!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([IDW])  is a searchable [Government Data Store] operated by the [FBI] created in [2004|Year 2004].


[{$pagename}] has an unknown nature and scope of the as [Government Data Store] is [classified]. 


The database is a centralization of multiple [United States federal government] and [US States] [databases], including criminal records from various [law enforcement agencies|Law Enforcement Agency], the U.S. Department of the Treasury's [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] ([FinCEN]), and public records [databases]. 

According to Michael Morehart's testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services in 2006, the "[IDW] is a centralized, web-enabled, closed system repository for intelligence and investigative data. This system, maintained by the FBI, allows appropriately trained and authorized personnel throughout the country to query for information of relevance to investigative and intelligence matters.

!! [{$pagename}] [DataStore] Sources
[{$pagename}] used many data sources. The [FOIA] documents from [EFF] are heavily redacted, but some of the sources are as follows:
* [FBI] [Automated Case Support] system ([ACS]), subset of the [Electronic Case File] ([ECF]) system[16]
* [Joint Intelligence Committee Investigation] documents ([JICI]),[17] with OCR text [18]
* "Open Source News" (public [websites], such as the Washington Post and others)[19]
* [Secure Automated Messaging Network] ([SAMNet])[17]
* [Violent Gang and Terrorist Organizing File] ([VGTOF])
* [DARPA] [TIDES] program ('[Open Source] news' that has been organized and collected)
* [IntelPlus] Filerooms, with OCR text[18]
* [FBI] [National Crime Information Center] ([NCIC])[16]
* [FBI] [Records Management Division] ([RMD]), Document Laboratory (DocLab), FBIHQ
* [MiTAP] [20] (collects data from public sources, websites, etc.)
* SPT-Specific data sources (partial list, FOIA files have large parts redacted):
* [Unified Name Index] ([UNI]) extracts
* [Financial Center] ([FinCen]),[21] including [Bank Secrecy Act] [data] [22]
* "Various Sources", including the [Transportation Security Administration][23]
* [FBI] [Counterterrorism Division] ([CTD])
* [Telephone numbers] / addresses from [ACS]
* Case data from ACS
* Terrorist Watch List (TWL)[24]
* "Other NJTTF data"
* [United States Department of State] ... Lost/Stolen [Passport] data
* No Fly List, from [TSA]
* Selectee list, from [TSA]
* ACS/ECF with some case types excluded
* [CIA] non-TS/non-SCI Technical Discussions (TDs) and Intelligence Information Reports (IIRs) from 1978 to the May 2004[25]
* [Open-source intelligence] ([OSINT])

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* [#1] - [Investigative_Data_Warehouse|Wikipedia:Investigative_Data_Warehouse|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-07-22