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Authors: Matt Apuzzo,Adam Goldman

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14

International Religious Freedom Report 2004: Israel and the Occupied Territories
(Washington, DC: US State Department. September 15, 2004),
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2004/35499.htm#
. Quoted: “Tensions continued to remain high due to the institutional, legal, and societal discrimination against the country’s Arab citizens.”

15
. Chris McGreal, “Facility 1391: Israel’s Secret Prison,”
Guardian
, November 13, 2003,
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov/14/israel2
.

16
. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, “Memorandum for Alberto Gonzales Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. sections 2340–2340A,” August 1, 2002,
www.justice.gov/olc/docs/memo-gonzales-aug2002.pdf
.

17
. Joel Greenberg, “Israel Affirms Policy of Assassinating Militants,”
New York Times
, July 5, 2001,
www.nytimes.com/2001/07/05/world/israel-affirms-policy-of-assassinating-militants.html
.

18
. The origin of the term was described in interviews with former NYPD officials. Its official use was documented in an NYPD PowerPoint presentation obtained by the authors and published by the Associated Press. It is available at
http://wid.ap.org/documents/nypd-demo.pdf
.

19
. The list of ancestries of interest was revealed in an NYPD PowerPoint presentation obtained by the authors and published by the Associated Press. It is available at
http://wid.ap.org/documents/nypd-demo.pdf
.

20
. Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, “With CIA Help, NYPD Moves Covertly in Muslim Areas,” Associated Press, August 23, 2011,
www.ap.org/Content/AP-in-the-News/2011/With-CIA-help-NYPD-moves-covertly-in-Muslim-areas
.

21
. NYPD Intelligence Division Analytical Units presentation, obtained by authors. The relevant excerpt, published by the Associated Press, is available at
http://wid.ap.org/documents/nypd-demo.pdf
.

22
. Details of the meeting with the foundation leadership were recounted in interviews with someone present for the discussion.

23
. This was included in the 2003 copy of the
New York City
Police Foundation Journal
, an annual fund-raising document summarizing the foundation’s successes and highlighting its major donors.

24
. Dzikansky described his drinking problem in his book (coauthored with Robert Slater)
Terrorist Cop: The NYPD Jewish Cop Who Traveled the World to Stop Terrorists
(Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 2010), pp. 227–31, and in interviews with the authors.

25
. Concerns over Dzikansky’s role and his involvement in favors for the Israelis were spelled out in interviews with NYPD and FBI officials and corroborated by NYPD surveillance documents obtained by the authors.

26
. The conversation was recalled by a former US official in attendance.

27
. Kelly’s acknowledgment that no tips were generated from the program came in public remarks recounted in Len Levitt, “Kelly and AP: Ray’s Pants Are on Fire,”
The Blog, Huffington Post
, January 14, 2013,
www.huffingtonpost.com/len-levitt/kelly-and-ap_b_2472012.html
.

28
. The details of this meeting, including what was said, were described in interviews with Henoch.

29
. NYPD Intelligence Division,
Strategic Posture 2006.
Document obtained by authors and available at
http://nypdconfidential.com/other/120604-intel.pdf
.

30
. NYPD Intelligence Division, Demographics Unit,
N.Y.P.D. Secret: Syrian Locations of Concern Report
, available at
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/nypd/nypd-syria.pdf
. Document obtained by authors and published by the Associated Press.

31
. NYPD Intelligence Division, Demographics Unit,
Secret: Albanian Locations of Concern Report
, available at
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/nypd/nypd-albania.pdf
. Document obtained by authors and published by the Associated Press.

32
. Eileen Sullivan, “White House Helps Pay for NYPD Muslim Surveillance,” Associated Press, February 27, 2012, available at
www.newsday.com/news/new-york/white-house-helps-pay-for-nypd-muslim-surveillance-1.3560418
.

33
. Supervisor, Demographics Unit to Commanding Officer, C.A.R.U., memorandum, “Supervisors Conferral with Detective,” January 26, 2006, available at
http://wid.ap.org/documents/nypd-memo.pdf
. Document obtained by authors and published in redacted form by the Associated Press.

34
. NYPD Intelligence Division, Demographics Unit,
N.Y.P.D. Secret: Newark, New Jersey, Demographics Report
, available at
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/nypd/nypd_newark.pdf
. Obtained by authors and published by the Associated Press.

35
. Rocco Parascandola and Corky Siemaszko, “NYPD Report on Muslim Shops Includes Stores Owned by Jews, Catholics,” New York
Daily News
, March 9, 2012,
www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-wrongly-listed-businesses-muslim-linked-part-surveillance-article-1.1036538
.

