Enemies Within (42 page)

23
. United States v. Al-Moayad, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 03-1322, government exhibits Bates stamped 3500 MA-1 and 3500 MA-4.

24
. Ibid.

25
. TIU Watch List, NYPD document, 2004. Obtained by authors.

26
. The meeting and the request to bug the mosque were described in interviews with former law enforcement officials.

27
. Interview with former law enforcement official.

28
. William Glaberson, “Focus Changes in Terror Case Against Sheik,”
New York Times
, January 20, 2005,
www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/nyregion/20sheik.html?pagewanted=print&position=&_r=0
.

29
. Opinion of US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, decided October 2, 2008, United States v. Al-Moyad, 05-4186.

30
. 
Deputy Commissioner’s Briefing
, March 9, 2009. “New Imam @ Al Farooq.” Obtained by authors.

31
. Interview with Shamiur Rahman. The authors also reviewed Rahman’s cell phone photos sent to the NYPD.

32
. Interviews with former law enforcement official.

33
. Counterterrorism Intelligence Package, 2004. NYPD document obtained by authors.

34
. Interview with former law enforcement officials involved in or briefed on the taping.

35
. NYPD Intelligence Division, Central Analysis Research Unit,
N.Y.P.D. Secret Intelligence Note: NYC Mosque Statements on Danish Cartoon Controversy
, February 9, 2006,
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/nypd/nypd_cartoons.pdf
.

36
. Goldman and Apuzzo, “With Cameras,”
www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2012/Newark-mayor-seeks-probe-of-NYPD-Muslim-spying
.

37
. Ibid.

38
. Ibid.

39
. NYPD Intelligence Division, Intelligence Analysis Unit,
N.Y.P.D. Secret
Intelligence Note: DD5S Referencing 10/11/06 Plane Crash into Building at 524 72nd Street
, October 16, 2006,
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/documents/nypd/nypd_planecrash.pdf
.

40
. Eileen Sullivan, “NYPD Spied on City’s Muslim Anti-Terror Partners,” Associated Press, October 6, 2011,
www.ap.org/Content/AP-in-the-News/2011/NYPD-spied-on-citys-Muslim-anti-terror-partners
.

41
. Andrea Elliott, “A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling 2 Worlds,”
New York Times
, March 5, 2006,
www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/nyregion/05imam.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&ei=5088&en=b4ea067a0c307d39&ex=1299214800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
.

42
. Ibid.

43
. Sullivan, “NYPD Spied,”
www.ap.org/Content/AP-in-the-News/2011/NYPD-spied-on-citys-Muslim-anti-terror-partners
.

44
. Elliott, “A Muslim Leader,”
www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/nyregion/05imam.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&ei=5088&en=b4ea067a0c307d39&ex=1299214800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
.

45
. William K. Rashbaum, “Trial Opens Window on Shadowing of Muslims,”
New York Times
, May 28, 2006,
www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/nyregion/28tactics.html?pagewanted=all
.

46
. Ibid.

47
. Ibid.

48
. William K. Rashbaum, “Detective Was ‘Walking Camera’ Among City Muslims, He Testifies,”
New York Times
, May 19, 2006,
www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/nyregion/19herald.html?pagewanted=all
.

49
. Andrea Elliott, “To Lead the Faithful in a Faith Under Fire,”
New York Times
, March 6, 2006,
www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/nyregion/06imam.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
.

50
. NYPD Intelligence Division, Strategic Intelligence Unit,
Briefing Report, Buffalo, New York
, January 2, 2009,
http://nypdconfidential.com/columns/2012/120227.pdf
.

51
. Ibid.

52
. Sullivan, “NYPD Spied,”
www.ap.org/Content/AP-in-the-News/2011/NYPD-spied-on-citys-Muslim-anti-terror-partners
.

53
. “Abu Hamza Jailed for Seven Years,” BBC News, February 7, 2006,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4690224.stm
.

54
. NYPD Surveillance Request, November 7, 2008. Document obtained by authors.

55
. NYPD Surveillance Request, November 7, 2008. Document obtained by authors.

56
. 
Deputy Commissioner’s Briefing
, October 24, 2008. Document obtained by authors.

57
. 
Deputy Commissioner’s Briefing
, May 12, 2008. Document obtained by authors.

58
. Ibid.

59
. Modified Handschu Guidelines, second revised order and judgment, August 6, 2003.

60
. 
Deputy Commissioner’s Briefing
, October 24, 2008. Document obtained by authors.

