9/11 legacy: Analysts now part of law enforcement with 'fusion centers'

Saturday, September 24, 2011 | 5:57 p.m. CDT; updated 2:05 p.m. CDT, Sunday, September 25, 2011

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — On a single day in August, police investigated a bomb threat in Colorado Springs while, 850 miles away, officers checked out a suspicious package at an Air Force base in Missouri. Analysts at a Colorado intelligence center monitored both investigations to determine if there was any connection involving a single plot and the Air Force.

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