#fusioncenters — Public Fediverse posts
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(begs the question *what is the current state of things* with #FusionCenters under the second Trump admin)
from Wed 2 Oct 2019:
"federally sponsored anti-terrorism fusion center in Oregon assisted a taskforce monitoring protest groups"
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"From a statewide counterterrorism surveillance and intelligence-sharing hub in Ohio, a warning went out to administrators at the Ohio State University: “Currently, we are aware of a demonstration that is planned to take place at Ohio State University this evening (4/25/2024) at 1700 hours. Please see the attached flyers. It is possible that similar events will occur on campuses across Ohio in the coming days.”
Founded in the wake of 9/11 to facilitate information sharing between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, fusion centers like Ohio’s Statewide Terrorism Analysis and Crime Center, or STACC, have become yet another way for law enforcement agencies to surveil legally protected First Amendment activities. The 80 fusion centers across the U.S. work with the military, private sector, and other stakeholders to collect vast amounts of information on American citizens in a stated effort to prevent future terror attacks.
In Ohio, it seemed that the counterterrorism surveillance hub was also keeping close tabs on campus events.
It wasn’t just at Ohio State: An investigative series by The Intercept has found that fusion centers were actively involved in monitoring pro-Palestine demonstrations on at least five campuses across the country, as shown in more than 20,000 pages of documents obtained via public records requests exposing U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on pro-Palestine student activism.
As the documents make clear, not only did universities view the peaceful, student-led demonstrations as a security issue — warranting the outside police and technological surveillance interventions detailed in the rest of this series — but the network of law enforcement bodies responsible for counterterror surveillance operations framed the demonstrations in the same way."
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/21/fusion-centers-gaza-student-protests-surveillance/
#USA #Biden #Trump #Universties #HigherEd #Gaza #Palestine #FusionCenters #Surveillance #PoliceState #StudentActivism
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So yeah. #Biden and crew did NOTHING to stop #FusionCenters and other policies that #Trump is now using and abusing! And no thanks to #Obama for helping to expand presidential powers like #IndefiniteDetentionClause!
https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/113489577026000756https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/112061266766251320
#NDAA #ExpandedPowers #BlueLeaks #JRIC #USPresidency #NationalEmergency #Drones #HR9495 #Terrorists #Activists #USPol #BorderEmergency
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WTF!!! #DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202
"The #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a #bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.
"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [#FOIA]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.
"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '#NoKings' #protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger #confrontations near federal sites.
"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in #LosAngeles, DHS expects the #demonstrations to 'continue and grow across the nation' as #protesters focused on other issues shift to #immigration, following a broad 'embracement of #AntiICE messaging.'
"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit #PropertyOfThePeople through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: #paint-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like #bottles and #rocks.
"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of #nonviolent behavior and common #ProtestGear—like #masks, #flashlights, and #cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'
"Protesters on #bicycles, #skateboards, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' #Livestreaming is listed alongside '#doxxing' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological #recruiters—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'
"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.
"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU], says the government has no business treating #constitutionally protected activities—like #observing or #documenting police—as threats.
"#DHS did not respond to a request for comment."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/#ACAB #FusionCenters #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Resistance #Journalism #PoliceState #CriminalizingDissent #Protestors #Protest #USPol #CriminalizingProtest #Orwell #BigBrother #DoublePlusUngood #SurveillanceState #NaziPatrol #NineteenEightyFour
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Thomas Jefferson thought of policing in terms of “constables.” Now police are bristling with military technology and are a standing army that occupies the United States. The irony: consider that Jefferson thought that even a national military was unnecessary. #Jefferson #GreatBooks
There is no “low” hometown. There is HSAC. The sirens you hear off in the distance are an agent’s yapping dog that is just staring around to take a bite out of our kids! Starving people are called criminals while jackboot Responders collect tax as comfortably protected military child-molesters. They get all the tech; we get all the poverty. What we need is not Federal slimming so much as a reduction in the predatory and wasteful spending that goes to abusive local departments.
