Secretive U.S. Police Fusion Center Targeted Activists and Journalists at Standing Rock

                          Photos by Rob Wilson

Standing Rock Water Protectors Resisted and Maintained, Making it a Win

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

The ACLU describes the secretive Fusion Centers and the dangers of this data sharing and targeting. The dangers include over-reaching, fear-mongering, and including private contractors and military, in joint police operations.
This was what happened at Standing Rock when Morton County Sheriff, TigerSwan, National Guard, out-of-state police and  private security worked with police in 2016 and 2017, targeting a spiritual and prayerful movement.
This data sharing by Fusion Centers creates false intelligence, violates privacy, and brings great harm to those targeted by these secret operations.
The facts about the willing and paid FBI infiltrator Heath Harmon and his brother Chad Harmon (Federal BIA police at Standing Rock) are just now being exposed. They are from Fort Berthold, Three Affiliated Tribes, Mandan, Arikara and Hidatsa, in North Dakota.
We know from attacks on Censored News that a large number of former Iraq and Afghanistan US military, including special ops, were involved at Standing Rock and targeted water protectors.
We also know from The Intercept's exposures of the North Dakota Fusion Center, that Censored News was targeted. I was named, as journalist and publisher of Censored News, in those targeted.
The tentacles of this massive targeting brought in former military and former police.
Retired Bismarck, North Dakota, police working for Dakota Access Pipeline's  private security firms were photographed in the dog attack on water protectors protecting burial places in September of 2016.
TigerSwan's role has also been exposed, revealing that increased fear-mongering kept money flowing to the mercenaries.
TigerSwan was not licensed and operated illegally in North Dakota.
The U.S. Fusion Center in North Dakota is an arm of the U. S. government.
President Obama could have stopped the Dakota Access Pipeline, and halted the police brutality -- rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannons in subzero temperatures, strip searches and imprisonment in dog cages of water protectors.
Obama chose not to.
Resisting and maintaining through all that makes Standing Rock Water Protectors'  resistance a win for water protectors.
We send our respect to all who paid the price.

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ACLU on Fusion Centers:

We found that while fusion centers vary widely in what they do, but five overarching problems with these domestic intelligence operations put Americans' privacy and civil liberties at risk:

1. Ambiguous Lines of Authority. In a multi-jurisdictional environment it is unclear what rules apply, and which agency is ultimately responsible for the activities of the fusion center participants.
2. Private Sector Participation. Some fusion centers incorporate private-sector corporations into the intelligence process, potentially undermining privacy laws designed to protect the privacy of innocent Americans, and increasing the risk of a data breach.
3. Military Participation.Some fusion centers include military personnel in law enforcement activities in troubling ways.
4. Data Mining. Federal fusion center guidelines encourage wholesale data collection and data manipulation processes that threaten privacy.
5. Excessive Secrecy. Fusion centers are characterized by excessive secrecy, which limits public oversight, impairs their ability to acquire essential information and impedes their ability to fulfill their stated mission, bringing their ultimate value into doubt.

Continue at ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/other/more-about-fusion-centers

The Intercept exposes FBI infiltrator Heath Harmon of Fort Berthold
The Intercept exposes FBI infiltrator Heath Harmon owned the gun allegedly fired by Red Fawn. Harmon posed as her lover and entrapped Red Fawn:
.https://theintercept.com/2017/12/11/standing-rock-dakota-access-pipeline-fbi-informant-red-fawn-fallis/

Fusion Center chart incorrectly identified and arrested "leaders" at Standing Rock
Censored News was targeted for coverage of Standing Rock. Our article includes the Fusion Center's false chart incorrectly identifying 'leaders' of the movement, most of whom were arrested. Chart exposed by The Intercept.
.https://theintercept.com/document/2017/12/11/links-chart-on-leaders-of-the-movement/

Native Nations share data
The Tohono O'odham was the first Native American Nation to participate in data sharing with U.S. intelligence agencies. Tohono O'odham and Blackfeet Nations now participate:

Excerpt:

Source:
https://patimes.org/tribes-equal-partners-homeland-security/


Below: An online effort to identify those responsible for the attack with dogs, Sept. 3, 2016.

Photos copyright Rob Wilson
Article copyright Brenda Norrell, Censored News

Mohawk Nation News 'Monkey Business to End!'

Read article at Mohawk Nation News
.http://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2018/01/29/monkey-business-to-end/

Warrior and Protector -- Justice for Sonny Lewis, on Fifth Anniversary of His Murder in Reno

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Sonny was everyone's warrior and protector -- Sonny's mother Sheri Potts.

Photos and video by Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear Sampson

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Five years ago, on Jan. 27, 2013, Sonny Lewis was shot and killed outside of the E. 2nd Street Walmart in Reno. This year, during the annual candlelight service, Sonny's mother Sheri Potts called for justice. She said her son's killer is still out there.

"My son deserves love and respect from all that walked with him. He was everyone's warrior and protector," Potts said.

Sonny was only 25 years old when he was killed. The shooting took place on tribal territory during a fight outside the Walmart, and the case was given to the FBI to investigate. No one has ever been prosecuted,

Reno Sparks Indian Community governs the land where Sonny was murdered, but the prosecution was turned over to the federal government. Read more: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CAT/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CAT_CSS_USA_18543_E.pdf

Watch Al Jazeera 'Akicita: The Legacy of Standing Rock at Sundance Film Festival'

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At Sundance Film Festival, Al Jazeera talks with Akicita Producer Cody Lucich, and water protectors Curtis Ray Yaz and Mark Tilsen, with Jenni Monet via Skype in Tucson. Film clips from the new film, 'Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock.'

Watch Al Jazeera broadcast below:

'Akicita': What is the legacy of the #NoDAPL movement at Standing Rock? | The Stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=bO0FrZBA-pg

By Al Jazeera

A movement against the construction of a multi-billion-dollar oil pipeline across N3ative American lands last winter spurred solidarity among environmentalists and civil rights activists around the globe. Now, a new documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival explores the trials and tribulations of the "Water Protectors" who gathered to say "No" to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). "Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock" chronicles the widespread opposition to DAPL, which drew thousands of people to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the US state of North Dakota. According to local tribes, construction of the pipeline through their territories would contaminate the water supply, rendering it impure and unsuitable for use in religious ceremonies. Tribes also argued that the US government failed to consult with them before the project was allowed to proceed. Many activists were hospitalised over the course of the demonstrations, injured by the "'less-than-lethal' weapons" used by police officials to disperse the crowd. US federal courts repeatedly denied requests from tribes to suspend the project, prompting construction to resume by March 2017. But for indigenous activists featured in the documentary, like Kanahus Manuel, the film serves as a wake-up call to others about the injustices many Native communities still experience. “I think [with] this collective consciousness right now that has awoken because of Standing Rock, people are really going to start supporting indigenous people", Manuel said. “And this film that’s going to be coming is going to be a real shock and awe for the world.” So, what is the legacy of the movement against DAPL? In this episode, The Stream speaks with the documentary's producers to learn about the film and examine the challenges indigenous communities encounter as they fight to protect their lands. Join the conversation: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe