Domestic Security Alliance Council DSAC
see RERROR BS NSPM 7
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wray mayorkas?!
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I also discovered that briefings, intelligence reports, and investigative notes are being circulated in over 70 government buildings across the country, ominously called fusion centers.
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These dystopian centers serve as a two-way street between local and state law enforcement and federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security and FBI.
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By “fusing” state and federal intelligence, these centers give federal surveillance agencies far greater power to shape how local and state police think about domestic threats, like normal people pissed off about the price of groceries and health insurance.
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These are local law enforcement entities that was essentially warning all the other CEOs, “Oh, there's some campaign against CEOs, so we need to worry about the threat posed by this.”
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In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson by alleged killer, Luigi Mangione, a state fusion center analyst warned in a document I obtained that, quote, “the public may view
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the ensuing manhunt and subsequent arrest of Mangione as NYPD and largely policing as a whole, as a tool that is willing to expend massive resources
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to protect the wealthy, while the average citizen is left to their own means for personal security.”
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This report seemed to even acknowledge that viewing CEOs as the main demographic to protect would only further enrage working people.
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Quote: “It is not an unfair comparison to equate to current reaction towards Mangione to the reactions to Robinhood.
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Citizens may see manganese alleged actions as an attack against a system designed to work against them. ” As I wrapped
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up my time with Ken, we reflected on the fact that his home state is also where Joseph McCarthy launched the Red Scare over a half a century ago.
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this is also the home state of one Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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the guy who really created nationwide frenzy around left wing movements, infiltrating labor unions, scaring the bejesus out of anyone that seemed “un-American,”
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very similar in some sense to the architecture laid out by NSPM-7, no?
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Yeah, and it's interesting because Wisconsin historically was one of the test beds for the New Deal and for progressive legislation.
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And it's interesting because you have in these two tendencies, the two different visions that exist for this society: one of paranoia
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and security and control and just worrying about threats everywhere, and another one being building some kind of a, you know, social fabric.
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We have a long history in this country of these sorts of agencies targeting the black Civil Rights Movement, targeting the multiracial Poor People's Campaign, targeting Occupy Wall Street.
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This is the latest iteration in that. That was Spencer Reynolds.
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He understands the internal apparatus of intelligence agencies because he used to work at one.
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I was at the Department of Homeland Security for about seven years, where I was a domestic intelligence and counterterrorism attorney.
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Spencer told me that corporations and Wall Street firms get a direct line to the spy agencies seeking to batter down dissent.
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In other words, CEOs literally have their own seat at the deep state's table.
DHS, the FBI, Department of Justice are deeply-enmeshed with big business and corporate security offices, and they do that in a few key ways.
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First, they all sit together at those fusion centers where information is swirling back and forth.
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And in that environment, they can provide intelligence to security offices at businesses that will then use it for their own business interests.
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They can also collect, they might call “tips and leads” from corporate partners, who give them people to look into, or incidents or events and protests, for instance, to look into.
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So that's one thing. It turns out, though, that in addition to actually sending liaisons to fusion centers, the Department of Homeland Security also has a two-way newsletter between businesses and intelligence analysts.
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DHS has platforms like the Homeland Security Information Network.
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The information that's provided on there can often include information about protests, constitutionally-protected speech and activity.
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But that's not all.
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There are also entire conferences dedicated to corporations snitching on consumers to the deep state.
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One of those is the Domestic Security Alliance CouncilI., which is a consortium of business members, and it promises on its website a direct line to DHS the FB
Domestic Security Alliance Council
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The Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) is an American Public–private partnership created at the request of corporations for an FBI-led organization.Read more
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The Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) is an American public–private partnership created at the request of corporations "for an FBI-led organization that would bridge the information divide between America’s private and public sectors" ^[1] in December 2005. The program facilitates information sharing and cooperation between the FBI and over 509 of the largest American companies, which altogether account for over one half of the gross domestic product of the United States and employ more than 20 million people. In December 2012, released documents showed that the DSAC and counter-terrorism programs conducted surveillance of nonviolent Occupy Wall Street protesters in 2011.
