Fusion Centers Facilitate Spying on Everybody
Fusion centers were sold to the public as state-federal partnerships to go after “the terrorists.” But to keep their budgets flowing, they’ve shifted over the years to other mass surveillance programs, like the war on drugs, or keeping illegal...
Fusion Centers Enter Kids As Young As 1 Year Old in Secret Gang Databases
Recent documents from the Metropolitan Police Department in D.C. (MPD) and the Boston Police Department (BPD) show thatย Regional Intelligence Centers (RIC), also known as fusion centers, are encouraging police officers to put children and adults in secret gang...
Springfield Massachusetts Schools Authorize Real-Time Police Surveillance of Students
A Massachusetts school district has authorized real-time surveillance of students using a system with links to federal fusion centers and the ever-growing national surveillance state. Now that public schools are reopening (just in time for summer vacation) what are...