Revelations on NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Contradict Bloomberg Claims

by Justin Elliott
ProPublica, Feb. 22, 2012, 6:24 p.m.

The Associated Press published a story today detailing how, in 2007, undercover New York Police Department officers investigated the Muslim community in Newark, N.J., producing a secret report profiling mosques, Islamic schools and Muslim-owned businesses and restaurants.

The story, based on a copy of the 60-page report obtained by AP, concludes that the surveillance project was undertaken despite "no evidence of terrorism or criminal behavior. It was a guide to Newark's Muslims."