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| {{Short description|Database of names relating to intelligence community}} | |||
| '''NameBase''' is a ] cross-indexed ] of names that focuses on individuals involved in the international ], ], crime, and business. The focus is on the post-World War II era and on ], ], and ] activities.<ref name=online>{{cite magazine | '''NameBase''' is a ] cross-indexed ] of names that focuses on individuals involved in the international ], ], crime, and business. The focus is on the post-World War II era and on ], ], and ] activities up to 2008.<ref name=online>{{cite magazine | ||
| |date=Sep–Oct 1996 | |date=Sep–Oct 1996 | ||
| | title = NameBase tracks lesser-known political players | | title = NameBase tracks lesser-known political players | ||
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| | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18696782.html | | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18696782.html | ||
| | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021031359/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18696782.html | | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021031359/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18696782.html | ||
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| | archive-date = 2012-10-21 | | archive-date = 2012-10-21 | ||
| }}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
| ==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| Founder Daniel Brandt began collecting ]s and ]s pertaining to influential people and ] agents in the 1960s<ref>{{cite news |author=Farhad Manjoo |url=http://www.salon.com/2002/08/29/google_watch/ |title=Meet Mr. Anti-Google |newspaper=] |date=August 29, 2002 }} Citing a review in '']''.</ref> |
Founder Daniel Brandt began collecting ]s and ]s pertaining to influential people and ] agents in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |author=Farhad Manjoo |url=http://www.salon.com/2002/08/29/google_watch/ |title=Meet Mr. Anti-Google |newspaper=] |date=August 29, 2002 }} Citing a review in '']''.</ref> He did so especially in the 1970s after becoming a member of ], an organization that opposed US foreign policy.<ref name=online/> With the advent of personal computing, he developed a database which allowed subscribers to access the names of ].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue24/lob24-02.htm|title=An Incorrect Political Memoir|number=24|date=December 1992|author=Daniel Brandt|work=Lobster-magazine.co.uk}}</ref> | ||
| In the 1980s, through his company Micro Associates, he sold subscriptions to this computerized database under its original name, Public Information Research |
In the 1980s, through his company Micro Associates, he sold subscriptions to this computerized database under its original name, Public Information Research Inc. (PIR). At PIR's onset, Brandt was President of the newly formed non-profit corporation, and investigative researcher ] served as its Vice President. The material was described as "information on all sorts of spooks, military officials, political operators and other cloak-and-dagger types".<ref name="morley">{{cite news |title=Beltway Bandits: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spywatcher |author=Morley, Jefferson |author2=Corn, David |author-link2=David Corn |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6754640.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516213327/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6754640.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |newspaper=] |date=November 7, 1988 |access-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> He told '']'' at the time that "many of these sources are fairly obscure so it's a very effective way to retrieve information on U.S. intelligence that no one else indexes."<ref name="NYT87">{{cite news |title=Washington Talk: The Study of Intelligence; Only Spies Can Find These Sources |author=Gerth, Jeff |author-link=Jeff Gerth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/06/us/washington-talk-the-study-of-intelligence-only-spies-can-find-these-sources.html |newspaper=] |date=October 6, 1987 |access-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> One research librarian calls it "a unique part of the ']'", equally useful to investigative journalists and students.<ref name="O'Hanlon">{{cite web | ||
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|url = https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/325/rightstuff.pdf | ||
| |title = The Right Stuff: Research Strategies for the Internet Age | |title = The Right Stuff: Research Strategies for the Internet Age | ||
| |first = Nancy | |first = Nancy | ||
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| |date = May 23, 2005 | |date = May 23, 2005 | ||
| |publisher = ] Libraries | |publisher = ] Libraries | ||
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|access-date = 2023-08-22 | ||
| }}</ref> | |||
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| By 1992, private citizens, news organizations, and universities were all using NameBase.<ref>{{cite journal | By 1992, private citizens, news organizations, and universities were all using NameBase.<ref>{{cite journal | ||
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| | location = Madison, Wisconsin | | location = Madison, Wisconsin | ||
| | issn = 0033-0736 | | issn = 0033-0736 | ||
| ⚫ | }}</ref> With the advent of public access to the ] and ] in the 1990s these efforts became the basis of the NameBase ] starting in 1995.{{cn|date=October 2021}} {{As of|2003}}, the database contained "over 100,000 names with over 260,000 citations drawn from books and serials with a few documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act."<ref name="perrault">{{cite book | ||
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| ⚫ | }}</ref> With the advent of public access to the ] and ] in the 1990s these efforts became the basis of the NameBase ] starting in 1995. |
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| |title=United States History: A Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Guide to Information Sources | |title=United States History: A Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Guide to Information Sources | ||
| |first=Anna H. | |first=Anna H. | ||
| |last=Perrault | |last=Perrault | ||
| |author2=Ron Blazek | |author2=Ron Blazek | ||
| |page= | |||
| |page=35 | |||
| |publisher=Libraries Unlimited | |publisher=Libraries Unlimited | ||
