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What Happens to a SAR Once it is

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Reported? The Role of Fusion Centers.

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The national network of fusion centers is

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the first stop for suspicious activity

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reporting analysis. When you report a

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SAR to a local law enforcement agency,

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they will in turn provide it to a fusion

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center for additional review. Fusion

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Centers receive information from a

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variety of sources, such as SARs from

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local law enforcement officers and tips

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from citizens, the private sector,

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emergency responders, and other

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government entities, including federal

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partners. Centres then fuse this

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information to conduct timely analysis,

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and produce relevant products to

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disseminate to their customers. Qualified

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analysts, or investigators at these

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centers review and determine whether the

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information has a potential connection

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to terrorism, and meets the criteria for

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sharing nationwide. If it meets the

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criteria, the information is shared

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through the NSI and forwarded to the

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI,

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and law enforcement agencies nationwide

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for investigative follow-up. Some fusion

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centers provide direct feedback on

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suspicious activity reporting to the

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contributors. Others do not. If you don't

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receive feedback on a SAR you reported,

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understand that this is not a reflection

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of the value of the information you

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provided. These centers are able to

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compare locally gathered SAR

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information with behaviors, indicators,

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and threats reported by other agencies

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to more accurately develop a state, or

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regional threat picture. Before 9/11 we

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did not have fusion centers and their

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respective capabilities. Now that we have

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these centers, we are better prepared to

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detect and respond to potential
indicators of terrorism.