Tangles, WebLoc, #geofencing #FusionCenters
Carpenter V. United States (2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_Council
(DHS site)
https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/dhs-8th-anniversary-fact-sheet.pdfbanks more dangerous than "standing armies" as if that was a given
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-10-02-0053 -
VICTORY! #Maine Increases Transparency and Accountability for its #FusionCenter
By Matthew Guariglia
June 26, 2023"In a major step for reigning in the unaccountable power of #FusionCenters, the Maine state House and Senate have passed HP 947, An Act to Increase the Transparency and Accountability of the Maine Information and Analysis Center. The bill creates an Auditor position within the Office of the Attorney General whose job it is to conduct regular reviews of the Main Information and Analysis Center’s (MIAC) activities, to keep records, and to share information with the public. The bill also makes any information MIAC shares with private entities a public record and therefore accessible to the public.
"This bill comes after a years-long concerted effort by Maine activists and concerned citizens who have been fighting for accountability in how MIAC collects, shares, and utilizes information about Mainers. In June 2021, a bill that would have defunded the fusion center entirely passed 88-54 out of the Maine House of Representatives before being defeated in the state senate.
"Fusion centers are yet another unnecessary cog in the surveillance state—and one that serves the intrusive function of coordinating surveillance activities and sharing information between federal law enforcement, the national security surveillance apparatus, and local and state police, with little to no oversight. Across the United States, there are at least 78 fusion centers that were formed by the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the War on Terror and the rise of post-9/11 mass surveillance. Since their creation, fusion centers have been hammered by politicians, academics, and civil society groups for their ineffectiveness, dysfunction, mission creep, and unregulated tendency to veer into policing political views. As scholar Brendan McQuade wrote in his book Pacifying the Homeland: Intelligence Fusion and Mass Supervision:
"'On paper, fusion centers have the potential to organize dramatic surveillance powers. In practice however, what happens at fusion centers is circumscribed by the politics of law enforcement. The tremendous resources being invested in counterterrorism and the formation of interagency intelligence centers are complicated by organization complexity and jurisdictional rivalries. The result is not a revolutionary shift in policing but the creation of uneven, conflictive, and often dysfunctional intelligence-sharing systems.”
"An explosive 2023 report from Rutgers University’s Center for Security, Race and Rights also provides more evidence of why these centers are invasive, secretive, and dangerous. In the report, researchers documented how New Jersey’s fusion center leveraged national security powers to spy almost exclusively on Muslim, Arab, and Black communities and push an already racially biased criminal justice system into overdrive through aggressive enforcement of misdemeanor and quality of life offenses.
"After a series of leaks that revealed communications from within police departments, fusion centers, and law enforcement agencies across the country, MIAC came under particular scrutiny for sharing dubious intelligence generated by far-right wing social media accounts with local law enforcement. Specifically, MIAC helped perpetuate disinformation that stacks of bricks and stones had been strategically placed throughout a Black Lives Matter protest as part of a larger plan for destruction, and caused police to plan and act accordingly. This was, to put it plainly, a government intelligence agency spreading fake news that could have deliberately injured people exercising their First Amendment rights. This controversy unfolded shortly after a whistleblower lawsuit from a state trooper that alleged the fusion center routinely violated civil rights.
"When it comes to fighting these dangerous relics of the War on Terror, activists in Maine are leading the way for the rest of the country. EFF will continue to support organizations and local groups willing to take on fusion centers in their legislatures. Congratulations to the hard-working activists and concerned residents in Maine."
#ACAB #Surveillance #EFF #MIAC #Transparency #FirstAmendment #DHS #WarOnTerror
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US police agencies took intelligence directly from #IDF, leaked files show
Analysis of #BlueLeaks trove also shows police received training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups
by Jason Wilson
Fri 8 Dec 2023"Hacked police files show US law enforcement agencies for decades received analysis of incidents in the Israel-Palestine conflict directly from the Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli thinktanks, training on domestic 'Muslim extremists' from pro-Israel non-profits, and surveilled social media accounts of #ProPalestine #activists in the US.
"The Guardian’s analysis of documents from the BlueLeaks trove of internal law enforcement documents found no indication that this was balanced by information from other Middle Eastern sources or US Muslim community groups. Nor is there any indication that pro-Israel activists were subject to any specific scrutiny.
"At a time of polarized reactions to the Israel-Hamas war in #Gaza, the analysis raises questions about the scope of police intelligence-gathering in the US and the influence of Israel and its supporters on those efforts, and how this has shaped the treatment of activists and social movements, especially those who are pro-Palestinian.[...]
