Homegrown spy agencies: A threat to us all

Homegrown spy agencies: A threat to us all

Marti Oakley, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

We can no longer afford to waste our time fearing some unknown and unidentifiable terrorist from some far away country; our greatest threat is far closer and much more present: the department of Homeland Security.  While the numerous spy agencies existing today in the US become bloated with not only unlawful powers and authority, massive amounts of borrowed money is used to expand these threats to a once free, America.

Too many of us still think that Homeland Security exists to protect the nation from foreign terrorists.  The truth is, this behemoth agency exists to protect the federal government and all its agencies, agents, operatives and federal officials from …you!

Across the country, fusion centers methodically gather data of all kinds on everyday American citizens.  According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website: 


Over the past year, the Department of Homeland Security has expedited the deployment of resources to the 72 recognized fusion centers (homegrown spy centers) to enhance their ability to perform their mission. In 2010, the Deparment of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), the Department’s lead for support to fusion centers, deployed an additional 18 Intelligence Officers to fusion centers, bringing the total deployment to 64 Intelligence Officers. I&A also worked aggressively to deploy Homeland Secure Data Network (HSDN) terminals to a total of 47 fusion centers. HSDN provides SECRET-level connectivity to enhance the ability of state and local partners to receive federally generated classified threat information. (insert your name here!)

So we have 72 of these centers operating across the US, spying, data-mining, gathering useless information of all kinds on everyday people so as to empower the militarized police departments, sheriffs departments and a host of agents of all kinds operating under the umbrella of the federal government and existing almost for no other reason than to spy on …us.

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