Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Government May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in "National Emergency" | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet

WHY? DO I LOOK GUILTY?
“Main Core,” part of so-called “Continuity of Governance” plans, is a program that authorizes computer searches through massive [unspecified] electronic databases in order to discover potential threats in the event of a national emergency. The database can identify and locate perceived "enemies of the state" almost instantaneously. One source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. “Main Core is the table of contents for all the illegal information that the U.S. government has [compiled] on specific targets,” said a former military operative.
(ALTERNET)

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