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San Diego anti-terror center's spending criticized
Posted: Oct 3, 2012 3:23 PM by CJ, The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A U.S. Senate report has found massive spending leading to few results from a national anti-terror program, including questionable purchases at one of the so-called "fusion centers" based in San Diego.
That center is one of four regional information-sharing centers created in California after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The report released Wednesday questioned the San Diego fusion center's $25,000 purchase of tiny cameras hidden in shirt buttons, hats and water bottles, as well as $75,000 on 55 flat-screen televisions that officials used to watch the news.
A former director of the center lost his job over the TV purchases.
Kelly Huston, a spokesman for the California Emergency Management Agency, defended the fusion centers but says officials intend to learn from the report. The agency has oversight of the centers.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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