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Rep. Peter King weighs in on controversial battle surrounding counterterrorism efforts
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New developments in the controversial battle surrounding YPD's surveillance.
Of Muslim mosques businesses and student groups across the river and the other state of New Jersey.
City attorney general in the garden state has now ruled that the police's counterterrorism work.
Was legal even though across state lines however the Council On American Islamic Relations which is known -- care.
Not surprisingly they -- agreement that finding here's their quote we are disappointed with the outcome of the review.
All consider we will consider all legal options including -- renewed appeals for action.
By the Department of Justice so for -- -- and this is an over let's check -- Republican Pete king he's the chairman of the homeland security committee.
Harassment good morning good to have you with this is -- always.
What do you welcome good to -- review it is -- then the big issue was that the counterterrorism folks are new Yorker -- in the river going into New Jersey.
Undercover surveillance in businesses in mosques New Jersey found out about it and they -- bit surprised that this was going on without their knowledge.
And now has been ruled that that they did nothing illegal right.
-- in fact this is a tremendous vindication for the NYPD it's a validation of all of they've been doing.
And actually -- that many people in Jersey didn't know what was happening -- former governor Cody -- we actually signed an agreement with the NYPD when they commit New Jersey originally.
Do you police chief -- know what knew about it and sort of other police around the state.
And there's numerous meetings being held all the time between it and New York -- and now it's possible some people that know what in any event.
Something like -- I really think I mean Governor Christie said he -- -- -- -- mean and it seems a little -- doesn't.
You know not -- be starting -- fighting it would be governor -- we've had words in the past right now we love -- brother we're getting along we wanted to go that -- But in our Governor Christie and the NYP -- now in total -- but he and Ray Kelly -- said that all along.
The Jersey authorities knew he was there in fact when the police the NYPD -- went to norte.
-- police chief in north actually had.
Newark police escort them around taking -- various locations.
They wanted to go to the bottom line is -- us terrorism doesn't stop at stabilized now because it's new -- it.
Comes in New Jersey to New York so this is really a vindication of the NYPD and the demonstration of the cooperation between an -- Worth remembering of course that than 93 bomb plot was hatched.
In Jersey City.
And Newark Airport was one of the you know main sites of that 9/11 in terms of the hijackers and when he took offense -- in very important to have that.
Coordination between those huge metro areas a couple of quick questions for you about this sit.
Does this mean now that that sort of -- -- do anything differently now did does any inquiry that they do any investigating does it have to be justified.
By a lean in and do they have to make sure that everybody on both sides of the river knows what they're doing has anything changed in that relationship.
I really I think he's probably going to be a little bit more.
Notification and cooperation that's really old old -- just gonna refine that a bit.
As far as following leads this is good police work and as far as he's Muslim groups like care which by the way was an unindicted co conspirator.
In a major terrorist funding case.
It's always been that -- that -- crime was coming from a particular community.
Like when the Justice Department was going after the mafia they went Italian American community when was coming from the west -- that -- the Irish -- community.
This is just common sense and good police work.
And unfortunately while my united percent of Muslims are good Americans.
The Islamic terrorist threat is coming from the Muslim community.
And unfortunately there's not a cooperation on the from the Muslim community and the police are doing preemptive war to doing -- balance that's what good police work is all about.
And that's why they've been able stop fourteen plots against me -- city.
Thank goodness and as a big win map for the counterterrorism folks in New York who I know you are big fan of until that they've been doing a heck of a good job.
I do want to ask why have you won one more question about this Pakistani doctor situation because I know -- -- -- even working on.
As well you suggested the other day that there was some kind of connection.
Between the White House.
And the sentencing of this Pakistani -- -- 33 years what did you mean by that.
That's -- rulings one after the -- you've been -- -- and there was talk coming from the administration about how would DNA was important.
Pakistani authorities started looking for medical people they have rounded up several health officials equal in this stocked up.
At that time we had anonymous quotes coming from the administration confirming the fact that we had used -- -- -- -- try to get DNA samples.
And then after that -- had Leon Panetta going on national television.
Confirming at this stock to watch the CIA asset working for US intelligence you combine those that was just -- -- talk.
So much indicators that would given to Pakistan as to what we had done and who did it and that's why I'm saying the administration as a responsibility.
What happened to this doctor especially is that -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- To try to protect this doctor.
Congressman king I was gonna -- great and -- -- weekend impact.
-- thank you you too thanks a lot.
