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'''KARNAC''' is an acronym for Knowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context; whichit is a system being developed in the [[United States]] for use in profiling different categories of terrorist attacks to determine the components of possible future terrorist incidents.

Information for KARNAC is generally to be derived from structured, semi-structured and unstructured databases. This would include information derived from e.g. gun registrations, driver's licences, residential and criminal records, as well as the [[Internet]], newspapers and county records.

For example the system might raise an alert if someone attempted to buy components for bomb making, hired a car and rented a hotel room near the [[White House]].

The system can have profound implications for civil liberties in the [[United States]], however events such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] and the [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]] have indicated the need for a proactive mechanism for anticipating terrorist atrocities.

The system can have profound implications for civil liberties in the [[United States]], however events such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] and the [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]] have indicated the need for a proactive mechanism for anticipating terrorist atrocities.

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