christiefan915
Catalyst
Well Trumpsters, and other haters? Spend more money on something that didn't work the first time?
"In the wake of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed at least 130 lives, U.S. politicians have been figuratively climbing over one another to see who can be less welcoming to Muslim refugees from Syria and Iraq. Fearing an attack on U.S. soil, many have suggested measures to quell, restrict or otherwise monitor Muslims in or entering the United States — a position that, ironically, is the opposite of how France is approaching the issue in the aftermath of the violence. Yet as mayors, governors, candidates, congresspersons and President Barack Obama debate the merit of a more stringent refugee policy, preventing an attack will ultimately fall to homeland security officials and local law enforcement.
When New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton faced questions Thursday about security measures targeting Muslims, he gave a simple answer: We tried that before. It didn't work.
From 2003 to 2014, the NYPD housed the controversial Demographics Unit, dedicated to surveilling the Muslim communities of the New York metropolitan area. Plainclothes officers were dispatched to mosques, bakeries and community centers to eavesdrop and seek out intelligence that might hint at future terrorist attacks.
In those 11 years, the squad learned as much about terrorism as most people who hang out in mosques, bakeries and community centers do: nothing. So when Bratton disbanded the unit in April 2014, it was with the embarrassment of a department hanging over his head.
On Thursday, when asked why he had killed the program, Bratton confirmed the unit's ineffectuality, stating, "not one single piece of actionable intelligence ever came out of that unit in its years of existence."
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Meanwhile, white supremacists remain the biggest existing terrorist threat to American national security, according to a recent study from the New America Foundation. Since 9/11, almost twice as many people have been killed by these groups and individuals than by Muslim jihadists.
http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-chief-speaks-harsh-truth-185157274.html
"In the wake of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed at least 130 lives, U.S. politicians have been figuratively climbing over one another to see who can be less welcoming to Muslim refugees from Syria and Iraq. Fearing an attack on U.S. soil, many have suggested measures to quell, restrict or otherwise monitor Muslims in or entering the United States — a position that, ironically, is the opposite of how France is approaching the issue in the aftermath of the violence. Yet as mayors, governors, candidates, congresspersons and President Barack Obama debate the merit of a more stringent refugee policy, preventing an attack will ultimately fall to homeland security officials and local law enforcement.
When New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton faced questions Thursday about security measures targeting Muslims, he gave a simple answer: We tried that before. It didn't work.
From 2003 to 2014, the NYPD housed the controversial Demographics Unit, dedicated to surveilling the Muslim communities of the New York metropolitan area. Plainclothes officers were dispatched to mosques, bakeries and community centers to eavesdrop and seek out intelligence that might hint at future terrorist attacks.
In those 11 years, the squad learned as much about terrorism as most people who hang out in mosques, bakeries and community centers do: nothing. So when Bratton disbanded the unit in April 2014, it was with the embarrassment of a department hanging over his head.
On Thursday, when asked why he had killed the program, Bratton confirmed the unit's ineffectuality, stating, "not one single piece of actionable intelligence ever came out of that unit in its years of existence."
<snip>
Meanwhile, white supremacists remain the biggest existing terrorist threat to American national security, according to a recent study from the New America Foundation. Since 9/11, almost twice as many people have been killed by these groups and individuals than by Muslim jihadists.
http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-chief-speaks-harsh-truth-185157274.html