History
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) was established by the Diplomatic Security Service of the United States Department of State in 1985 as a mechanism for sharing security information between the U.S. private sector and the U.S. government.[2] The FBI Criminal Investigative Division (CID) began to advise OSAC in 1996. In November 2005, by corporate request, the FBI hosted a steering committee composed of Chief Security Officers for major American companies including Citibank, Coca-Cola and Federal Express; this committee founded the Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) the following month.[2] All three of these founding corporations cross-affiliate with the Business Roundtable.
The mission statement of DSAC states that the program is "a strategic partnership between the FBI and the U.S. private sector," that it promotes the "effective exchange of information" between them, and that it allows the FBI to more easily detect and prevent criminal activity involving interstate commerce.[2] DSAC is also supervised by the Department of Homeland Security.[3]
In July 2006, DSAC created a leadership board of 29 business leaders from major companies in the United States. These include companies in the airline, banking, entertainment, food, and other industries.[2] Two-thirds of the members of the leadership board cross-affiliate with the Business Roundtable. In 2010, over 200 companies participated in DSAC, constituting over one third of the US GDP and almost 10% of its labor force.[2] Merck Vice President Grant Ashley, American Undersecretary Dawn Scalici, and assistant FBI director Ronald C. Ruecker are all chairpersons of and executives for DSAC.[2]
Merck also cross-affiliates with the Business Roundtable. Other American companies participating in DSAC include Bank of America, Barclays, American Express, MasterCard, United Airlines, Boeing, General Electric, and Walmart.[4] Of these, Bank of America, Barclays, American Express, MasterCard, Boeing, General Electric and Walmart all cross-affiliate with the Business Roundtable.
As of May 2021, DSAC is led by Senior Executives FBI Director Christopher Wray and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The three co-chairs of the Executive Working Group (EWG), representing the FBI, DHS, and private sector, respectively, are assistant director of the Office of Private Sector Michael Sullivan, director of Private Sector Engagement Tamara Hutchinson, and Disney Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer Ronald L. Iden.[5]
Domestic surveillance
Following successful freedom of information requests by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, the FBI released redacted documents in December 2012 showing that the FBI had spied on Occupy Wall Street (OWS) organizers and passed OWS information to financial firms via DSAC prior to the first OWS protests in Zuccotti Park.[6] FBI officials met with New York Stock Exchange representatives on August 19, 2011, notifying them of planned peaceful protests.[7] FBI officials later met with representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Zions Bank about planned protests.[7]
The FBI used informants to infiltrate and monitor protests; information from informants and military intelligence units was passed to DSAC, which then gave updates to financial companies.[8] Surveillance of protestors was also carried out by the Joint Terrorism Task Force.[8][9] DSAC also coordinated with security firms hired by banks to target OWS leaders.[10]
Previously, in December 2011, DSAC had written a report on law enforcement agencies' plans for a 12 December protest at US ports, which involved investigation of links between OWS and port trade unions by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.[11]
The Partnership for Civil Justice, a non-profit, said that espionage facilitated by DSAC treated "protests against the corporate and banking structure of America as potential criminal and terrorist activity," and said that DSAC was "functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall Street and corporate America."[7] Naomi Wolf wrote in The Guardian that surveillance of OWS by the FBI was conducted with the knowledge of the Obama Administration.[12]
A DSAC brochure[1] states that the benefits of membership in the DSAC include:
- Centralized access to security information not only from the FBI, but from all federal government entities, including the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, the IRS, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service
- Ongoing access to a network of diverse security experts at the highest government and corporate levels
- Continuing education for CSOs through the semi-annual Domestic Security Executive Academy at the FBI Academy, Quantico, VA
- Continuing education for intelligence analysts through quarterly regional Intelligence Analyst Symposiums
- Additional opportunities through participation in DSAC’s committees
See also
- Joint Terrorism Task Force
- Law enforcement and the Occupy movement
- OSAC
- Public-private partnerships in the United States
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Domestic Security Alliance Council Marks 20 Year Anniversary ...The Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC) is a strategic public-private partnership created in 2005 by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. It bridges the information divide between the U.S. government and the private sector, enabling the exchange of vetted intelligence, threat trends, and coordinated responses to protect critical infrastructure.
