Friday, December 14, 2007

ACLU Releases New Report on Government “Fusion Centers”

Says They Must Be Open, Carefully Monitored and Subject to Restraints
http://www.aclumich.org/

December 12, 2007

Detroit -- Citing privacy concerns, the American Civil Liberties Union today released a report urging policy makers to closely monitor the expansion of new intelligence gathering institutions called “fusion centers,” which have been created in over 40 states around the nation including Michigan.

Although fusion centers are intended to improve the sharing of anti-terrorism intelligence among state, local and federal government agencies and the private sector, they raise very serious privacy and technology concerns. The 27-page ACLU report -- What’s Wrong With Fusion Centers? -- reveals that fusion centers lack oversight, boundary-setting, and checks and balances, which are crucial to protecting the rights of innocent Americans. Read about "fusion centers" in Michigan here>>

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