The United States currently possess several valuable capabilities within our intelligence to support our homeland security efforts, but we also face a number of limitations as well. Places like Fusion Centers for example, which are operational and resourceful centers within their appropriated state and major cities, are considered an invaluable resource in the fight against terrorism and other threats. These centers were created with the purpose of sharing intelligence and information among numerous agencies to reorganize operations, optimize our ability to fight crime and terrorism, and increase resources by the integration of data from different sources.
Fusion centers are channels for applying concepts that can improve our counterintelligence
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Located in states and major urban areas throughout the country, fusion centers are uniquely situated to empower front-line law enforcement, public safety, fire service, emergency response, public health, Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) protection, and private sector security personnel to understand local implications of national intelligence, thus enabling local officials to better protect their communities. (ODNI-IntelOverview-2011.pdf, …show more content…
Intelligence-led policing is a system created with the purpose of gathering and analyzing information shared by different government, local law enforcement agencies and members of the community. The purpose of this method or tactic is to involve the community to assist local law enforcement agencies on their attempts to gather information about suspicious activities or individuals within their communities that might pose a threat to our country. According to “Intelligence-Led Policing As a Framework for Responding to Terrorism” by Edmund F. McGarrell, which analyzes the attacks of November 2003, in Istanbul by al-Qaeda, where a series of coordinated suicide bombings were carried out, points out the fact that many individuals who did not necessarily agreed with the ideals of these terrorist, had knowledge of the events that were about to take