In 2018 the House homeland security committee counted 79 fusion centers around the country. But it is precisely such statutes that observers like the ACLU of Oregon say that SWOJTF, and the fusion center, are breaking. It was public information, so it was not considered confidential material.”The Titan Fusion Center has encountered criticism before regarding its monitoring of left-leaning activists on social media. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Department of Homeland Security and several fusion centers have claimed the NoDAPL movement has been associated with a rise in ‘environmental rights extremism’. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/ReutersIn 2016, the fusion center investigator, James Williams, said that he had not been aware that Oregon law made his surveillance illegal.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2019 06:00 UTC