It claims the report was from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis, sourced from the Virginia Fusion Ctr.
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I used to write shit like this *all the time.* "The information synthesis will provide real-time tactical knowledge to the warfighter."
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That report probably came from VFC Division 3, which is funded by about $150k/yr in grants. Not really CIA shit here.
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But good on Politico for stoking the flames.
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More info: 5 years ago EPIC successfully sued the VFC for trying to infringe on privacy rights.pic.twitter.com/oKQy96SmKK
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Trying to find operating budget from non-DHS sources for the Virginia Fusion Center. Looks to be ~$10m/annually as a guess.
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With that budget, they once dropped a hard-hitting report sourced from... reddithttps://publicintelligence.net/vfc-violent-protesters-reddit/ …
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Fusion centers are not, uh, very useful nor do they represent the will of the DHS. https://www.google.is/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://publicsurveillance.com/papers/FC-Regan_Monahan_Publius.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjw_Ny4lIfWAhVEUlAKHUIhAeQ4ChAWCDQwAw&usg=AFQjCNE5RzHHWEG0vzsduHoYEUqJqILOew …pic.twitter.com/12rR2nP43y
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If I could pull this shit up in an hour in my spare time, imagine what a Politico reported could have pulled up as part of his job.
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