Fusion center in California refuses to accept public records request, slams door in activists’ faces
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by Nashwa Gewaily, ACLU of Massachusetts fellow
The Arkansas State Fusion Center
An official from an Arkansas State Fusion Center recently spoke to the press to clear up what he called "misconceptions" about what his office actually does, with depressingly hilarious results. (For some background on fusion centers, click here.)
CrossMatch, a large biometrics firm that does millions of dollars of business with government agencies, has announced that the executive director of the National Fusion Center Association, a former DHS Grant Programs Directorate administrator, recently became an advisor to its board of directors.
Hurricane Sandy. Image: NASA.
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