Informant’s text messages shed new light on NYPD spy program targeting Muslims

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Informant’s text messages shed new light on NYPD spy program targeting Muslims

by Alex Kane on May 25, 2013

Text messages from a former police informant who targeted Muslims have opened a new window into the the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) spying--and suggest an expansive program where informants surveil innocuous activities and try to bait people into saying violent things.