[Smogger]

Intelligence Fusion Centers?

I'm not so sure I like the sound of that.

[Jonah Hex]

That's a military intelligence term. Intel fusion is where you take information gathered from various sources (signals intel, imagery intel, photo intel, human intel, open-source intel, etc.), throw it against a wall, and try to fuse together a picture of what sticks.

The art is, separating the wheat from the dross. A good intel weenie can pick out one factoid from a pile of sources, and chase it down to make an operational picture.

On the other hand, a good intel weenie can spoof the other side by doing the same. As an example, consider John Magruder's amateur theatrics (Quaker guns, extra campfires, mock regimental parades, etc.) at Yorktown and the impact on McClellans's decision to delay his attack.