Fusion Centers – America’s New Secret Police
Every state now has at least one fusion center. Fusion centers are made up of police, firemen, the FBI, Homeland Security. There is no congressional oversight of fusion centers.
Of them former Congressman Bob Barr said: “Using the resources of federal and state law enforcement to encourage the citizenry to submit to the government information on the political, social and even religious views of other people, is in itself outrageous. For the government to then data-base that information, disseminate it widely, and clearly imply that views with which it may disagree provides an appropriate basis on which to surveil citizens and collect information on them, is beyond the pale. It is also a poor and inefficient use of police resources.”
From the Wikipedia entry on “Fusion Centers”: “Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) made news in 2009 for targeting supporters of third party candidates (such as Ron Paul), pro-life activists, and conspiracy theorists as potential militia members. Anti-war activists and Islamic lobby groups were targeted in Texas, drawing criticism from the ACLU.”
“In early April 2009, the Virginia Fusion Center came under criticism for publishing a terrorism threat assessment which stated that certain universities are potential hubs for terror related activity. The report targeted historically black colleges and identified hacktivism as a form of terrorism.”
Who’s Watching the Watchmen?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/mar/us-civil-liberties-terrorism
New DHS Domestic Terrorism Report Targets Millions of Americans
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/1006
America Has A Sordid History of Illegally Tracking Americans
http://www.trackedinamerica.org
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