The ability for agencies within the Intelligence Community to share information horizontally through the use of Fusion Centers has proven both effective and beneficial to Americans everywhere. In only the last five years, Fusion Centers have been credited with “preventing, protecting against, and responding to criminal and terrorist threats,” (DHS 2015) all across the country. Although they assist with the counter-terrorism fight, it is important to identify that that is not their primary mission. The primary mission of Fusion Centers is to “receive, analyze, gather, produce, and disseminate a broad array of threat-related information and actionable intelligence to appropriate law enforcement and homeland security agencies” (DHS 2015).
