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Zones of Opacity: Data Fusion in Post-9/11 Security Organizations*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Torin Monahan  and
Priscilla M. Regan
Torin Monahan
Affiliation:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Communication Studies, CB# 3285, 115 Bingham Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3285, USA, torin.monahan@unc.edu
Priscilla M. Regan
Affiliation:
George Mason University, Department of Public and International Affairs, 4400 University Drive, MSN 3F4, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA, pregan@gmu.edu
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Keywords

data sharingfusion centrescivil libertiesprivacysurveillancepartage de donnéescentres d'intégrationlibertés civilesvie privéesurveillance
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Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , December 2012 , pp. 301 - 317
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Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 2012

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers SES 0957283 and 0957037. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. JoAnn Brooks and Krista Craven provided research assistance.

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2 See, e.g., Monahan, Torin, Surveillance in the Time of Insecurity (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2010)Google Scholar; US Department of Homeland Security, “About the Directorate for Management,” (Washington, DC: Directorate for Management, 2011), http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/ecfitorial_0096.shtmGoogle Scholar.

3 Monahan, Torin, “The Murky World of ‘Fusion Centres’,” Criminal Justice Matters 75, 1 (2009), 20–21CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Rollins, John, “Fusion Centers: Issues and Options for Congress,” (Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2008), http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL34070.pdfGoogle Scholar.

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5 All interviews were conducted in confidentiality, and the names of interviewees are withheld in accordance with our universities' ethics review board protocols.

6 See generally Monahan, Torin, “The Future of Security? Surveillance Operations at Homeland Security Fusion Centers,” Social Justice 37, 2-3 (2011)Google Scholar.

7 See, e.g., Guzik, Keith, “Discrimination by Design: Predictive Data Mining as Security Practice in the United States' ‘War on Terrorism’,” Surveillance & Society 7, 1 (2009)Google Scholar; also see Monahan, “The Future of Security?”

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20 Citron and Pasquale, “Network Accountability for the Domestic Intelligence Apparatus.“

21 See German and Stanley, “ACLU Fusion Center Update“; also see Monahan, “The Future of Security?“

22 See Citron and Pasquale, “Network Accountability.“

23 See, e.g., Associated Press, “NYPD Official: Muslim Spying by Secret Demographics Unit Generated No Leads, Terrorism Cases,” The Washington Post (08 21, 2012), http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/nypQ-official-muslim-spying-in-neighborhoods-led-to-no-leads-terror-cases-in-over-6-years/2012/08/21/e14d96f6-eb5b-llel-866f-60a00f604425_story.html (last accessed August 22, 2012)Google Scholar; Monahan, “The Future of Security?“; see also Newkirk, Anthony B., “The Rise of the Fusion-Intelligence Complex: A Critique of Political Surveillance after 9/11,” Surveillance & Society 8, 1 (2010)Google Scholar; The Nation, “Can Anyone Rein in the NYPD's Spies?“ The Nation, 03 7, 2012, http://www.thenation.com/article/166673/can-anyone-rein-nypds-spiesGoogle Scholar.

24 See, e.g., Priscilla M. Regan and Torin Monahan, Beyond Counterterrorism: Data Sharing, Privacy, and Organizational Histories of DHS Fusion Centers, International Journal of E-Politics (forthcoming); Rollins, “Fusion Centers.“

25 See generally Chin, Gabriel J. and Wells, Scott C., “The Blue Wall of Silence as Evidence of Bias and Motive to Lie: A New Approach to Police Perjury,” University of Pittsburgh Law Review 59 (1997)Google Scholar.

26 See, e.g., German and Stanley, “ACLU Fusion Center Update“; Monahan, “The Future of Security?“; Newkirk, The Rise of the Fusion-Intelligence Complex.“

27 Monahan, “The Future of Security?“

28 See generally German and Stanley, “ACLU Fusion Center Update.“

29 See, e.g., O'Harrow, Robert Jr., “Centers Tap Into Personal Databases; State Groups Were Formed After 9/11,” The Washington Post (04 2, 2008), A01Google Scholar; O'Harrow, Robert Jr., and Nakashima, Ellen, “National Dragnet Is a Click Away; Authorities to Gain Fast and Expansive Access to Records,” The Washington Post (03 6, 2008), A01Google Scholar.

30 See generally Monahan, Torin and Palmer, Neal A., “The Emerging Politics of DHS Fusion Centers,” Security Dialogue 40, 6 (2009)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

31 Geiger, Harley, “Fusion Centers Get New Privacy Orders via DHS Grants“ (12 15, 2009), http://www.cdt.org/blogs/harley-geiger/fusion-centers-get-new-privacy-orders-dhs-grantsGoogle Scholar.

32 Ibid.

33 See, e.g., Citron and Pasquale, “Network Accountability“; Monahan, “The Future of Security?“