DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005®
Rated • 5 reviews • civil liberties • drudgereport.com
From the page: "Local Police Now Run Over 100 Spy Units Feds Bankroll Controversial Buildup of National Intelligence Network
Mon May 01 2006 09:40:56 ET
Spurred by a half-billion dollars in federal funding since 9/11, local and state police have formed over 100 intelligence units nationwide, according to an investigation by U.S. News & World Report in its May 8, 2006 issue. The intel units now reach into nearly every state, but with patchy oversight, a half-dozen of them already have run into trouble for questionable intelligence gathering, the magazine reports.
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