Fusion Centers and Intelligence Flashcards
What is a fusion center?
They take information and use it to stop terrorist attacks and crime
What does 28 CFR Section 23.20 - Operating Principles say?
-Criminal intelligence information can only be collected and maintained if there is reasonable suspicion that the individual/organization is involved in criminal activity
-Info about the individual/organization can only include political, religious, or social views can only be included if it involves criminal activity
What is the name of Delaware’s Fusion Center?
DIAC - Delaware Information and Analysis Center
What is the name of Maryland’s fusion center?
MCAC - Maryland Coordination Analysis Center
How many fusion centers are in the US?
78
What are some categories of terrorists?
-International Extremists (9/11)
-Sympathizers (Fort Dix 6)
-Liberation Movements and Domestic Terrorists (Militia, Racial Supremacists, Religious Extremists, Political Fanatics)
-Environmental Extremists (Earth Liberation Front)
-Narco-Terrorists (Threat from the south)
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
He masterminded and financed the 9/11 attacks
Who is Timothy McVeigh?
He bombed the Murah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
Who is Iman Ferris?
He was a truck driver who used his job to drive around the country to look for potential targets that terrorists could strike down the Brooklyn bridge
What is the training course First Observer about?
Reporting suspicious activity regardless of someone’s nationality, religion, or the way they’re dressed
According to the 2009 Southern Poverty Law Center, where are the highest and lowest number of hate groups in the US?
CA - 84
TX - 66
FL - 56
Alaska - 0
HI - 0
Who is James von Brunn?
He was a known hate group member who walks into the Holocaust Memorial in Washington DC and shoots and kills Security Officer Stephen T Johns
What is the “chain of steps” with terrorists?
Targeting –> Support Operations –> Casing –? Rehearsal –> Attack
What kind of support operations occur before an attack?
Logistics/funding, training, personnel recruitment, personnel movement, communications, weapons, research
What can be done to foil an attack as a citizen?
Observing, assessing, reporting
