WHAT THE FUSION OF BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT MEANS FOR THE WORLD | What Are Fusion Centers?

In the United States after 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security established "Fusion Centers" to coordinate information between federal, state and local authorities. As time went on, the private sector was invited to participate. The resulting "private-public partnership" promised many benefits to the giant corporations that signed up -- corporate espionage protection, cyber-terrorism preparedness, and a sense of being "in the know.' In return, government agencies got access to company servers, while creating a feeling of comradeship. The Fusion Center concept came into its own during Covid. As Ryan Cunnigham, a former corporate Fusion Center liaison, reveals in our interview, all the mitigation measures and "mandates" that migrated out to the general public were developed first in the hothouse of Fusion Centers. Ryan's journey from enthusiastic cheerleader of private-public initiatives in emergency management, to dedicated activist and whistleblower, is a triumphant tale of tremendous courage in the face of corruption, conformity, and the "merger of state and corporate power."