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Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188
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1. AGENCY USE ONLY
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2. REPORT DATE
September 2005
3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
Master’s Thesis
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE:
State and Local Intelligence FusionCenters: An Evaluative Approach in Modeling a State Fusion Center
6. AUTHOR(S)
William A. Forsyth
5. FUNDING NUMBERS7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Naval Postgraduate SchoolMonterey, CA 93943-5000
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONREPORT NUMBER
9. SPONSORING /MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) ANDADDRESS(ES)
N/A
10. SPONSORING/MONITORINGAGENCY REPORT NUMBER
11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
The views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not reflect the officialpolicy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.
12a. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE
13. ABSTRACT (maximum 200 words)
In the final report on the attacks of September 11, 2001, the National Commission on Terrorist AttacksUpon the United States (9/11 Commission) found that the attacks were successful in part because information wasnot shared and analysis not pooled among the different agencies across all levels of government. Since that time,there have been significant strides to improve cooperation and close the intelligence gaps among the differentintelligence and law enforcement services. Effective terrorism prevention, however, requires information andintelligence fusion as a cooperative process at all levels of government so that the flow of intelligence can bemanaged to support the identification of emerging threats to our homeland.This thesis explains the value of a state/regional fusion center by examining three successful fusioncenters in Arizona, Georgia, and Los Angeles. Recommendations from each agency on “lessons learned” as wellas independent research have been provided to help state and local agencies develop their own fusion centers.
15. NUMBER OFPAGES
110
14. SUBJECT TERMS
Intelligence Fusion Center, Fusion Center Guidelines
16. PRICE CODE
17. SECURITYCLASSIFICATION OFREPORT
Unclassified
18. SECURITYCLASSIFICATION OF THISPAGE
Unclassified
19. SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOF ABSTRACT
Unclassified
20. LIMITATIONOF ABSTRACT
Limited
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