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VA and PA Fusion Center Visits Declined

On February 23, 2010, in East Coast Tour (March 2010), by JulieMD

The Virginia Fusion Center has officially declined our request for a visit. Perhaps not a total surprise, as the workings of the VFC are by statute exempted from open records laws. This was by a bill introduced a few years ago in the VA state legislature. EPIC filed information requests which revealed a Memorandum of [...]

Fusion Centers - Council on Foreign Relations

On December 22, 2009, in RESEARCH, by admin

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 [...]