61
. The authors reviewed Rahman’s text message history with Hoban.

62
. Goldman and Apuzzo, “Informant: NYPD Paid Me,”
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/informant-nypd-paid-me-bait-muslims
.

Nine: The American Who Brings Good News

1
. Office of the Inspector General, report 02-38,
A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Counterterrorism Program: Threat Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Resource Management
(Washington, DC: Office of the Inspector General, September 2002),
http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/FBI/a0238.htm
.

2
. 
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States, Prior to 9/11
, Staff Statement 9, p. 6.
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/staff_statements/staff_statement_9.pdf
.

3
. Interviews with Davis and Olson.

4
. Interview with current and former law enforcement officials.

5
. David Kris and J. Douglas Wilson.
National Security Investigations and Prosecutions. 2007
Thomson/West. Cited at §19:5.

6
. Ashlee Vance and Brad Stone, “Palantir, the War on Terror’s Secret Weapon,”
Bloomberg Businessweek
, November 22, 2011,
www.businessweek.com/magazine/palantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html
.

7
. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Oversight and Review Division,
A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records,
” January 2010, p. 46,
www.justice.gov/oig/reports/FBI/a0238.htm
.

8
. Interview with former senior CIA official.

9
. 
American Al Qaeda: The Story of Bryant Neal Vinas,
CNN, May 15, 2010,
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/bryant.neal.vinas/
.

10
. Vinas testimony, United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019.

11
. 
American Al Qaeda.

12
. “U.S. Muslims Desecrate American Flag: Video Shows Group on Street Corner Declaring Islamic Dominance,” WorldNetDaily, June 8, 2005,
www.wnd.com/2005/06/30701
.

13
. “Islamic Thinkers Society Calls for Genocide and Jihad on 34th Street,” Militant Islam Monitor.org, April 25, 2006,
www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/1867
.

14
. 
American Al Qaeda.

15
. NYPD Intelligence file entitled “Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub,” Undated. Obtained by authors.

16
. 
American Al Qaeda.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Ray Kelly, “Defying the Inevitable,”
New York Post
, September 11, 2007.

19
. Robert Windrem, Richard Engel, and Sam Singal, “A New Breed of ‘NYPD Blue’: Six Years After 9/11, NYC Sets ‘Gold Standard’ in Counter-Terror Efforts,” NBC
News.com
, September 11, 2007,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20730904/ns/nbcnightlynews/t/new-breed-nypd-blue/#.UJ8uouOe8wg
.

20
. The authors reviewed a March 2009 document in which Vinas recounted for FBI and Belgian authorities his al-Qaeda training.

21
. “NYPD Transformed Since 9/11 Attacks,” New York
Daily News
, September 10, 2008,
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-09-09/news/17905319_1_police-commissioner-raymond-kelly-share-intelligence-al-Qaeda
.

22
. 
Deputy Commissioner’s Briefing
, April 15, 2008. Obtained by authors.

23
. NYPD Intelligence document entitled “Memorandum for the Record,” April 18, 2008. Obtained by authors.

24
. Ibid.

25
. “Documents Captured by the United States Army in an Al-Qaeda Safe House in Pakistan Expose the Ambivalent Relations Between Al-Qaeda and Iran . . .” Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, June 14, 2002,
www.terrorism-info.org.il/Data/articles/Art_20348/E_109_12_196531746.pdf
.

26
. Interview with former senior CIA official.

27
. Vinas testimony in Medunjanin trial, United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019.

28
. 
American Al Qaeda.

Ten: In the Wind

1
. Accounts of the blowup between Shea and Ciorra were described in interviews with officials who witnessed it.

2
. The Iranian Mission operation was described in Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, “Consequences for Security as NYPD-FBI Rift Widens,” Associated Press, March 20, 2012,
www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2012/Consequences-for-security-as-NYPD-FBI-rift-widens
. The consideration of charges against NYPD officials was described in interviews with former FBI, CIA, and Justice Department officials.

Eleven: Flight

1
. Interviews with Davis and other law enforcement officials.

2
. The bugging operation was described in interviews with Garcia, Olson, and Casey.

3
. Details of the interview were memorialized in an FBI document known as a 302. It was obtained by the authors.

4
. Details of the interview were taken from Azad’s testimony in Medunjanin’s trial, United States v. Medunjanin, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 10-cr-00019; and the FBI’s September 14, 2009, interview report obtained by authors.

5
. United States v. Medunjanin, trial transcript, p. 191.