Fusion Center

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Name: Fusion Center

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Homeland Security Cuts Federal Funding on Terrorism for Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- The Department of Homeland Security has announced Las Vegas won't be getting federal money to fight terrorism, marking the first time since 2001.Las Vegas is home to 15 of the world's largest hotels along with 40 million tourists visiting ... [Published KLAS-TV - 3 hours ago]

Entities: US Department of Homeland Security, Terrorism, Carolyn Goodman, Fusion Center, Federal

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Taliban

Obama “Haunted” By Civilian Deaths in Drone Strikes, Boston an Early Adopter of Counterterorrism “Fusion Centers,” Taliban Infiltrating Afghan Police: P.M. Links

<img alt="don't need sub-light speed for a forever war" height="427" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/ekrayewski/2013_05/foreverwar_foreverwar.jpg?h=427&w=250" title="don't need sub-light speed for a forever war|||St. Martin's Press" width="250" ... [Published Hit & Run - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Fusion Center, Drone, Taliban

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Fusion Center Obsession With OWS: Monitoring Jesse Jackson, NDAA Protestors and Anything Else Deemed To Be a Threat

As detailed in "Dissent or Terror: How the Nation's Counter Terrorism Apparatus, in Partnership with Corporate America, Turned on Occupy Wall Street," through 2011 and 2012, "fusion centers" and other "counter terrorism" agencies engaged in widespread ... [Published PR Watch - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Occupy Phoenix, Occupy Wall Street, Counter-Terrorism

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

DHS Rolls Out Armed Personnel To Confront Unarmed Tea Party Protestors

Share this with a friendFollow us and never miss a story!Members of the Tea Party showed up at IRS headquarters across the nation on Tuesday in order to protest alleged harassment and intimidation from the government. The peaceful protestors did not receive ... [Published Opposing Views - May 22 2013]

Entities: Tea Party Movement, Protesters, US Department of Homeland Security, protest

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Suspicious activity at Quabbin investigated

BELCHERTOWN — Massachusetts State Police and the FBI investigated a late-night trespassing incident at the Quabbin Reservoir that triggered increased patrols at water supply facilities around the state.The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said ... [Published Amherst Bulletin - May 23 2013]

Entities: Investigation, Police, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. Counter-Terrorism Apparatus is used to Quell Dissent among Americans

, terrorist attacks and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security , the federal government organized “fusion centers” so that local and state police could communicate and share information with Washington in an effort to thwart future terrorist ... [Published AllGov - May 22 2013]

Entities: Counter-Terrorism, Occupy Wall Street, Fusion Center

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Homeland Security

The Homeland Security Apparatus: Fusion Centers, Data Mining and Private Sector Partners

This article is an extraction of material contained in "Dissent or Terror: How the Nation's 'Counter Terrorism' Apparatus, in Partnership with Corporate America, Turned on Occupy Wall Street," published by DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democ ... [Published PR Watch - May 22 2013]

Entities: Occupy Phoenix, Counter-Terrorism, US Department of Homeland Security

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Infographic: Twitter makes major inroads into police work

Not surprisingly, in the days following the Boston Marathon bombings, the number of followers for the @Boston_Police Twitter handle increased more than 500 percent going from 54,087 to 332,219 followers in less than three weeks.In fact, following the ... [Published Police One - May 21 2013]

Entities: Twitter, Western Publishing, Fusion Center, Interdiction

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Investigating Twitter: Mining social media for intel

Twitter is changing the way police agencies do business. Don’t believe me? Look no further than what happened in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.With a feverish thirst for information, people flocked to the @Boston_Police Twitter page, which ... [Published Police One - May 21 2013]

Entities: Social Media, Dallas (Texas, United States), Twitter, Fusion Center

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Dissent as 'Terrorism': Targeting Public Protest in the Post-9/11 Era

New report finds Homeland Security 'apparatus' frequently turned against 'political and social dissidents'- Lauren McCauley, staff writerResults from a year-long investigation into the activities of the United States' expansive counter-terrorism apparatus ... [Published Common Dreams - May 20 2013]

Entities: Occupy Wall Street, Counter-Terrorism, Occupy Phoenix, American Legislative Exchange Council

