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| − | Founder [[Daniel Brandt]] began collecting [[clipping (publications)|clipping]]s and [[citation]]s pertaining to influential people and [[intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] agents after becoming a member of the [[Students for a Democratic Society]], an organization which opposed US foreign policy, in the 1970s.<ref name=online/> With the advent of personal computing, he developed a database which allowed subscribers to access the names of [[United States Intelligence Community|US intelligence agents]].<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> | + | Founder [[Daniel Brandt]] began collecting [[clipping (publications)|clipping]]s and [[citation]]s pertaining to influential people and [[intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] agents after becoming a member of the [[Students for a Democratic Society]], an organization which opposed US foreign policy, in the 1970s.<ref name=online/> With the advent of personal computing, he developed a database which allowed subscribers to access the names of [[United States Intelligence Community|US intelligence agents]].<ref>http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue24/lob24-02.htm</ref> |
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| − | 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."<ref name="morley">{{cite news |title=Beltway Bandits: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spywatcher |author=Morley, Jefferson |author2=Corn, David |authorlink2=David Corn |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6754640.html |newspaper=[[The Nation]] |date=November 7, 1988 |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> 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."<ref name="NYT87">{{cite news |title=Washington Talk: The Study of Intelligence; Only Spies Can Find These Sources |author=Gerth, Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Gerth |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/06/us/washington-talk-the-study-of-intelligence-only-spies-can-find-these-sources.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=October 6, 1987 |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> One research librarian calls it "a unique part of the 'Deep Web'", equally useful to investigative journalists and students.<ref name="O'Hanlon">{{cite paper | + | 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."<ref name="morley">http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6754640.html |newspaper=[[The Nation]] </ref> 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."<ref name="NYT87">http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/06/us/washington-talk-the-study-of-intelligence-only-spies-can-find-these-sources.html</ref> One research librarian calls it "a unique part of the 'Deep Web'", equally useful to investigative journalists and students.<ref name="O'Hanlon">https://dspace1.it.ohio-state.edu/dspace/handle/1811/325</ref> |
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| − | In 1995, Brandt's efforts became the basis of NameBase.<ref name="CounterPunchInterview">Hand, Mark. [http://www.counterpunch.org/hand01032003.html "Searching for Daniel Brandt"]. [[CounterPunch]] (January 3, 2003). Retrieved 15 June 2007.</ref> As of 2003, the site 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 | + | In 1995, Brandt's efforts became the basis of NameBase.<ref name="CounterPunchInterview">Hand, Mark. [http://www.counterpunch.org/hand01032003.html "Searching for Daniel Brandt"]. [[CounterPunch]] (January 3, 2003). Retrieved 15 June 2007.</ref> As of 2003, the site 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">[http://books.google.com/books?id=6GvdlpRu9-kC&pg=PA35&dq=%22Namebase%22+Brandt&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n5sUT479GuixiQLt17nEDQ&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Namebase%22%20Brandt&f=false 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.]</ref> The website is structured so that users can follow hyperlinked information "and thus uncover potential relationships or connections between individuals and groups".<ref name="O'Hanlon"/> The way this is formatted on the website is referred to as a social network and, though the user has to click further to actually determine the relationship between names on a given social network, as they are not specifically listed, NameBase was described by [[Paul B. Kantor]] as being the "only web-based tool readily available for visualizing social networks of [[Terrorism Research Center|terrorism researchers]]."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=SUwBpvoA1TcC&pg=PA324&dq=%22NameBase%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9pAUT4PkDenXiQKpp8C4DQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22NameBase%22&f=false Kantor, Paul B. (2005). Intelligence and security informatics. Springer. pp. 324–325. Retrieved January 16, 2011]</ref> |
