







Why you should care about 9/11
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Compliance with the Attorney General’s Investigative Guidelines Special Report September 2005 Office of the Inspector General Background The Attorney General’s Guidelines Regarding the Use of Confidential Informants (CI or Confidential Informant Guidelines); The Attorney General’s Guidelines on FBI Undercover Operations (Undercover or UC Guidelines); The Attorney General’s Guidelines on General [...]
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A fast-growing FBI data-mining system billed as a tool for hunting terrorists is being used in hacker and domestic criminal investigations, and now contains tens of thousands of records from private corporate databases, including car-rental companies, large hotel chains and at least one national department store, declassified documents obtained by Wired.com show. Wired News September [...]
Monster fusion center to coordinate DNC intelligence Questions over potential civil liberties violations raised in wake of ‘super fusion’ security apparatus // By Erin Rosa 8/20/08 8:00 AM The Democratic National Convention will serve as a catalyst for the creation of a temporary “super fusion” center that two local police officials hope will permanently expand [...]
Okay I just have to make one comment - be sure to read the VERY LAST sentense that this blog has copied from the FBI website (scrolle down). Catherine __________________________ For those of us in law enforcement, September 11 was one of those milestones. It changed all of us personally. It changed America. And it [...]
Great interview / Video about fusion centers on Democracy Now! Colorado “Fusion Center” to Step Up Intelligence Gathering During DNC; US Northern Command to Play Role.
Fusion Centers Author: Eben Kaplan February 22, 2007 Introduction In the early morning hours of September 9, 2001, a Maryland State Trooper made a routine traffic stop, pulling over a car headed north on I-95 and issuing a speeding ticket. Two days later, the driver of that car, Ziad Jarrah was one of four hijackers [...]
National Fusion Center Technology Management There are at least 58 state and urban area fusion centers deployed around the country tasked with acquiring and sharing information and intelligence within their jurisdictional boundaries and among other fusion centers and federal entities. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in cooperation with the Program Manager of the Information [...]
In a secretive operation that is alarming civil-liberties advocates, 18 civilian analysts examine criminal data and 23 intelligence officers — State Police troopers who have the power to arrest — work in the field. Raytheon Co. won a $2.2 million contract to develop intelligence-sharing software for the state that aims to integrate databases and help [...]