the original on August 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), RADAR Online, 15 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080831101327/http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/05/government_surveillance_homeland_security_main_core_01.php ↩

8. "Govt. May Have Massive Surveillance Program For Use In 'National Emergency,' 8 Million 'Potential Suspects'". 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2023-10-13. https://archive.thinkprogress.org/govt-may-have-massive-surveillance-program-for-use-in-national-emergency-8-million-potential-da42a2721f76/ ↩