# Manhattan Project for Counterterrorism **Entity class:** Concept **Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition Manhattan Project for counterterrorism was a description applied to the ambition of Total Information Awareness: a concentrated national effort to integrate data and detect threats before attack. ## Chronological Proximity The phrase belongs to the immediate post-9/11 period, alongside the [[wiki/Information Awareness Office|IAO]], In-Q-Tel, and Palantir's formation. ## Relational Proximity It linked [[wiki/Total Information Awareness|TIA]] to the institutional memory of government-organized [[wiki/Big Science|Big Science]], while Palantir later pursued related integration through a commercial platform. ## Collection Routes [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] · [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research]].