Paranoia is alive and welll?!!

[signalmankenneth]

White Noise: On Suspicious Activities Like Speaking Excitedly, Taking Pictures of Malls or Buying Large Amounts of Water While Brown-Skinned

 

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You voted for it Ken. Every single thing. Why do you hate yourself?

 

[wanderingbear]

The state of Paranoia is where the GOP likes its constituents to be.

 

[anatta]

The ACLU published scores of summaries of real Suspicious Activity Reports from two California fusion centers

what the heck is a fusion center?

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, the federal government created a multibillion-dollar information-sharing program meant to put local, state and federal officials together to analyze intelligence at sites called fusion centers.

Instead, according to a Senate report the Government Accountability Office and now the ACLU, the program has duplicated the work of other agencies, has appeared rudderless and hasn't directly been responsible for any terror-related prosecutions. According to the GAO, the government maintains 77 fusion centers throughout the country and their operations are funded by federal and local sources.

What began as an attempt to put local, state and federal officials in the same room analyzing the same intelligence has instead cost huge amounts of money for data-mining software, flat screen televisions and, in Arizona, two fully equipped Chevrolet Tahoes that are used for commuting, investigators found.

The lengthy, bipartisan report was a scathing evaluation of what the Department of Homeland Security has held up as a crown jewel of its security efforts.

Homeland Security officials didn't respond Thursday to the ACLU's criticism.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/aclu-few-benefits-from-fusion-centers_2013-09-20.html