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Fusion Centers

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Surveillance

Government Snoops in Maine Caught Spying on Peaceful Americans

Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.6.2023 7:00 AM

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Surveillance

Our Post-9/11 Response Deprived Us of Liberty and Didn't Stop Terrorism. Let's Not Venerate or Expand It.

We don’t need new tools or agencies to track alleged domestic terrorists.

Scott Shackford | 1.19.2021 3:50 PM

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Civil Liberties

Fusion Center Issues New Statement on Its Warning That Police Should Watch Out for Don't-Tread-on-Me Flags

Many unanswered questions remain about both the bulletin and the DHS-funded intelligence-sharing operation that produced it.

Jesse Walker | 2.9.2016 2:33 PM

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Civil Liberties

Utah Fusion Center Warns Cops: Watch Out for Don't-Tread-on-Me Flags

With LaVoy Finicum's funeral being held today, Utah police are on the lookout for "armed extremists." What sort of advice are they getting?

Jesse Walker | 2.5.2016 10:42 AM

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Policy

Expensive Fusion Centers Tracked Occupy Movement with High-Tech Tools Like Google News Alerts

Scott Shackford | 5.23.2014 3:11 PM

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Civil Liberties

Fusion Centers: Expensive and Dangerous to Our Liberty

A new report says they're fraught with waste and abuse and have whittled away at civil liberties protections.

John Glaser | 12.25.2013 9:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Even Politicians Tire of Failure-Prone, Freedom-Threatening Fusion Centers

J.D. Tuccille | 5.24.2013 7:28 PM

Policy

Fusion Centers Questioned Over Effectiveness, Threat to Freedom

Spying and "crap intelligence"

Reason Staff | 5.24.2013 5:40 PM

Policy

Boston's Early Adopted Fusion Center Failed To Stop Bombing

The controversial intelligence programs aren't living up to their billing

Reason Staff | 5.23.2013 2:24 PM

Policy

Boston Police Chief: Feds Never Shared Warnings About Boston Bombers

Fusion centers again prove useless

Reason Staff | 5.9.2013 2:52 PM

Civil Liberties

Fusion Centers Spy on 'Anti-Government' Americans, Official Admits

Well, that's OK then

Reason Staff | 4.1.2013 2:28 PM

Politics

Mass Shooters: Mostly Solo White Guys, Lots Mad at Their Jobs, Still Not Much We Can Do in Public Policy Terms

Brian Doherty | 1.30.2013 11:18 AM

ACLU

Do the Cops Know Your Info? A Conversation with the ACLU of Illinois's Adam Schwartz

Paul Detrick | 10.18.2012 5:16 PM

Civil Liberties

ACLU: Boston Police Spying on Lawful Activities

The Boston PD says it doesn't monitor First Amendment-protected group, though there is a fusion center in the city

Reason Staff | 10.18.2012 7:45 AM

Politics

Feds Wasting Money on Confusion Centers

DHS fusions centers are "predominantly useless."

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.10.2012 10:45 AM

Policy

Napolitano Implicated in Fusion Center Report

The DHS head is accused of misleading lawmakers about problems with the initiative

Reason Staff | 10.4.2012 7:40 PM

Policy

DHS Spread False Report of Hacking of Water Pump

Even though it knew it was false and criticized the fusion center that produced it

Reason Staff | 10.3.2012 3:30 PM

Policy

Fusion Centers: Expensive, Practically Useless, and Bad for Your Liberty

An explosive Senate report

Jesse Walker | 10.3.2012 8:08 AM

Policy

Senate Report Slams DHS Intelligence "Fusion Centers"

Collected personal information about American citizens but produced nothing of value

Reason Staff | 10.2.2012 10:52 PM

Policy

You Might Be a Terrorist, Too

Radley Balko | 2.2.2011 11:21 AM

Policy

The Terror Wars Holiday Special

Jesse Walker | 12.22.2010 11:22 AM

Policy

The Latest in Federal Anti-Terror Monitoring: It's Everywhere

Brian Doherty | 12.20.2010 5:01 PM

Policy

Trickle Down Surveillance

The Pennsylvania spying scandal reveals a deeper problem with homeland security.

Matthew Harwood | 10.5.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

From Red Squad to End-the-Fed Squad

Jesse Walker | 9.20.2010 10:56 AM

Politics

The Paranoid Center

How the panic over right-wing violence is being used to marginalize peaceful dissent

Jesse Walker | 9.15.2009 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Militia Member Memo

Paranoia in Missouri

Brian Doherty | 6.29.2009 12:10 PM

Politics

The Paranoids Are Out to Get Me!

The return of the militia scare.

Jesse Walker | 6.17.2009 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Odinists, iPods, Zombies, and Other Terror Threats

Jesse Walker | 4.8.2009 10:14 AM

Fusion Centers

Look Out! He's Got a Bob Barr Button!

Jesse Walker | 3.14.2009 5:30 PM

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