"The BlueLeaks trove was obtained and released by self-described hacktivists in June 2020. It contains material from more than 200 law enforcement agencies, including intelligence material disseminated by federally sponsored umbrella bodies such as fusion centers and high-intensity drug-trafficking area (#Hidta) programs."
Original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/08/us-police-agencies-idf-files-blueleaksArchived version:
https://archive.ph/lA5DN -
#ICE Can Already Sidestep #Sanctuary City Laws Through Data-Sharing #FusionCenters
Built to combat #terrorism , #fusion centers give US #Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with ICE.
#privacyhttps://www.wired.com/story/ice-sanctuary-cities-fusion-centers/
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They _already_ do this for DECADES without oversight.... but are using #StateSponsoredMalware™ from #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky product line using #ForcedMDM and forced proxies for easy fisher price #MITM #malware exploitation for #civilrights & #humanrights #abuse.
The History of this is just #cointelpro🤝#COPSProgram🤝#FusionCenters🤝#Meta with even WORSE #ChurchCommittee findings since the technology has progressed. Worse. Abuses. Ever.
Domestic TORTURE programs ✓
Whitelisted Financial Crimes ✓
Whitelisted Felons attacking targets & the LEOs and the NGOs ignore it ✓
Coordinated #GangStalking using homeless to attack people in their own home ✓
Coordinated Break INS, same as was the case of #Watergate ✓
Same Corruption but just more Pedophiles ✓
Same generational pedophile families ✓
#BadApples protecting the #BadApples ✓
Same Players running it until they are caught, again ✓
History Repeating ✓
Dumb Cult doing Dumb Cult shit ✓
Gaslighting, baby DARVO types ✓
Fascists gonna Fash to lose that fashcash ✓
This isn't new just ignored and getting worse because of their sociopathy & confidence that that can do it without recourse....
Until... 乁| ･ 〰 ･ |ㄏ
Wait, isn't the order pass the House _first_ legislation wise THEN the Senate. Hmmm. Odd.
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Through our microgrants, your donations help fund digital rights work like this research into #fusioncenters by Constitutional Comms https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/vermin-united-biden-trump-blueleaks-and-the-repression-of-left-protests/
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#ShadowIT in under #Fortune100 is just ☣️🚩🚨 #StateSponsoredMalware™ 🚨🚩☣️ ✓ these days from #GammaGroup's #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky & installed in a #ForcedMDM env by #Apple & #Google #AppStores, just fyi... 📰🗞️👀 #RTDNA #news
#infosec #Malware #SSM™ ✓ #GammaGroup #spyware #CALEA #malware #CALEAmalware #fascism #COINTELPRO #COPSprogram #FusionCenters #BayArea #California
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How Government #FusionCenters Violate Americans’ Rights — and How to Stop It
The Biden administration and Congress must impose oversight and accountability on the state-run centers.
by Mike German
December 15, 2022"A federal jury awarded $300,000 this month to a #MaineStatePolice trooper who was demoted after blowing the whistle on privacy violations at the state’s intelligence #FusionCenter. The federal government spurred the development of fusion centers after 9/11 as a means for sharing counterterrorism intelligence among state and local governments, as well as select private entities. The facts revealed during this trial adds to a mountain of evidence that fusion centers require greater regulation and oversight.
"The trooper alleged that the Maine Intelligence and Analysis Center, 1 in a network of 80 fusion centers operating across the country, was illegally collecting and sharing information about Maine residents who weren’t suspected of criminal activity. They included gun purchasers, people #protesting the construction of a new power transmission line, the employees of a #peacebuilding #SummerCamp for teenagers, and even people who travelled to New York City frequently. The whistleblower also claimed that fusion center supervisors pressured him to illegally share sensitive FBI information he had access to because of his position on the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
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"Shortly after the Maine trooper filed his lawsuit in May 2020, a hack of a fusion center contractor exposed 296 gigabytes of intelligence records from more than 200 law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and DHS. The records substantiated the trooper’s complaints about privacy and #CivilRights violations at the #Maine fusion center and showed similar abuse occurring throughout the network, particularly in tracking #BlackLivesMatter #protests. The documents also showed that fusion centers had regularly spread misinformation sourced from dubious social media posts, including false reports alleging that #antifascists were starting wildfires or planning acts of violence. These specious reports distracted law enforcement during public safety emergencies."
