AP: NYPD Muslim Spying Effort Never Aided Terror Cases
(Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012)
The New York City Police Department?s controversial program of spying on Muslim neighborhoods was not as successful as the department had hoped, according to newly unsealed court documents obtained by the Associated Press.
As part of the spying program, the NYPD?s Demographics Unit infiltrated Muslim student groups, placed informants in mosques, and monitored sermons.
The goal was to catalog where Muslims were living, working and praying, so if police got a tip on a potential terrorist, that person would be easier to find.
The AP reports the commanding officer of the NYPD?s Intelligence Division testified in June that while the program is an important tool, it never created any leads or led to any terror cases.
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