| |location=Westport, Connecticut; London | |location=Westport, Connecticut; London | ||
| |isbn=1-56308-874-6 | |isbn=1-56308-874-6 | ||
| |year=2003 | |year=2003 | ||
| |url=https://archive.org/details/unitedstateshist0002perr|url-access=registration | |||
| }}</ref> The website utilizes ]s to allow users to both visualize relationships in a ] diagram and access diagrams and links of those who appear on it. These linkages, diagrams, and hyperlinked footnoted information allow users to uncover potential relationships or connections between individuals and groups.<ref name="O'Hanlon"/> NameBase was described by ] ] as being the "only web-based tool readily available for visualizing social networks of ]."<ref>{{cite book |title=Intelligence and security informatics |last=Kantor |first=Paul B. |author-link=Paul B. Kantor |year=2005 |publisher=] |isbn= 9783540259992|pages=324–325 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SUwBpvoA1TcC&q=%22NameBase%22&pg=PA324 |access-date=January 16, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ==Similar projects== | |||
| In the 1980s Daniel Brandt taught former CIA employee ] how to use computers and computer databases for his research.{{cn|date=October 2021}} Former CIA analyst ] developed a similar database he called CIABASE, a website containing information on events, people, and programs concerning the ] or American intelligence, including links to other texts available to the public. | |||
| The ] is an online database and self-described "intelligence aggregator" bringing together the biographical details of over 40,000 people.<ref> '']''. Retrieved 29 November 2020.</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | ==References== | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ] | |||
| * Internet.metadata.overt.database | |||
| ⚫ | ==References== | ||
| {{reflist|2}} | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| * {{Official website|http://www.namebase.net:82/ }} | * {{Official website|http://www.namebase.net:82/ }} | ||
| * | |||
| ] | ] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:58, 6 April 2024
Database of names relating to intelligence communityNameBase is a web-based cross-indexed database of names that focuses on individuals involved in the international intelligence community, U.S. foreign policy, crime, and business. The focus is on the post-World War II era and on left of center, conspiracy theory, and espionage activities up to 2008.
Overview
Founder Daniel Brandt began collecting clippings and citations pertaining to influential people and intelligence agents in the 1960s. He did so especially in the 1970s after becoming a member of Students for a Democratic Society, an organization that opposed US foreign policy. With the advent of personal computing, he developed a database which allowed subscribers to access the names of US intelligence agents.
In the 1980s, through his company Micro Associates, he sold subscriptions to this computerized database under its original name, Public Information Research Inc. (PIR). At PIR's onset, Brandt was President of the newly formed non-profit corporation, and investigative researcher Peggy Adler served as its Vice President. The material was described as "information on all sorts of spooks, military officials, political operators and other cloak-and-dagger types". He told The New York Times at the time that "many of these sources are fairly obscure so it's a very effective way to retrieve information on U.S. intelligence that no one else indexes." One research librarian calls it "a unique part of the 'Deep Web'", equally useful to investigative journalists and students.
By 1992, private citizens, news organizations, and universities were all using NameBase. With the advent of public access to the Internet and World Wide Web in the 1990s these efforts became the basis of the NameBase website starting in 1995. As of 2003, the database contained "over 100,000 names with over 260,000 citations drawn from books and serials with a few documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act." The website utilizes hyperlinks to allow users to both visualize relationships in a social network diagram and access diagrams and links of those who appear on it. These linkages, diagrams, and hyperlinked footnoted information allow users to uncover potential relationships or connections between individuals and groups. NameBase was described by information scientist Paul B. Kantor as being the "only web-based tool readily available for visualizing social networks of terrorism researchers."
Similar projects
In the 1980s Daniel Brandt taught former CIA employee Philip Agee how to use computers and computer databases for his research. Former CIA analyst Ralph McGehee developed a similar database he called CIABASE, a website containing information on events, people, and programs concerning the CIA or American intelligence, including links to other texts available to the public.
The Notable Names Database (NNDB) is an online database and self-described "intelligence aggregator" bringing together the biographical details of over 40,000 people.
See also
References
- ^ "NameBase tracks lesser-known political players". Online. Vol. 20, no. 5. Sep–Oct 1996. p. 74. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21.
- Farhad Manjoo (August 29, 2002). "Meet Mr. Anti-Google". Slate. Citing a review in College & Research Libraries News.
- Daniel Brandt (December 1992), "An Incorrect Political Memoir", Lobster-magazine.co.uk, no. 24
- Morley, Jefferson; Corn, David (November 7, 1988). "Beltway Bandits: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spywatcher". The Nation. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
- Gerth, Jeff (October 6, 1987). "Washington Talk: The Study of Intelligence; Only Spies Can Find These Sources". New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
- ^ O'Hanlon, Nancy (May 23, 2005). "The Right Stuff: Research Strategies for the Internet Age" (PDF). Ohio State University Libraries. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- "Deadly Data". The Progressive. 56 (1). Madison, Wisconsin: Progressive, Inc: 14. January 1992. ISSN 0033-0736.
- Perrault, Anna H.; Ron Blazek (2003). United States History: A Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Guide to Information Sources. Westport, Connecticut; London: Libraries Unlimited. p. 35. ISBN 1-56308-874-6.
- Kantor, Paul B. (2005). Intelligence and security informatics. Springer. pp. 324–325. ISBN 9783540259992. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
- "About." NNDB. Retrieved 29 November 2020.