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Secret NYPD surveillance in N.J. was not so secret, former officials say
It was no secret.
Although recent disclosures that in 2007 the New York Police Department spied on Muslims in New Jersey have unleashed a furor, interviews with a dozen former state and federal officials show the department’s presence here was widely known among the state’s law enforcement officials.
In fact, it seems that after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, almost everyone — including Gov. Chris Christie, who was U.S. Attorney for New Jersey at the time — knew to varying degrees the NYPD was scouring the state, where some of the hijackings were planned and one was launched. (Baxter, The Star-Ledger)
