Posted on 09/22/2016 2:07:56 PM PDT by Kaslin
In a recent column, Bret Stephens recognized that one of the lessons from this past weekend’s terror attacks is that “there is [a]… benefit in the surveillance methods that allowed police in New York and New Jersey to swiftly identify and arrest Mr. Rahimi before his bombing spree took any lives.” A Wall Street Journal editorial that same day noted that “Since 9/11… the NYPD has made great progress in being able to track down terror suspects.” And while the New York and New Jersey police departments deserve high praise for their handling of these attacks and quick apprehension of those involved, I cannot help but wonder if the injuries to its 29 victims could have been prevented.
In the years following 9/11, the NYPD, under the leadership of Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, organized the Demographic Unit, a creation of CIA officer Lawrence Sanchez who established it in 2003 while working at the department. The unit was designed as a surveillance program in which undercover officers infiltrated New York and New Jersey Muslim-owned businesses, mosques, and Islamic schools in order to detect terror threats before they were executed. According to a New York Times article:
The goal was to identify the mundane locations where a would-be terrorist could blend into society. Plainclothes detectives looked for “hot spots” of radicalization that might give the police an early warning about terrorist plots. The squad, which typically consisted of about a dozen members, focused on 28 “ancestries of interest.”
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Who made the NYPD stand down? I’m sure there are many.
I remember seeing a former FBI (I think) agent on The Kelly File not long after the San Bernadino attacks. I wish I could remember his name. He was pretty much a whistle blower saying how the Obama mob were thwarting investigations of muslims in various ways. Maybe I’ll see if I can find it.
Former Homeland Security guy.
ya know, I could NEVER understand, as an American of Italian descent, why the FBI didn’t do surveillance on senior service centers, the Salvation Army or, of course, the Quakers (sorry guys, you just fit so well in these situations, it’s a compliment).
They had the NERVE to do surveillance on Gotti’s hangouts, and known mafia hangouts, on delis and fish markets and vendors and contractors PREDOMINANTLY owned by Italians.
It was Raciss i tell ya!! raciss!!!
So I understand the muslim man’s plight.
GTF out of here. Whining bitches that pass for media and leaders these days.
They need a slap across the ####ing face.
It's important to note that this had nothing to do with politics. It was all a matter of police protocols and legal issues. The NYPD had no jurisdiction to conduct ANY law enforcement activity in New Jersey.
Christie's comments and actions can only be understood through the prism of politics. Many muslim voters in Jersey.That said, this shows a character flaw in Christie that is not shared by Giuliani...and certainly not by Trump.
Even a decent man is made weak by the forces coming from the direction to which his ambition drives him.
Christie is not a strong man.
He speaks his mind to school teachers and locals...but when faced with strong political forces, he caves.
I am thinking he will play a minor part in the Trump administration. A part in which he will be sheltered from the storm.
Hey, I should have read the whole thing. Thanks very MUCH for sending this to me.
OF COURSE he is not a Rudy or a Trump. Few men are.
Trump, Rudy, Newt, Pence and Sessions (though i’ve not heard much from him lately) are about as strong (each in their own way) a group as one could want. Not the founding fathers, but nothing to sneeze at.
Christie is a good assassin, rhetorically, nothing more.
I did so after reading your post on FR, so I should be thanking you.
Keep up the good work. I envy you living in NYC (but not in Manhattan). Manhattan, God love it, is too stressful and not the real NYC anymore.
Even back in the 80's when I lived in Manhattan, I realized that the real NY was in the boroughs.
Maybe one day I will move back. To Brooklyn, Queens, or, perhaps, the Bronx.
Nothing in the world can compare to a NYC weekend.
DONT!!!
I wouldn’t even move to Staten Island if I wasn’t here!!
It’s still too close to the liberal empire.
Unless you’re young and on the hunt :) Then Manhattan kicks.
Me, i’m 48 and married, and besides the occasional trip to the theater (LOVE Phantom, didn’t like les miserables and a million other ones, but 4 or 5 others I did like) I dont go much anymore.
but i MISS my 20 and 30s there!!
I still workout 6 times a week but age is catching up.
I guess I should remember NYC as it was and not as it is.
Things change.
I live in the deep South. Life is sweet.
South GA is filled with ex-tri-staters...and they start getting this weird accent in about a year.
The take-out is the only negative. Sure, we have a few Chinese and a couple of sushi bars--and they are good--but this isn't NY.
The people are wonderful, but you have to do your own cooking.
I have perfected the most wonderful chicken franchese. You would have to go to Little Italy to get anything better.
But that's what living in the sticks will get you.
Come down South, it's nice...and cheap.
Phil Haney wrote a book called See Something, Say Nothing. It’s as scary as a Stephen King novel.
The perp’s lousy abilities and poor execution had much more to do with his failure to kill than anything the authorities did.
By the time he was identified over a hundred could have been killed.
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