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October 3, 2012

Report: Intelligence "Fusion" Centers Yield "Useless" Info 
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A new government report has found an intelligence program that formed a
major part of domestic counterterrorism efforts in the United States has
been almost entirely useless. A bipartisan report released by a Senate
subcommittee examines the network of so-called "fusion centers" created
after the 9/11 attacks to promote intelligence sharing among local,
state and federal authorities. Investigators have accused the centers of
becoming bastions of waste that collected practically no useful
information and potentially violated people’s civil liberties.
According to the report, the centers, "often produced irrelevant,
useless or inappropriate intelligence ... and many produced no
intelligence reporting whatsoever." As much as $1.4 billion in taxpayer
funds designated for the centers has gone unaccounted for by federal
officials, the report found.

 

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