New York City Police Department (NYPD) to recruit immigrants to eavesdrop on people in places such as cafes, restaurants and mosques.
intelligence program is launched by the agency for years after the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001 ago .
of The New York Times reported, the majority of immigrants were recruited to be a spy it is Muslim. Among these are food vending carts from Afghanistan, an Egyptian-born limo driver, and accounting students from Pakistan.
Ironically, most of them were later arrested the police for minor offenses.
All above information obtained by the newspaper from a number of documents plus the results of their interviews and a former senior official with the New York police.
Deputy Commissioner of the NYPD Intelligence Division, John Miller said, his office formed a special team to run a counterterrorism program following the September 11 attacks.
Among their tasks is to dig as much information as possible related activities that may be related to terrorism. One way to recruit spies from among civilians.
"From there, we are looking for people who can provide visibility into the world of terrorism. You will not get the information without having to speak directly to the community, "Miller said as quoted by the Times.
According to Miller, the technique is quite effective in warding applied terrorism .
however, the newspaper Times said, many Muslim immigrants are used as spies admitted feeling intimidated, so as if they did not have much choice but to cooperate.
In one example, Bayjan Abrahimi, food vending carts Afghan police arrested in 2009 because of a row over parking tickets.
Subsequently, he was asked about the Al Qaeda network, the activities of Muslims in mosque , and finally lainnya.Pada things, the police asked him if he would Abrahimi to gather information on the mosque and maybe take a trip to Afghanistan.
"For fear, I was forced to agree," said Abrahimi. (* Times / roll)
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