by Matt Apuzzo
Gershon, Nina, 152
Ghetto Informant Program, FBI, 130
Gilani, Daood Sayed, 135, 158
Giuliani, Rudy, 27–28
Gonzales, Alberto, 150
Greenberg, Ira, 82–83
Guantanamo Bay, 19, 50, 154, 212, 261, 262
Guatemala incident: CIA and, 32, 36, 37
Hafeez, Abdul, 108–11, 113, 114, 116, 117. See also Somali, Saleh al-
Haight, Charles, 52, 74, 78, 145–46, 148, 179–80, 181, 182
Halimi, Saifur Rehman, 95, 99
Hamad. See Shukrijumah, Adnan el-
Hamas, 184–85, 186
Hamilton, Lance, 283
Handschu, Barbara, 44, 45, 46, 47
Handschu rules/guidelines: activities of NYPD Intelligence Division and, 48, 50–52, 74, 78, 125, 132, 141, 142, 143, 144
Cohen and, 50–52, 74, 78, 142, 143, 144, 145–46, 179–80, 181, 183, 197, 212
and gathering of information, 86
and Handschu case against NYPD, 44, 46, 47–48, 128
and identification of terrorists, 132, 134, 141
mosque investigations and, 179–81, 183, 279
and oversight of NYPD, 48, 52, 142
as “rubber stamp,” 142
as safeguard for civil liberties, 50
and shutting down cases, 197
terrorism enterprise investigations and, 180–81
Vinas investigation and, 212
Haqqani, Husain, 157–61, 165, 166, 167
Hayden, Michael, 111
Heck, Brenda, 201–2, 283
Heimbach, Michael: and backpacks from Khan apartment, 252
Davis relationship with, 171
and FBI-NYPD Intelligence Division relations, 148–49
and Ostermann search in Zazi Denver investigation, 168
post-FBI career of, 283
professional background of, 169–70
role in FBI of, 171
Vinas investigation and, 219
and white van investigation, 249, 250
and Zazi entry into New York City, 61, 64, 201
and Zazi-FBI interview, 266, 269
Henoch, Margaret, 81, 83–85
Herald Square subway bombing, 151–53, 192–93, 196
Hersh, Seymour M., 47
Hezb-i-Islami, 95
Hezbollah, 81, 121–25, 229
High Rise case (FBI), 6–7, 8–9, 205.; See also Zazi, Najibullah
Hoban, Stephen, 196
Hoffman, Abbie, 41, 44, 131
Holder, Eric, 274
Holland Tunnel, 60, 61–62
Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of, 169, 212, 220, 253
Homestead Studio Suites (Aurora, Colorado): Zazi bomb making at, 1–3, 267, 270, 271
hot spots, 78, 86
House Intelligence Committee, U.S., 47
Hussain, Shabbir, 146–47
Hussein, Saddam, 84, 165
ibn Ali, Hussein, 146, 147
identification of terrorists: and Handschu rules/guidelines, 132, 134, 141
mistakes in, 147
name-change program and, 135–36
rhetoric and, 126, 128, 130–37, 138–41
Imam, Ferid, 111, 114
immigration information, 188, 195
“imminent threat of death” letters, 209
Indyk, Martin, 74
informants: Abdelaziz case and, 153–54
and Cohen-FBI relationship, 217
“cooperatives” distinguished from, 175
and Denver FBI investigation of Zazi family, 158, 166, 167–68, 171
Elshinawy case and, 195
identification of terrorists and, 128–33, 140–41
importance of, 44
Islamic Thinkers Society and, 216–17
justification for, 278
as “listening posts,” 128, 129
mosque investigations and, 178, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 189, 190, 193, 195–96
and NYPD-JTTF relationship, 153–54
recruitment of, 128
reliability of, 153–54
Shata case and, 192
Zazi investigation and, 173 See also specific person
Information Analysis Center, Colorado (CIAC), 161, 162, 163
“Intelligence Division—Strategic Posture 2006” (NYPD report), 190–91
Intelligence Division “Intel,” NYPD: accomplishments of, 190–91, 196, 213, 280
Afzali-FBI interview and, 244
challenges facing, 131
CIA compared with, 129
CIA as model for, 66
Cohen relationship with personnel of, 68–69
FBI compared with, 20, 129, 147–48
FBI as model for, 129–30
FBI relationship with, 18, 24, 25, 123–24, 148–53, 209, 217
