NBC News
The ranking Republican on a Senate panel on Wednesday accused the
Department of Homeland Security of hiding embarrassing information about
its so-called "fusion" intelligence sharing centers, charging that the
program has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars while contributing
little to the country's counterterrorism efforts.
In a 107-page report released
late Tuesday, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said
that Homeland Security has spent up to $1.4 billion funding fusion
centers -- in effect, regional intelligence sharing centers-- that have
produced "useless" reports while at the same time collecting
information on the innocent activities of American Muslims that may have
violated a federal privacy law. -[Full Article]
