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USA-FUSION CENTRES: DHS ‘fusion centers’ portrayed as pools of ineptitude, civil liberties intrusions

19 October 2012

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An initiative aimed at improving intelligence sharing has done little to make the country more secure, despite as much as $1.4 billion in federal spending, according to a two-year examination by Senate investigators.

See: DHS ‘fusion centers’ portrayed as pools of ineptitude, civil liberties intrusions (Washington Post, link)

And: US Senate Report (3.56 MB, link)

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