Nypd Intelligence Division

Intelligence Division: Yet Again, Bending the Rules

Len Levitt | Posted 05.07.2012

Len Levitt

According to WNYC, Intel detectives arrested half a dozen Occupy Wall Street protestors on old warrants for minor violations to question them about their May Day demonstrations, which were expected to shut down key areas of the city.

'You're Not Cops': Corruption Case Sheds Light On NYPD

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 04.23.2012

NEW YORK -- NYPD badges out, Kelvin Jones and the other armed men turned up out of nowhere at a New Jersey warehouse and began barking orders. Jones ...

Liberal Groups Decry NYPD Spying On Liberal Groups

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.29.2012

NEW YORK -- A coalition of politicians and civil rights activists criticized the New York Police Department on Wednesday for monitoring political grou...

NYPD Followed Muslim College Students On Rafting Trip To Count How Many Times They Prayed

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 04.22.2012

NEW YORK — One autumn morning in Buffalo, N.Y., a college student named Adeela Khan logged into her email and found a message announcing an upco...

Terror Expert Says New York Could Be Iran's Number One Target

Posted 02.15.2012

As tensions continue to rise in the Middle East, there are increasing concerns over a potential attack by Iran and some experts believe New York City ...

NYPD Accused Of Having 'Secret List' Barring Blacks From Promotion

Posted 01.18.2012

The NYCLU has filed a federal complaint accusing the NYPD of having a "secret list" barring black officers from being promoted within the department's...

The NYPD: Making the FBI Look Good

Faiza Patel | Posted 01.31.2012

Faiza Patel

While we are all grateful to the NYPD for its work in protecting the city, that doesn't mean the Intelligence Division should operate without oversight and ride roughshod.

We Must Reform the NYPD Intelligence/Surveillance Program to Preserve Civil Liberties and Public Safety

Brad Lander | Posted 01.21.2012

Brad Lander

Because the NYPD has decided NYC requires an intelligence-gathering division on par with federal intelligence agencies, the City also needs a framework for appropriate oversight that is on par with the federal level.

NYPD Intel Unit Caused Muslim Businesses To Close

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 01.08.2012

NEW YORK -- Even before it showed up in a secret police report, everybody in Bay Ridge knew that Mousa Ahmad's cafe was being watched. Strangers loit...

NYPD Infiltration Of Colleges Raises Privacy Fears

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY and MATT APUZZO | Posted 12.11.2011

NEW YORK — With its whitewashed bell tower, groomed lawns and Georgian-style buildings, Brooklyn College looks like a slice of Colonial Virginia...

Hard Questions About Terror

Len Levitt | Posted 12.10.2011

Len Levitt

For first time since 9/11, some elected officials had the courage to grill Police Commissioner Ray Kelly about his secretive anti-terrorism policies. Surprise, surprise, those officials did not include Mayor Bloomberg.

Targeting Muslims: Does Anyone Care?

Len Levitt | Posted 11.27.2011

Len Levitt

It seems no exaggeration to say that the NYPD has infiltrated every level of Muslim life in NYC. Where's the outrage? Where's the concern? Where's the lawsuit?

9/11: Survival Comes First

Len Levitt | Posted 11.12.2011

Len Levitt

Ten years later, the terror has become a low-grade, chronic fear that New Yorkers live with. Fear has made normally cynical New Yorkers more accepting of authority, especially law enforcement authority.

Matt Sledge

NYPD's Cooperation With CIA Lacks Effective Oversight, Civil Liberties Groups Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.31.2011

Last week the Associated Press came out with an explosive -- or "underwhelming," depending on your point of view -- article about the NYPD's collabora...

Where Is Mariem Megalla Now?

Anthony Papa | Posted 07.27.2011

Anthony Papa

The public has a right to know the outcome of this investigation. There's a possibility that thousands of people's lives were adversely affected by Megalla's actions, and the absence of any real information after an entire year is suspicious.

Counterterror NYC Ignores Inconvenient Truths

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

Counterterror NYC, a National Geographic special, blindly and uncritically endorsed NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly's high-tech approach to fighting terrorism. It failed to address Kelly's fatal flaw: his ego.

Ray Kelly: Controlling From the Grave

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

True, it's important to have a succession plan in place for a catastrophe. But why is Ray Kelly writing an obituary to himself and memorializing his successors in roles that will never happen?

Some New York Subway Cameras Now Transmitting In Real Time

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Five hundred cameras installed in three of the city's busiest transit hubs started feeding live images to the police department's hig...

Did NYPD Intel Recruit a Criminal?

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

In its rush to recruit an undercover officer to spy on terrorists, the NYPD failed to properly vet a cop now accused in the million-dollar New Jersey perfume heist.

A Failure to Communicate

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

There is more cause for concern about the NYPD's Lone Cowboy behavior the more we learn about its dealings with the Queens imam who jeopardized the investigation into the subway bombing plot.

Why the NYPD's Ray Kelly is America's Top Cop

Anthony Amore | Posted 05.25.2011

Anthony Amore

In the annals of American law enforcement, no one's achievements and innovations can match those of Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department. Simply put, he's the best cop in U.S. history.

Branding "Intel"

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

After retiring from the NYPD and 15 months in Iraq, "conducting human intelligence," Sgt. Chris Strom settled down in Virginia and opened Intel Investigations. Then he heard from Intel's lawyer.

The Lesson of the Imam

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

Missing from news accounts of Imam Afzali's plea was any reference to the NYPD's near-fatal bungling of Najibullah Zazi's subway plot, the most serious terrorism threat to New York since 9/11.

Intel's Out-to-Lunch Lieutenant

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

A whistle-blowing detective inside the NYPD's Intelligence Division is warning of an impending tragedy because of the shenanigans of a key boss.

NYPD Intel's J. Lo Connection

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Len Levitt

Intel's head of Dignitary Protection has so much time on his hands that he's moonlighting as security muscle for both baseball and Ray Kelly's new pals, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony.