ABSTRACT
Fusion centers are interagency and multijurisdictional organizations that act as liaison resources to law enforcement in the collection, analysis, assessment, and dissemination of intelligence that may be related to a criminal threat or hazard. Fusion centers have raised civil rights and civil liberties concerns in deviating from their original stated mission in combating threats of domestic terrorism to one that has evolved into conventional law enforcement criminal investigations. Fusion centers have generated controversy in the widespread use of covert technologies to collect information on individuals and groups who may be engaging in activities that are protected by the Constitution.