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Opinion: It's smart politics to exaggerate terrorist threats

Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive."(CNN) -- Terrorism causes fear, and we overreact to that fear. Our brains aren't very good at probability and risk ... [Published CNN - May 20 2013]

Entities: Threat, Terrorists, Security

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

JOURNO EXPOSING LOCKHEED/USG DOMESTIC RADIO WEAPON ASSAULTS CENSORED FROM POSTING TO BLOG, SOCIAL MEDIA

17 Posted at 07:02 on May 20th, 2013 * Veteran Journalist Vic Livingston now apparently under "full lid" of military censorship -- requests immediate assistance from those in power who have yet to be purged by a fascist element within.GET POLITICAL w/ ... [Published Now Public - May 20 2013]

Entities: Lockheed Martin Corp, Fusion Center, Social Media, Assault

Quotes

"They know we have a need here, they know we have a critical need and I think we just need to continue to emphasize that to them" Sisolak said

Homeland Security Cuts Federal Funding on Terrorism for Las Vegas [Published KLAS-TV - 3 hours ago]

...sanctions could result in little more than a trade war, hurting many of the same U S companies and products they were intended to protect. "China is already looking for ways to constrain U S companies in the domestic market" he says. "This would give it to them."

How the U.S. Government Hacks the World [Published BusinessWeek - 9 hours ago]

In terms of homeland security in Las Vegas, he said: "I think we do a great job identifying what we need to do. What concerns me is if something would happen at multiple locations — having the resources to effectively respond and mitigate."

Feds cut off funding for counter-terrorism efforts in Las Vegas [Published Las Vegas Sun - 10 hours ago]

...In closing, Dowhan stated that she would continue to "monitor online activities to get an idea of what kind of participation we can expect."

Fusion Center Obsession With OWS: Monitoring Jesse Jackson, NDAA Protestors and Anything Else Dee ... [Published PR Watch - 14 hours ago]

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Honorable W Ross Ashley III to serve as advisor... [Published Security Document World - May 21 2013]
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MATT CONNOLLY: Commissioner Ed Davis unlikely t... [Published Patriot Ledger - May 21 2013]
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Fusion Program at MIT is Ending [Published Energy Tribune - May 20 2013]
Fusion program at MIT is ending; Layoffs predic... [Published Peak Oil - May 20 2013]
Dissent as 'Terrorism': Targeting Public Protes... [Published Common Dreams - May 20 2013]
Chip Berlet: Reflections One Month After the Bo... [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
Opinion: It's smart politics to exaggerate terr... [Published CNN - May 20 2013]
Schneier: Why politicians exaggerate threats [Published WDSU New Orleans - May 20 2013]
Dissent or Terror: New Report Details How Count... [Published PR Watch - May 20 2013]
JOURNO EXPOSING LOCKHEED/USG DOMESTIC RADIO WEA... [Published Now Public - May 20 2013]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Routi... [Published RINF.com - May 19 2013]

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Texas Lunch Links: Tornadoes, Charter Schools a... [Published Burnt Orange Report - May 16 2013] Texas Lunch Links is a lunchtime buffet of Texas News and Views with a heavy emphasis on happenings at the Texas Legislature. TORNADOES: An estimated 10 tornadoes ripped through north Texas on Wednesday , devastating entire neighborhoods, injuring ...
Lions And Tigers And Terrorists, Oh My! [Published St George West - May 16 2013] By Brandon Smith: The debate over what actions actually constitute “terrorism,” I believe, will become one of the defining ideological battles of our era.Terrorism is not a word often used by common people to describeaberrant behaviors or dastardly ...
Guest Post: Lions And Tigers And Terrorists, Oh... [Published Zero Hedge - May 16 2013] Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market blog,The debate over what actions actually constitute “terrorism,” I believe, will become one of the defining ideological battles of our era. Terrorism is not a word often used by common people to describe aberrant ...
Guest Post: Lions And Tigers And Terrorists, Oh... [Published Zero Hedge - May 16 2013] Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market blog , The debate over what actions actually constitute “terrorism,” I believe, will become one of the defining ideological battles of our era. Terrorism is not a word often used by common people to describe ...