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US "Fusion Centers" For Intelligence Sharing

Posted by kdawson on from the if-you're-not-doing-anything-wrong dept.

Wired has an article on the national fusion centers in the US, which were created to aid intelligence-sharing in the fight against terrorism but are increasingly being used to look at other sorts of crimes. The keynote of these centers is "all hazards, all threats" — the LA police chief is quoted: "Information that might seem innocuous may have some connection to terrorism." The ACLU has up an interactive US map to help you become acquainted with your local fusion center.

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  1. Why read the article when we have the ACLU? by unassimilatible · · Score: 0, Troll

    The fair-and-balanced ACLU can tell us what to think about Big Brother. Wait, what?

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  2. Re:Nothing wrong with data mining pizza delivery by mannyaztec · · Score: 0, Troll

    Comon' what am I reading here, who are you all 9th graders? 9/11 was an inside job any student frem any good university knows this! It's not who "they" say its whats in this link http://zeitgeistmovie.com/ followed it and quit writing gibersheee. Get real!!!!

  3. Abandon all hope ye who..... by sgt_doom · · Score: 0, Troll
    Your premise or assumption, Good Citizen Russ+Nelson, is that the American election process still functions. Point of order:

    In the 2000 election, 175,000 uncounted ballots paved the way for the Bush coup.

    In the 2004 election, there was an 8 million vote variance: the exit polls indicated Kerry led Bush by 5 million votes, while Bush supposedly won by 3 million votes.

    With the concentration of the counting of over 100 million votes by four, I repeat, four voting machines companies (Hart InterCivic, ES&S, Sequoia, Premier Election Systems) all run by neocons and financed via the Pentagon, whomever wins the next election will be the pre-selected winner.....