July 25, 2012
Nothing promised such a major embarrassment for the New York Police Department on a June day. Then the 911 telephone line of the New Brunswick Police rang. An alarmed resident of the New Jersey town was saying he had come across something very suspicious.
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"There's computer hardware, software, you know, just lying around,” continued the caller. “There's pictures of terrorists. There's pictures of our neighboring building that they have."
"In New Brunswick?" the dispatcher asked – still seemingly unconvinced.
Though the two were talking back in 2009, the tape of the call has only this week been obtained from the New Brunswick Police Department, following a court action by the Associated Press.
The caller, Salil Sheth, had just been doing his job, conducting a routine inspection and had come across a flat which almost screamed 9/11. Rushing to the scene, the FBI found a small apartment with no furniture or clothes, but with two computers, dozens of black plastic boxes and piles of Muslim literature on the solitary table.
A closer look at apartment No.1076 caused eyebrows to be raised even higher. This was no terrorist cell, but a secret hideout of New York City Police Department detectives, who later proved to have been gathering intelligence on the Muslim community of New Brunswick. But the NYPD had not bothered to inform local officers and agents of the operation.
The materials found at the apartment showed New York officers had been using various techniques to spy on New Brunswick Muslims. They had infiltrated mosques, eavesdropped in cafes, kept tabs on student groups, including some at Rutgers University. This had enabled the officers to build databases on virtually anything...
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