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11/08/2012
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Hurricane Sandy. Image: NASA.
Remember that Senate subcommittee for investigations report on fusion centers? The one that said that they produce "a bunch of crap," waste our money, duplicate anti-terrorism efforts and invade our privacy?
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10/05/2012
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For those of us at the ACLU of Massachusetts who have been paying close attention to fusion centers ever since Governor Mitt Romney unveiled the Commonwealth Fusion Center in May 2005, there are two major surprises in the 100-page US Senate report, Federal Support for and Involvement in State and Local Fusion Centers, that was released yesterday.
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03/07/2012
Don't like your neighbor? Think your kid's math teacher unfairly gave her a bad grade? Have an ex-girlfriend you'd like to bother?
Don't fear: there's an easy way to (anonymously) send the police after them, now with a mobile phone app!
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06/29/2011
The hubs of the post 9/11 domestic intelligence system are the nation’s 72 “fusion centers.” Since 2003, with the assistance of Department of Homeland Security funding, these new data collection centers have been developed for the express purpose of “fusing” and...
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06/28/2011
Please note that by playing any YouTube clip on this page You Tube and Google will place a long-term cookie on your computer. Please see You Tube's privacy statement on their website and Google's privacy statement on theirs to learn more. To view the ACLU's privacy...
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07/29/2020
What’s the BRIC? The Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) is one of nearly 80 “fusion centers” the federal government’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded and built after the 9/11 attacks. The BRIC was established in 2005, as a “counterterrorism intelligence” center...
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10/30/2012
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Whoever wins the presidential election will command not just a military with a bigger budget than the militaries of the next ten nations combined, but a ‘homeland security’ surveillance state which we taxpayers have paid nearly $700 billion to construct.
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12/04/2014
Last week I wrote about how the Commonwealth Fusion Center, a DHS funded so-called 'counterterror' intelligence center in Massachusetts run by the State Police, monitored the social media accounts of Black Lives Matter activists before and during political demonstrations.
The NYPD monitors civil rights activists' speech, too. This tweet is from last night:
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10/18/2012
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Today, the ACLU of Massachusetts launched its report about the spying on lawful protest activity by the Boston Police and the agents attached to its fusion center, one of those domestic surveillance hubs set up in the aftermath of 9/11 to share “terrorism-related” information.
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09/25/2012
Like the West Virginia fusion center before it, the Delaware spy center -- officially the Delaware Information and Analysis Center (DIAC) -- "now offers a mobile app to report suspicious activities in real-time by attaching a photo, sending location information, or entering details about suspicious vehicles or persons," says a press «12345...10...»Last