What the Record Already Says

This platform is built on public records from oversight bodies and agencies themselves.

• U.S. Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee — Investigation found fusion center reporting "uneven quality — oftentimes shoddy, rarely timely, sometimes endangering citizens' civil liberties."
• U.S. Department of Justice — FBI assigned ~96 personnel to 55+ fusion centers; JTTFs numbered 100+ with 4,000+ members.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office — GAO-10-972 concluded agencies "could better measure results" and noted civil liberties concerns.
• Department of Homeland Security — DHS describes fusion centers as "the primary channel for sharing intelligence with state and local agencies."
• U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security — Oversight of the National Network of Fusion Centers.