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Key Functions & Benefits
Intelligence Sharing: Provides a two-way pipeline for real-time security information, helping businesses detect, prevent, and deter criminal and cyber threats.
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Exclusive Access: Members gain direct, priority access to FBI leadership, DHS intelligence analysts, and FBI field office private sector coordinators.
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Programming & Networking: Organizes national, regional, and local meetings featuring tabletop exercises, cyber briefings (such as recent initiatives), and peer networking opportunities.
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Membership Criteria
DSAC is an exclusive corporate membership program geared toward large-scale organizations that impact national security or economic stability. To qualify for membership, companies must meet the following baseline requirements:
www.dsac.gov
Be a for-profit organization.
Generate a minimum of $2 billion in annual U.S. revenue.
Maintain a security component based in the United States.
Have established engagement with a local FBI Field Office for at least six months.
Have direct relevance to national security or economic resilience.
Applications for membership must be submitted by the organization's U.S.-based senior security executive (such as a CSO or CISO) via the DSAC Membership Application Form.
- Financial Services: Bank of America, American Express, MasterCard, Capital One
- Technology & Telecom: Roblox, Lumen Technologies
- Industrials & Aerospace: Boeing, General Electric
- Retail & Consumer: Walmart
- Other participants: Barclays, United Airlines [1, 2]
Due to the sensitive nature of the security partnerships, a full roster of the 800+ corporate members is only available internally on the secure DSAC Member Portal. [1, 2, 3]
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The result of all these systems is a vast intelligence apparatus, trained on people standing up to billionaires.
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During Occupy Wall Street, after the banking industry had gutted the world's economy and plunged us into recession
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there were, again, organic uprisings of people who were concerned, upset about that, felt alienated and left out by our economic system.
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And DHS spent a lot of time monitoring those protesters, the intelligence offices.
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To showcase what corporations working hand in hand with the government looks like.
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Let's go back to 2015, when workers at Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, launched a campaign for living wages and benefits.
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Internal Walmart documents obtained by Bloomberg showed that after the mega retailer hired a Lockheed Martin contractor to monitor union activists and protesters, the internal tracking and monitoring wasn't enough.
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They also contacted one of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Forces, when union activists planned to protest the annual shareholder meeting.
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But while the FBI is one of the most well-known offenders when it comes to violating constitutional rights, a different agency, one that was created for the very purpose of protecting workers, is now going after them.
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The Department of Labor doesn't have an official intelligence component, but its office of the Inspector General holds powerful investigative capabilities and liaisons with the FBI and other intelligence agencies, including DHS.
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It has also shown up on the Department of Homeland Security's joint task forces across the country. DOL’s top cop is literally a former cop.
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Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito, who previously served as an NYPD officer.
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And he was accused of stealing a golden chain from an arrestee and then lying to put a different guy in jail. The NYPD later paid out a six figure settlement to that guy.
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But even more concerning than D’Esposito is the top DOL lawyer, Jonathan Berry, the Solicitor General.
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While working as a corporate lawyer, Berry penned the chapter on the Department of Labor in the Policy Manual developed by the anti-worker Heritage Foundation, known as Project 2025.
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In the chapter, Berry calls for the transformation of the Department of Labor from a watchdog to ensure workers are protected from predatory corporations to an investigative arm targeting workers and unions.
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The chapter calls for using the office of the Inspector General to look into worker centers across the country, but it also calls for investigating unions
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without any initiating complaint, meaning investigations into workers and their unions could be undertaken without probable cause—at any time, and at any location across the country.
While Jonathan Berry's playbook takes shape, Spencer told me there's another element from the Department of Labor already in play.
We talk about these Homeland Security task forces and the Department of Labor, through its Office of Inspector General, participates in those task forces.
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When you look at the press releases touting DOJ successes, they often include Department of Labor there, and it's usually through the Office of Inspector General.
It's concerning, because I think there is that risk to investigate workers. In other words, the Department of Labor has found a way to inject itself into the dirty business of intelligence work.