This is a very good site that is used by journalists, as well as other researchers, to discover the connections of individuals, companies,
organizations, etc., to political affiliations and organized crime. This is a wonderful resource that will give the user enlightening information as
to the connections between an individual name and those who are in the respective person's social network. On the home page, click the option for
"namebase searches." On the next page, you then click on the option for "proximity search." From there, type in the first and last name. If the
first name is not known, type in only the last name. If you are looking for a company name, type the company's name in the box that is labeled
"first and last name."
>>>NameBase has been used by hundreds of journalists and researchers around the world since we began distributing our database on floppy disks in
1986. Even Oliver North knows about us.<<<
>>>It's getting absurd. One day someone from the Department of Justice called us and said, "I'm a federal agent. I'm investigating someone and
there are two citations in NameBase I need." Once it became clear that she wasn't registered and had no intention of registering, and wouldn't get
special treatment from us because she was a fed, she mentioned the word "subpoena." It was pointed out that one of the citations was from the
Washington Post in 1990, and the other was from a book that is linked on our site to used bookstores that offer it for sale. Moreover, registration
would cost less than seven cents a day at the usual rate of $50 for two years. End of conversation.<<<
>>>That was in August, 2001. Two months later, in response to the World Trade Center terrorism, Congress passed a law that allows warrantless Web
surveillance. Between federal incompetence and federal intrusiveness, there's no telling where things are headed.<<<
>>>Yes, sometimes your searches will be restricted. It depends on several factors: whether the search was referred by an Internet search engine,
whether the data is in our server's cache already, and how heavy the load is on our server at that particular moment. And if we get even a hint that
the feds are interested in our logs, you can be sure that we'll announce it. We'll probably shut down online access completely and go back to
mailing out disks.<<<
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[Edited on 16-7-2003 by diva]