#FTPFriday #ACAB #SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilLiberties #ClimateActivists #QuebecHydro #CMP #CMPCorridor #ForestDefenders #WaterProtectors #CorporateColonialism
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#Oregon's #FusionCenter Spied on #Activists -- Violated Oregon's Law on #Surveillance
#CivilLibertiesDefenseCenter Crosses Important Hurdle in Case Against Oregon Dept. of Justice
Government Overreach on Activist Surveillance Again
"Fusion Centers, where law enforcement agencies share information, have been secretly violating rights and laws. The first #NativeAmerican Tribe to join a law enforcement Fusion Center was the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona, enabling it to share surveillance with state and federal agencies. The Fusion Center in North Dakota, during the resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline, secretly engaged in surveillance of #WaterProtectors."
By Civil Liberties Defense Center, Censored News, March 8, 2024
"After the events of September 11, 2001, a total of 79 Fusion Centers were created throughout the United States, with the purported goal of helping law enforcement agencies coordinate and share information with each other.
In the wake of the successful citizen challenge to the Jordan Cove pipeline in southern Oregon, investigative journalists at the Guardian and the Intercept revealed that Oregon’s Fusion Center had for years been amassing information and creating dossiers about activists’ work to challenge the pipeline."In doing so, the Oregon DOJ violated an Oregon statute going back to the 1980s, that prohibits such surveillance. Very simply worded, the one-sentence statute (ORS 181A.250) prohibits all Oregon law enforcement agencies from collecting or maintaining 'information about the political, religious or social views, associations or activities' of any person or organization, 'unless such information directly relates to an investigation of criminal activities, and there are reasonable grounds to suspect the subject of the information is or may be involved in criminal conduct.'
"When we learned that the Fusion Center had gathered and maintained files about our clients, #360Eugene and #RogueClimate, we joined the Oregon state court lawsuit challenging that behavior (Farrell-Smith v. Oregon Department of Justice, Marion Co. No. 21CV47809).
"Rather than seeking financial compensation, this suit goes deeper, to the roots, asking the court to declare that the Fusion Center is operating in violation of the law and without legal authority, and to issue an injunction prohibiting the Center from conducting such surveillance in the future.
Examples of the types of activities the Center surveilled were #PeacefulMarches, letter-writing campaigns, and planning meetings. CLDC and our clients are concerned that such surveillance chills free speech and organizing, and that the little-used Oregon statute must be enforced."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/03/oregons-fusion-center-spied-on.html
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When they LINK how #StateSponsoredMalware™ was used to CAUSE this CRISIS using #GammaGroup to MAKE PEOPLE HOMELESS AND JOBLESS BY DENYING PHONE CALLS & #Meta's #Facebooks' #GangStalkerForums also are EXPOSED.
18 U.S.C. Sec 241
MAXIMUM CHARGES APPLY #Marktanic 🏔️💥🚢
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_against_rights
15+YRS TO LIFE.
#COPSprogram #CointelPro #FusionCenters
Your FUNDING FOR YOUR SCI PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE SHREDDED IN THE MEDIA.
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"CIAC’s mission is “preventing acts of #terrorism, taking an all-crimes/all-threats approach,” according to the agency’s website. It’s not clear how the #student walkouts relate to this mission. Experts have long criticized #fusioncenters like CIAC for operating with broad authorities and little oversight". https://theintercept.com/2023/04/05/colorado-student-gun-violence-protest/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=34de474a-2846-4c84-a272-657dee77ac08
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Brennan Center Report - Ending Fusion Center Abuses. The federal government provides state and local intelligence hubs with funding, personnel, and database access — all without adequate oversight. #FusionCenters #Surveillance #Privacy #CivilRights #CivilLiberties #FirstAmendment #EnvironmentalJustice #RacialJustice #Healthcare #AbortionCare #DHS DOD #FBI https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/ending-fusion-center-abuses
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Looking for good examples of bills regulating #fusioncenters for introduction in #MAleg #MApoli
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#whitehouse #DOT #TSA #DOJ #usmarshals #freemasons #insurancefraud #targetedindividual #fusioncenters
When are we going to have independence? Why are international bodies allowed to damage and destroy us all with policies and laws?
