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Tribal Program. Office of Intelligence & Analysis Department of Homeland Security. May 2011. Overview. Evolving Threat and Gaps What is a Fusion Center? Benefits to Tribe Tribal Examples. Evolving Threat Environment. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Tribal Program
Office of Intelligence & Analysis Department of Homeland Security
May 2011
Overview
Evolving Threat and Gaps
What is a Fusion Center?
Benefits to Tribe
Tribal Examples
Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003
Evolving Threat Environment 9/11 emphasized need for the federal government to build the capacity of the
Intelligence Community and share information with state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) community
Focus on building the National Network of State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers
Evolving threat environment – threats come from within our communities
National Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative
Results in increased emphasis placed on enhancing SLTT capacity to receive, analyze, disseminate, and gather threat information
ensure that front-line operators can identify and mitigate potential threats
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“Today's threats put state, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement around the country on the front lines of our counterterrorism effort in unprecedented ways”
— Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, October 25, 2010
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One of the way we counteract the evolving threat environment is with our Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative
Fusion centers connect their state SAR program with a national program.
NSI establishes a unified approach at all levels of government to gather, document, process, analyze, and share information about terrorism-related suspicious activities (also referred to as the SAR process)
NSI integrates state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies’ SAR processes into a nationwide effort.
“Homeland security begins with hometown security, and every citizen plays an important role in ensuring America’s safety.”
-Secretary Napolitano
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Fusion Center Overview
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California
Virginia
New York
Law Enforcement case support
Protecting the Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and Privacy of our citizens
Provide finished intelligence products
Educate First Preventers through trainings
Provide a mechanism for suspicious activity reporting
“A fusion center is a collaborative effort of two or more agencies that provide
resources, expertise and information to the center with the goal of maximizing
their ability to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal
and terrorist activity.”
- Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers
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Fusion Center Definition
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What a Fusion Center ISFocused on the Fusion Process: Fusion centers receive, analyze, disseminate, and gather threat-related information, in coordination with law enforcement and multi-disciplinary partners
Positioned to Provide Local Context: Fusion centers blend intelligence and information from federal and SLTT partners to provide state and local context to help enhance the national threat picture
Flexible: Fusion center missions vary based on the environment in which the center operates; most have adopted an "all-crimes" approach, whereas others have also included an "all-hazards" approach
What a Fusion Center is NOTFocused on Terrorism: Fusion centers have broader capabilities to assist in counterterrorism as well as all-crimes and all-hazards missions
Owned by the Federal Government: Fusion centers are owned and operated by state and local entities with support from federal partners
A Base for Domestic Spies: Fusion centers are committed to protecting the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of Americans
Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003
The National Network
Tribal ProgramThe Gap• 566 federally recognized tribes• Over 44.5 million acres of tribal lands; over 270 miles of northern, southern, and maritime borders
• Close knit communities that generally have primary jurisdiction on tribal lands
• Bad actors can exploit jurisdictional complexity
Ysleta Del Sur
Benefits to Fusion Center
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Close potential threat gap
Increase security to northern and southern borders
Ability to develop truly state/nation-wide plans and exercises
Access tribal suspicious activity reports
Benefits to Tribe
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Access to information – emerging threats, secret level databases, secured email
Access to multiple DHS components in one place – fusion centers work with or have access to many DHS and DOJ entities
Ability to spread information via national network of fusion centers – BOLOs, RFI, etc.
Access to state-of-the-art technology and expertise – facial recognition databases, emergency operations centers, computer and internet criminal investigations, critical infrastructure specialists
Access to free training – Analytical Tradecraft, Open Source Research, and Terrorism Liaison Training
Benefits of Fusion Center
MJAC (Minnesota) Opportunities Homeland security-related
information Law enforcement inquiries Pattern & trend analysis Driver’s license photos State contacts Federal contacts Significant event information Subject matter research Analytical case support Classified briefings for senior
leadership Management of MN DHS
clearances
WSIC (Wisconsin) Partners Crime Analysts - Performs law
enforcement support services National Guard Analysts - Narcotics
only investigative support DHS Intelligence Officer FBI Intelligence Analyst Program Coordinator
- Budget and TLO program DCI Technical Services Unit Dane County Sheriff Detective WI State Patrol, Air Support Unit WI Emergency Management Financial Crimes Investigator Cyber Crimes Investigator Clearinghouse for Missing and
Exploited Children
Tohono O’odham – ACTIC Case Study
ACTIC (Arizona) reached out to TON and began pushing out emerging threat information to tribe
Slowly TON began sharing information on illegal border crossing and/or drug smuggling
TON has full time Tribal Terrorism Liaison Officer that has desk at ACTIC Uses ACTIC facilities and databases
TON attend trainings hosted by ACTIC (ACTIC reserves slots at every training for tribes to attend)
Joint efforts to extract bad actors from tribal lands that endanger tribal citizens
TON participates in State-wide homeland security exercises
Currently an effort to create a Tribal Fusion Cell on tribal lands where all Arizona tribes will have representation
Other Tribal Models
Oklahoma: Chickasaw Nation has full time TLO that works with fusion center. Tribal TLO obtains emerging threat information and shares with rest of Oklahoma tribes
New Mexico: In very early stages, but has been working with the BIA Special Agent in ABQ to foster relationships
Montana: Blackfeet focus on northern border issues. Tribe obtained Tribal Homeland Security Grant, secure email access to receive emerging threat information, in process of receiving Secret level clearance, and scheduled to received intelligence training
I&A Tribal Program
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Lorinda M.N.M. RileyTribal Liaison
Departmental Coordination Branch(202) 447-4074 office(202) 302-8071 [email protected]
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