foreign assignments of officers from, 81–83
formation of, 17–18, 81
funding for, 17, 282
Handschu rules and, 48, 50–52, 74, 78, 125, 132, 141, 142, 144, 179–80
identification of terrorists and, 128, 132, 133–37
image of, 19
JTTF relationship with, 17, 153–54, 173–74, 227–29, 270
Justice Department relationship with, 150, 151–53
justification for, 44, 278–79
lack of expertise in, 65–66
mission/focus of, 20, 148, 277–78
mistakes of, 147
as model for Boston police, 277
mythology about, 280
name-change program and, 135–36
offices of, 18, 40, 75
oversight of, 209, 280–81
powers of, 147–48
pressures on detectives in, 134–35
recruiting for, 74–76
revamping of, 40, 121, 125, 277–78
secrecy about, 280
September 11, 2001 and, 48–49
shutting down cases of, 196–97
size of, 17, 282
terrorism enterprise investigations of, 180–86, 195
uniqueness of, 147–48
whistle-blowers and, 281 See also Demographics Unit, NYPD; rakers; undercover work; zone defense; specific person or investigation
International Solidarity Movement, 145
International Terrorism Operations Section, FBI, 58, 169–70
Iranian Mission, UN: NYPD Intel-FBI relations and, 230
Iraq War, 13, 79–80, 81, 84, 164–65, 212
Islamic Center (Brooklyn), 195, 197
Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, 191, 192, 197
Islamic Thinkers Society, 140, 211–12, 213, 216–17
Israel, 73–74, 83, 184, 212
Jaji, Naqib (Zazi uncle), 254–56, 258
Jaji, Rabia, 255–56
Jergenson, Eric, 258–59, 262, 265, 267, 268, 269–70, 273
Jewell, Richard, 257
Jhinuk (Brooklyn restaurant), 86
Johnson, Agnes, 145
Johnson, Ray, 231, 244
Joint Committee Investigating Seditious Activities, 73
Joint Operations Center, FBI, 16
Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)—Denver, FBI: CIAC and, 163
Denver Art Museum threat and, 157–61, 163, 165–68, 172
raids during Zazi investigation by, 258, 263–64
success of, 280
Zazi investigation by, 157, 163, 165–68, 171–72, 204–5, 228, 252, 256–57
and Zazi return to Denver, 239–42; See also specific person
Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)—New York City, FBI: Abdelaziz and, 153–54
access to intelligence information by, 66
Afzali interview with, 243–45
and Afzali telephone calls, 228–29
Ahmedzay interview with, 268–69
CIA and, 14
Cohen meeting with, 183–86
Cohen refusal to put NYPD people on, 125
Cohen relationship with, 151, 153–54, 229–30
Cohen views about, 81
formation of, 14–15
local law enforcement refusal to participate with, 151
Medunjanin interview with, 246–47, 268–69
mosque investigations and, 183–86
NYPD/NYPD Intelligence Division relationship with, 17, 19, 81, 151, 153–54, 173–74, 227–30, 270, 280
and NYPD officers in foreign police departments, 81
NYPD role in, 14, 15
office of, 5
purpose/function of, 14
raids in Zazi investigation by, 242–48, 251, 253
SCIFs at, 7–8
size of, 15
success of, 280
and Zazi cross-country trip, 10, 54, 62
Zazi investigation/surveillance by, 173–74, 176–77, 199–207, 209–10, 224, 227–28, 230–34, 235–39; See also specific person or investigation
Justice Department, U.S.: Alavi Foundation investigation and, 16
and black site interrogations, 73–74
and civil rights case against NYPD, 279
and Cohen concerns about Handschu rules, 52
“exigent letters” and, 208
FBI subpoenas from, 205, 206
Jewell case and, 257
mosque investigations and, 178, 179, 185, 186
NYPD Intelligence Division-FBI relations and, 230
NYPD Intelligence Division relations with, 150, 151–53
Siraj investigation and, 151–53
warrants of, 206–7
and Zazi-FBI interview and deal, 266, 267 See also specific person