36
. Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, “NYPD: Muslim Spying Led to No Leads, Terror Cases,” Associated Press, August 21, 2012,
www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2012/NYPD-Muslim-spying-led-to-no-leads-terror-cases
. See also deposition of Thomas Galati, Handschu v. Special Services Division, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, June 28, 2012, 71-CV-2203, available at
www.nyclu.org/files/releases/Handschu_Exhibit4(GalatiEBTredacted)_2.4.13.pdf
.

37
. Ibid, p. 119. Galati: “Sometimes these officers, when they go, they go to places that they may like the food and go back for that reason, and I know that that has happened.”

Five: Accidental Tourists

1
. “Afghanistan and the United Nations,” UN News Centre,
www.un.org/News/dh/latest/afghan/un-afghan-history.shtml
.
2
. Sarah Talalay, “Afghans in US Look Homeward: Soviet Pullout Arouses Hopes, Wariness—No Indifference,”
Christian Science Monitor
, May 13, 1988,
www.csmonitor.com/1988/0513/aghan.html
.
3
. Ibid.
4
. Ibid.
5
. Dexter Filkins, “Afghans at Queens Mosque Split Over bin Laden,”
New York Times
, September 19, 2001,
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/19/nyregion/nation-challenged-new-york-mosque-afghans-queens-mosque-split-over-bin-laden.html
6
. Ibid.
7
. Michael Wilson, “From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect,”
New York Times,
September 25, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/nyregion/26profile.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
.
8
. Ibid.
9
. FBI interview with Adis Medunjanin (FBI 302). Made public in United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019.

10
. Zarein Ahmedzay testimony, trial transcript, United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019, p. 199.

11
. FBI interview with Adis Medunjanin (FBI 302), January 7, 2010. Made public in United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019.

12
. Steve Coll,
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
(New York: Penguin Press, 2008).

13
. “Haqqani’s Close Relatives Killed in US Missile Strike,”
Dawn.com
, September 8, 2008,
http://archives.dawn.com/archives/39967
.

14
. Najibullah Zazi testimony, p. 546. Trial transcript, United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019.

15
. Ibid., p. 549.

16
. Zarein Ahmedzay testimony, ibid., p. 164.

17
. Peter Bergen, “Bin Laden: Seized Documents Show Delusional Leader and Micromanager,” CNN, May 3, 2012,
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/30/opinion/bergen-bin-laden-document-trove
.

18

Page 1
Adis Medunjanin FBI 302 1/22/2010. Made public in United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019.

19
. Zazi’s considering jumping from the bridge was told to the authors in interviews with current and former officials, who were briefed on government interviews with Zazi.

Six: Zone Defense

1
. The details of this investigation were pieced together in interviews with a former senior NYPD intelligence official, as well as with other former NYPD and federal officials.
2
. Interview with former NYPD analyst. This phenomenon was not unique to Hezbollah. Documents obtained by the authors, including one entitled “Hamas Case Recap,” show NYPD efforts to monitor Hamas: “The investigation consists of fifteen main subjects and nearly seventy-five associates. The subjects can be categorized as Hamas leader/recruiters, members or associate-sympathizers. Our main subjects all have the common thread of being extremely religious and are more radical in their feelings of Hamas.”
3
. Galati deposition, p. 35, available at
www.nyclu.org/files/releases/Handschu_Exhibit4(GalatiEBTredacted)_2.4.13.pdf
.
4
. NYPD Intelligence Division, Intelligence Analysis Unit,
N.Y.P.D. Secret Intelligence Strategy Report: US-Iran Conflict: The Threat to New York City
, May 15, 2006, available at
www.documentcloud.org/documents/288719-nypd-iranian-intel.html?key=9a9ba0d2ea8a33e7dce6
.
5
. Details of the meeting were recounted by a former official in attendance who took notes. Though the authors did not review the notes, the official did.
6
. Seidel has identified himself as the station chief in Jordan during that time, both in public comments and on his LinkedIn profile.
7
. NYPD Intelligence Division, presentation, “Integrating Collection, Analysis and Operations,” circa September 2006. Obtained by authors. The strategy is spelled out under the heading “Our Philosophy”: “NYPD plays ‘zone defense,’ not ‘man to man’/strategically arrayed resources enable pre-emption”. It was fleshed out in interviews with former intel officials.
8
. Patrick Murphy affidavit, p. 3. Filed in Handschu v. Special Services Division.
9
. Listening posts are mentioned in a number of NYPD documents, including the
N.Y.P.D. Secret: Syrian Locations of Concern Report
, available at
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/nypd/nypd-syria.pdf
.

10
. The recruiting process was described in interviews with former NYPD detectives and supervisors and with former NYPD informant Shamiur Rahman, whose story was described in Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, “Informant: NYPD Paid Me to ‘Bait’ Muslims,” Associated Press, October 23, 2012,
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/informant-nypd-paid-me-bait-muslims
.

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