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| − | |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6GvdlpRu9-kC&pg=PA35&dq=%22Namebase%22+Brandt&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n5sUT479GuixiQLt17nEDQ&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Namebase%22%20Brandt&f=false}}</ref> The website is structured so that users can follow hyperlinked information "and thus uncover potential relationships or connections between individuals and groups".<ref name="O'Hanlon"/> The way this is formatted on the website is referred to as a social network and, though the user has to click further to actually determine the relationship between names on a given social network, as they are not specifically listed, NameBase was described by [[Paul B. Kantor]] as being the "only web-based tool readily available for visualizing social networks of [[Terrorism Research Center|terrorism researchers]]."<ref>{{cite book |title=Intelligence and security informatics |last=Kantor |first=Paul B. |authorlink=Paul B. Kantor |year=2005 |publisher=Springer |location= |isbn= |pages=324–325 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SUwBpvoA1TcC&pg=PA324&dq=%22NameBase%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9pAUT4PkDenXiQKpp8C4DQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22NameBase%22&f=false |accessdate=January 16, 2011}}</ref>
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| | ==Namebase on Wikispooks== | | ==Namebase on Wikispooks== |
NameBase 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 spooky activities.[1]
Origins
Founder Daniel Brandt began collecting clippings and citations pertaining to influential people and intelligence agents after becoming a member of the Students for a Democratic Society, an organization which opposed US foreign policy, in the 1970s.[1] With the advent of personal computing, he developed a database which allowed subscribers to access the names of US intelligence agents.[2]
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."[3] 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."[4] One research librarian calls it "a unique part of the 'Deep Web'", equally useful to investigative journalists and students.[5]
Content
In 1995, Brandt's efforts became the basis of NameBase.[6] As of 2003, the site 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."[7] The website is structured so that users can follow hyperlinked information "and thus uncover potential relationships or connections between individuals and groups".[5] The way this is formatted on the website is referred to as a social network and, though the user has to click further to actually determine the relationship between names on a given social network, as they are not specifically listed, NameBase was described by Paul B. Kantor as being the "only web-based tool readily available for visualizing social networks of terrorism researchers."[8]
Namebase on Wikispooks
| | Has namebase | Description |
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| Aginter Press | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?AGINTER-PRESS | International anti-communist mercenary and "terrorist" organization, subcontracting for intelligence services, disguised as a pseudo-press agency. |
| James Jesus Angleton | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?ANGLETON JAMES JESUS | "The dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world", according to Richard Helms, DCI. |
| Juval Aviv | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?AVIV JUVAL | A terrorism expert and Mossad operative who once remarked on live TV: "It's easy to put a truck bomb, as we did, er, as happened in London." |
| Mehmet Ali Ağca | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?AGCA MEHMET ALI | |
| Norman Bailey | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?BAILEY NORMAN A | Spooky economist who taught "Economics for Foreign Policy Makers." Admitted on the record that the PROMIS database and search application has been given to the NSA |
| Arnold Beichman | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Beichman,+Arnold | US neocon academic who attended a lot of spooky colloquia |
| Harry van den Bergh | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01? VAN DEN BERGH HARRY | Dutch politician who spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Maintaining the Balance" |
| Richard E. Bissell | http://www.namebase.org/xbes/Richard-E-Bissell.html | CSIS,United States Information Agency, USAID... |
| Richard M. Bissell | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Bissell,+Richard+Mervin | Member of The Georgetown Set strongly suspected of being involved in the JFK Assassination |
| George H. W. Bush | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=BUSH+GEORGE+H | Skull and bones mastermind of the bush family busine$$. |
| CIA | http://www.namebase.net/books01.html | The most high profile of the US intelligence agencies, a covert agent of foreign policy. Funded by a 'black budget' derived from the global drug trade, the CIA is experienced at assassination, blackmail, instigating coups and other such covert deep state actions. Its scrutiny in the early 1970s however led to the development of more secure bases for the most sensitive deep state operations. |
| Ray Cline | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Cline,+Ray | Senior CIA, spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism |
| Lester Coleman | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?COLEMAN LESTER KNOX III | |
| Corporate media | http://www.namebase.net/books38.html | The corporate media refers to itself as 'mainstream' in an effort to marginalize so-called "alternative" media. While some instances (e.g. BBC) are not strictly commercial, all the corporate media is hierarchically structured, so a very small number of editors can censor or modify its output. |
