Is this information-sharing mix-up an isolated event or could there be other instances? If so, what would be the
first step in “tightening up” Fusion Centers?
- Boston Globe, 24APR13): *A federal audit … warned there was a “high risk” that the government’s
information-sharing system would not prevent a terror attack, raising questions about whether a
communications breakdown allowed the Boston Marathon bomb plot to evolve undetected and its perpetrators
to elude quick capture. - U.S. officials disclosed that the CIA had placed Tamerlan Tsarnaev on a terrorism watch list several months
after the FBI had placed him on a different watch list. Both actions were based on separate alerts provided by
Russian authorities, but they failed to help the United States recognize and intervene to head off the threat or
identify Tsarnaev as a suspect once the bombs went off. The Commonwealth Fusion Center is located in
Maynard, Mass…. The Massachusetts State Police did not respond to questions about whether the center was
alerted to the FBI’s concerns about Tsarnaev.