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Carrie Cordero on Fusion Centers
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following thoughts on fusion centers: As Matt Waxman noted last month, the... -
Devastating Senate Committee Report on Fusion Centers
A few weeks ago I posed the following questions in relation to the Constitution Project's report on state and major urban area intelligence Fusion Centers, which DHS set up and funded after 9/11: One rea... -
The Constitution Project's New Report on Fusion Centers
The Constitution Project today released a new report titled Recommendations for Fusion Centers: Preserving Privacy & Civil Liberties While Protecting Against Crime & Terrorism. In the wake of the 9/11 a... -
The NYPD’s Domain Awareness System: Information Analytics, Privacy, and Combating Security Threats
Yesterday the NYPD unveiled its Domain Awareness System, which aggregates and analyzes existing public safety data streams (including license plate readers and video surveillance camera systems) in real ... -
More on NYPD and Local Counterterrorism Intelligence
As I’ve argued previously here (at length) and here (briefly), if you are interested in government counterterrorism intelligence activities and privacy, don’t just pay attention at the federal level – th... -
Our Counterterrorist Federalism
Based on a longer article I’d written on this topic, the Hoover Institution published today my essay “Policing Terrorism”, in its institutional journal, Defining Ideas. Here’s how it begins: In recent mo... -
Cybersecurity Legislation in the House of Representatives
In two earlier posts I’ve focused on some of the particular issues that may arise during the Senate’s consideration of a comprehensive cybersecurity bill. The focus on the Senate is apt, inasmuch as Sen...