Kabul Kabob House (Queens), 88, 89
Karim, Adbul, 95
Karzai, Hamid, 102
Kelly, Ray: and accomplishments of NYPD, 190, 213, 216, 257
and cartoon controversy, 189
and Cohen appointment as NYPD deputy commissioner for intelligence, 30, 39–40, 278
and Cohen investigative powers, 181
Cohen meetings with, 30, 66
community policing strategy of, 28
and decline of crime rates, 28
and formation of NYPD Intelligence Division, 17, 19–20
and future of Intel activities, 281–82
Giuliani and, 27–28
and identification of terrorists, 140, 141
JTTF and, 81
justification of Intel activities by, 278–79
King praise for, 280
mosque investigations and, 179, 185, 189
as NY police commissioner, 26, 27–29
NYPD-FBI relationship and, 30
and NYPD Intel-JTTF relationship, 270
and NYPD officers in foreign police departments, 81, 82, 83, 84
and oversight of NYPD, 142, 283
professional background of, 26–27
refuses interview with Apuzzo and Goldman, 278
and revamping of Intelligence Division, 277–78
September 11, 2001 and, 26, 30
Shata case and, 192
Siraj case and, 152
and women’s protest about Bell shooting, 145
Kerik, Bernard, 27
Khan, Adeela, 141
Khan, Naiz, 200, 203, 224, 232, 242, 247–48, 251, 253
Khan, Zakir, 104
Khyber Agency, 105
King, Peter, 280
Knox, Jeffrey, 219, 220
Koresh, David, 21
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 164, 182–83
Lamb, Gerald, 10–12, 59
Lambert, Doug, 166, 168, 171–72
Larkin, Kevin, 237, 238, 241
LaRouche, Lyndon, 45
Larteguy, Jean, 259
Lashkar-e-Taiba, 135
Leads Unit, NYPD, 136
Lebanese man: Hezbollah and, 122–25
Lefcourt, Gerald, 43
Leffler, Brenda, 161, 162, 163, 166
Left Turn magazine, 145
Libi, Abu Yahya al-, 216, 218
Libutti, Frank, 66
Lidle, Cory, 189–90
Lieberman, Joseph, 127
Lincoln Tunnel, 60, 62, 251
Lindh, John Walker, 182
“listening posts,” 128, 129, 130, 155
local law enforcement: CIA relationship with, 67–68
FBI relationship with, 30
as refusing to participate in JTTF, 151
Zazi investigation role of, 25–26
London, England: bombings in, 3, 82, 112, 119
Long Island Rail Road: threat to, 220
Los Angeles International Airport: plot to bomb, 9
Lusk, Clayton, 73
Lyons, Amy Jo, 151, 183, 184, 185
Mafia, 182, 205
“marriage”: as al-Qaeda code word, 9, 157, 268, 279
martyrdom videos, 118
Maysonet, Angel, 246, 273
McCain, John, 114
McCarthy, Garry, 87
McCollam, David, 234
McHale, Thomas, 62, 63
McJunkin, Jim, 58, 64, 201–2, 219, 220, 229, 283
McLaughlin, Craig, 233, 234
McVeigh, Timothy, 161
media: and Cohen appointment as NYPD deputy commission for intelligence, 39–40
Zazi arrest and, 272–73
Zazi interviews with, 257, 269, 271 See also specific organization
Medunjanin, Adis: Afghanistan/Pakistan trip of, 9, 16, 89, 103–18, 204, 246, 247, 268–69
Afzali and, 232, 244, 246
al-Qaeda and, 101, 102, 106–14, 117, 246
attempted suicide of, 274
computer of, 246
cover story for, 103, 104–5
and Denver FBI investigation of Zazi family, 158
and Denver police questioning of Zazi family, 226
drone attacks and, 112
fake name of, 158
FBI early interest in, 16
FBI interview with, 273–74
FBI surveillance of, 209, 274
financing of activities of, 103–4
FISAs for, 207
and identification of terrorists, 155
JTFF raid on home of, 243, 245–47, 248
JTTF interviews with, 246–47, 248, 268–69
lack of information about, 89, 221
legal case against, 236, 262, 267
martyrdom video of, 118
Muslim student activities of, 100–101, 155
NYPD Intel investigation of, 174, 176
Pakistani police and, 106
personal background of, 98, 100, 102
as Queens College student, 100–101
