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Go out in public, and you'll be surveilled. I'm sure people would say "What the hell was the NYPD doin'--going for donuts?" if another terrorist incident hit NYC.
What I find interesting, further down in the story, is that the NYPD officers (insisting on staying anonymous because they didn't want to associate themselves with revealing security techniques) nonetheless asserted no wrongdoing and said that their actions were 'appropriate.'
The NYPD denied that it trolls ethnic neighborhoods and said it only follows leads. Police operations have disrupted terrorist plots and put several would-be killers in prison.
"The New York Police Department is doing everything it can to make sure there's not another 9/11 here and that more innocent New Yorkers are not killed by terrorists," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. "And we have nothing to apologize for in that regard." AP's investigation is based on documents and interviews with more than 40 current and former New York Police Department and federal officials. Many were directly involved in planning and carrying out these secret operations for the department. Though most said the tactics were appropriate and made the city safer, many insisted on anonymity, because they were not authorized to speak with reporters about security matters.
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