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Is the government compiling a secret list of citizens to detain under martial law? According to a senior government official who served with high-level security clearances in five administrations, "There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated. The database can identify and locate perceived 'enemies of the state' almost instantaneously."

He and other sources tell Radar that the database is sometimes referred to by the code name Main Core. One knowledgeable source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. In the event of a national emergency, these people could be subject to everything from heightened surveillance and tracking to direct questioning and possibly even detention.About the Author: Christopher Ketcham has written for Harper’s, GQ, the Nation, Salon, Mother Jones, Men’s Journal, Good Magazine, Radar, National Geographic, Hustler, Penthouse, Maxim, FHM and many other magazines, newspapers and websites.
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Double
posted by princelyfox at 9:16 AM on May 25, 2008


First they came for the double posters, and I said nothing.
posted by gerryblog at 9:17 AM on May 25, 2008


Core Main.
posted by fixedgear at 9:19 AM on May 25, 2008


So this guy has cashed checks from both The Nation and Hustler? I can see why he'd be interested in secret government watchlists.
posted by box at 9:21 AM on May 25, 2008


I am guessing that writing an article about the secret list, is a really great way to get added to it.
posted by Mr_Zero at 9:21 AM on May 25, 2008


This "main core," it vibrates?
posted by beelzbubba at 9:23 AM on May 25, 2008


Writing about the secret list?

That's a paddlin'.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:24 AM on May 25, 2008


Appending punctuation onto a beautiful apostrophied abbreviation like paddlin'?

Oops
posted by blasdelf at 9:29 AM on May 25, 2008




Frog blast the vent core!
posted by aramaic at 9:37 AM on May 25, 2008


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