There's more on the dubious value of the "intelligence" produced at #FusionCenters:

"...MIAC has been warning local police to prepare for violence instigated by anti-racism protesters based on rumors and conspiracy theories circulated online by far-right activists"
#FusionCenters are intelligence spammers.

ME State Police Maj Grotton:

"we are certainly considering the source and veracity of the source..Sometimes we can independently verify that, other times we take it at face value."
More from ME State Police Maj Grotton on #FusionCenters as intelligence spammers:

"If we set as a threshold that we are going to independently verify every piece of information that goes out, then we would be sharing almost no information.”
Grotton says they're not responsible for what they disseminate: “Law enforcement is going to evaluate information for themselves — the veracity, importance, credibility...MIAC is passing on info...‘This is what we know.’ Then law enforcement is going through a vetting process.”
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