The national network of local Fusion Centers was created as a data gathering network to normalize state and local data to Federal databases. Instead of fighting terrorism, they have become a spy network on ordinary citizens. ⁃ TN Editor
What has the public learned about Fusion Centers since the recent BlueLeaks hack was released over a month ago? Not a lot.
The Feds have done a great job of keeping the public from finding out what DHS Fusion/Intelligence Centers are really doing. In a country founded on freedom, we find federal and local law enforcement scrambling to keep the true function of Fusion Centers hidden from the public.
By piecing together articles from Maine and Texas newspapers, a disturbing picture begins to unfold of warrantless surveillance of Americans.
The first proof that Fusion Centers were being used to spy on everyday citizens and activists can be found in a Maine Press Herald article from mid-July.
“A cache of internal police documents stolen from a secretive Maine State Police intelligence unit has provided the first substantial glimpse into how it collects and shares information about crime suspects and political activists and, in rare cases, keep tabs on domestic extremists, gang members and anti-government groups.”
The article goes into greater detail describing how local police use Fusion Centers to track down low-level offenders and ID people from social media or video footage.
“Police agencies commonly contact the Maine center with requests for help identifying a person depicted in a photo, sometimes captured from a surveillance camera. Other pictures are taken directly by law enforcement, or appear to be pulled from Facebook or other social media sites.”
Maine police even went so far as to ask the Fusion Center to identify a passenger in a car who refused to identify himself, and did not consent to having his photograph taken or his fingerprints scanned…Read More
MFP Commentary:
Jesse Venture had a mainstream TV show, I don’t recall the name of it. one of the episodes that was “1984’ed” was focused on the Net Fusion Centers. I have a copy on my hard drive I should see if Brighteon will host it so that you can watch it. It was so informative that they deleted it Internet wide and even on peoples personal DVR’s! In Missouri the infamous MIAC report had a lot to do with the Fusion Center here in MO. Pastor Chuck Baldwin is worth listening to:
MY RESPONSE TO M.I.A.C. REPORT(1) By Chuck Baldwin
March 24, 2009
I lucked out and found Jesse Ventura’s show! You can watch it HERE.
~MFP
PS
Let me quote a bit of the article I linked to.
By Chuck Baldwin
March 24, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
By now, readers should be familiar with the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) (1) report dated 02/20/09 and titled, “MIAC Strategic Report: The Modern Militia Movement.” In this dreadfully malicious and slanderous “law enforcement sensitive” secret police report, Governor Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon; John Britt, Director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety; James Keathley, Colonel, Missouri State Highway Patrol; and Van Godsey, Director of MIAC categorize certain citizens as being potential violence-prone “militia members.” I would venture to guess that more than 75% of the entire population of the United States would fit the MIAC’s broad definition of someone who would fall into the aforementioned category.
According to the MIAC report, if you oppose any of the following, you could qualify for being profiled as a potential dangerous “militia member”:
The United Nations
The New World Order
Gun Control
The violation of Posse Comitatus
The Federal Reserve
The Income Tax
The Ammunition and Accountability Act
A possible Constitutional Convention
The North American Union
Universal Service Program
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Abortion
Illegal Immigration
Again, I would bet that at least 75% of the American people would oppose at least one or more items on the above list. Well, according to the MIAC report, that is sufficient to make them potential dangerous “militia members.”……..Read More
First of all you should know that the US Constitution DEMANDS that we have a militia to remain free! (This is a good source to learn what the 2nd amendment means.) The Fusion centers tell the idiots in law enforcement that swore to uphold the Constitution BTW, that the very people that are actually following the Constitution are their mortal enemy!!!…. as much of law enforcement are the real enemies of the Constitution and our rights specifically in the area of the United Nations war on guns and the war on drugs.