Tribal Program Office of Intelligence & Analysis Department of Homeland Security May 2011.

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

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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

Database Resources

[email protected]

www.leo.gov

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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