self-image of, 102
spiritual awakening of, 100
subway bombing plan and, 118, 200
suicide bombing and, 101, 102, 109–10, 114
as Taliban supporter, 102, 117
terrorist training for, 218
trial and sentencing of, 274–75
and U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, 101–2
views about U.S. of, 102–3
Zazi-Ahmedzay pact with, 103–4
Zazi confession and arrest and, 268, 271
Zazi-FBI interview and, 269–71
Zazi first meets, 98
Meena House Café (Brooklyn), 132
Mehta, Timothy, 81, 87
Milestone Park (Brooklyn), 86
Moayad, Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan al-, 185, 186
Mobil Oil: bombing of New York City headquarters of, 14
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 117
Mohmand Agency, 214
mosques/religious schools: and accomplishments of NYPD, 191
cartoon controversy and, 189–90
Cohen-JTTF meeting about investigation of, 183–86
FBI investigations of, 177–79, 181
and FBI-NYPD Intelligence relations, 149
First Amendment and, 177, 180, 188, 189
as fundraising for Hamas and al-Qaeda, 184–85
Handschu guidelines and, 179–81, 183, 279
and identification of terrorists, 126, 129, 130, 137, 139
and “mosque crawlers,” 187, 278
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bsp; public knowledge about investigations of, 192–93
“radicalizers” in, 221
raids on, 177–78
as sources of information, 76–77, 78, 84, 187, 278, 282
sting operations on, 178
terrorism enterprise investigations of, 180–81, 188
wiretaps on, 185–86, 188 See also specific mosque or school
Moussaoui, Zacharias, 184
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 37
Mudd, Phil, 77
Mueller, Robert, 151, 168–69, 170, 208, 229, 268, 284
mujahideen, 93, 101, 106
Mujahideen Information Bureau (Flushing, NY), 95, 99
Mumbai, India: bombing in, 57
Murphy, Patrick, 44, 50, 128
Murray, Bill, 83
Muslim Brotherhood, 183
Muslim Center (Bronx), 189
Muslim Center (Brooklyn), 190
Muslim Center of New York, 177, 199
Muslim Student Association (Queens College), 100–101, 141
Muslim student groups, 71, 100–101, 130, 139–41, 279, 282
Muslims: African Americans as, 137
building of files on New York City, 85, 86
in Colorado, 162
FBI relationship with, 179, 282
fears and isolation of, 282
in Flushing, New York, 175
identification of terrorists and, 135, 137
Medunjanin views about American hatred of, 247
NYPD relationship with, 282
post-9/11 questioning of, 49, 79, 98–99, 177 See also mosques/religious schools; specific person or mosque
Muslims of America, 153
Nabhan, Saleh Ali Saleh, 6
name-change program, NYPD, 135–36
Nasiri, Omar, 213
Nasrulah, Sheikh, 215
Nation of Islam, 42
National Collection Division, CIA, 34–35
National Counterterrorism Center, 169
National Lawyers Guild, 42–43
National Security Agency (NSA), 14, 53, 169, 203–4, 207, 210, 214, 279
national security letters, 205–7, 208, 209
NBC News, 213
New Left: NYPD lawsuit of, 43–44
New York City: decline of crime rate in, 28
demographics of, 69
ethnic neighborhoods in, 64, 73
mapping of neighborhoods in, 73, 77, 78
potential targets in, 113, 217–18
subway system in, 92–93
New York City Council, 82, 283
New York City Police Foundation, 82
New York Civil Liberties Union, 48
New York Daily News: Ahmadinejad motorcade story in, 24
and Cohen appointment as NYPD deputy commissioner of intelligence, 40
New York Highway Patrol, 229
New York Law Commune, 41, 42, 48
New York Post: Kelly op-ed praise for Intel in, 213
New York State Police, 15
New York Stock Exchange: as potential terrorist target, 113
New York Times: Black Panther story in, 43