[JumpCrisscross]

> this is about the US intelligence apparatus being used against domestic dissidents

This article is about local police surveillance. Not the U.S. intelligence apparatus.

[sjg007]

The FBI is/was involved as were the fusion centers which were originally setup as part of a joint taskforce to combat terrorism. The fusion centers were developed to integrate US intelligence with local policing.

[KennyBlanken]

NYPD, a "local" city police department, has a huge terrorism counterintelligence department, one that surveils internationally and duplicates a lot of the federal intelligence infrastructure.

[ncmncm]

And even has its own "black site" in NE Manhattan.