Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is defending the controversial New York Police Department surveillance program which placed undercover officers at mosques and other places Muslims frequent in the city
adding that he felt the NYPD acted well within the confines of the law.
The surveillance program was established in the aftermath of the deadly September 11th attacks which were coordinated by the terrorist group al Qaeda. The NYPD said the effort was aimed at staving off future attacks. The ACLU also noted that no court had ever found the surveillance program under Bloomberg to be,"lawful."
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks during the tenth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 25, 2020.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sits with Imam Sheikh Fadhel Al-Sahlani at the Inam Al-Khoei Islamic Center, as they listen to a speaker on March 28, 2003, in the Queens borough of New York. Asad Dandia, who was befriended by an NYPD informant as a teen as part of the surveillance program told ABC News that he was initially contacted under the premise of “wanting to become a better Muslim.” Dandia ran an organization called Muslims Giving Back and the informant participated in some of its events and joined his group of friends.
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