| Christopher Curwen | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Curwen,+Christopher | Head of MI6 |
| DGSE | http://www.namebase.net/books25.html | French foreign intelligence agency |
| Midge Decter | http://www.namebase.org/main3/Midge-Decter.html | Neocon "polemical powerhouse" |
| Allen Dulles | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Dulles,+Allen+W. | Dulles served the longest ever term as Director of Central Intelligence and dominated American intelligence for a generation. He personified a cadre of Ivy League pragmatic elitists in high echelons of the government who greatly admired Germany’s scientific achievements.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Dulles was fired by JFK after the Bay of Pigs and bore a grudge against him thereafter. |
| John J. Dziak | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Dziak,+John | |
| Perry Fellwock | http://www.namebase.org/main4/Winslow- 28perry-fellwock 29-Peck.html | The first NSA whistleblower |
| Allan Francovich | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01? FRANCOVICH ALLAN | Francovich was a talented and courageous filmmaker who produced unparalleled exposés of various misdeeds by the powerful. Termed a 'charlatan' by some, a "conspiracy theorist" by others (though not by Wikipedia). |
| Dick Franks | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Franks+Arthur+Temple | Head of MI6 |
| Hugh Gaitskell | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?GAITSKELL HUGH TODD | A UK Labour politician who reportedly died of a rare illness in hospital. |
| Barrie Gane | http://www.namebase.org/xgam/Barrie-Charles-Gane.html | |
| Monique Garnier-Lançon | http://www.namebase.org/nb01.cgi? GARNIER-LANCON MONIQUE | Deep state operative whose papers lead to a major exposure of Le Cercle. French convenor of Le Cercle in the first half of the 1980s. |
| Max Geldens | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?GELDENS MAX | Dutch director of McKinsey & Company who wrote and gave a working paper for the 1984 Bilderberg |
| Manucher Ghorbanifar | http://www.namebase.org/main3/Manucher-Ghorbanifar.html | Arms dealer and central figure in the Iran-Contra Affair. |
| Philip Giraldi | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Giraldi | CIA/DIA spook and “terrorism expert” |
| Richard H. Giza | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Giza,+Richard | US spook, DIA |
| Grey Wolves | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?GRAY WOLVES | |
| Samuel Halpern | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Halpern,+Samuel | CIA officer from 1947 to 1974 |
| Charles Jocelyn Hambro | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Hambro,+Charles+Jocelyn | spooky UK banker. SOE head |
| Oswald Allen Harker | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Harker.+O Harker O.Allen (Jasper) | |
| Harvard | http://www.namebase.net/campus/harvard.html | |
| Roger Hollis | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Hollis,+Roger | Director General of MI5 1956-1965 |
| Sidney Hook | http://www.namebase.net:82/names/nn01.cgi?Na=hook,+sidney | American philosopher and anti-communist activist. |
| Arthur S. Hulnick | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Hulnick,+Arthur | |
| Michael Hurley | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?HURLEY MICHEAL T | A DEA official accused of involvement in the Lockerbie Bombing. |
| Fred C. Iklé | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Ikle,+Fred | US deep state operative in the Reagan Administration, where he was proponent of psyops and supporting insurgencies. Attended Le Cercle RAND Corporation, Smith Richardson Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy , Center for Strategic and International Studies... |
| Carl Elmer Jenkins | http://www.namebase.org/main1/Carl-E-Jenkins.html | CIA officer closely connected to several key figures behind the JFK assassination. |
| John Jones | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Jones,+John+Lewis | |
| Chester E. Finn Jr. | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Finn,+Chester | |
| KGB | http://www.namebase.net/books29.html | |
| George Kalaris | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Kalaris,+George | CIA officer from 1952 to 1980 |
| Vernon Kell | http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=kell+Vernon | |
| Knights Templars | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?KNIGHTS TEMPLAR | |
| Knights of Malta | http://www.namebase.net/names/nn01.cgi?KNIGHTS MALTA | A Roman Catholic military-religious order and/or secret society of, traditionally, a military, "chivalrous" and "noble nature". One of the world's oldest orders of knighthood, dating back to the 11th century. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is headquartered in Rome, and is arguably a sovereign subject of international law. |
| MI5 | http://www.namebase.net/books27.html | MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core in the main British domestic intelligence service. |
| MI6 | http://www.namebase.net/books27.html | British foreign secret intelligence service. |
| Victor Marchetti | http://www.namebase.org/main4/Victor-L-Marchetti.html | |
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