Pamela Geller sums it up: “This story quotes a Muslim professor saying that ‘for an undercover to be seeded in a community for that long without a specific target raises some deeply troubling questions about the direction of policing in our city.’ What should really raise some deeply troubling questions is that this program was ended by Mayor ‘Red Bill’ de Blasio, and that when it was ended, it was widely reported that it had not resulted in the foiling of a single plot, and only now is it revealed that this undercover agent exposed a jihad bombing plot in the city….That foiled plot should have been enough to show that the program was necessary and should continue. The undercover agent was seeded in the community for that long because for that long, and longer, there was a jihad threat within Muslim communities. That threat continues. This surveillance should have continued as well.”
“NYPD officer ‘converted’ to Islam in order to go undercover and spy on Brooklyn College students which led to the arrest of two women accused of ‘building a bomb and planning to wage jihad in New York,'” Dailymail.com, October 31, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
An NYPD officer pretended to be a Brooklyn College student at the Islamic Society in New York City, and taking the Muslim oath of faith, before befriending Muslim students to infiltrate the community.
The woman, who went by the name of Mel, short for Melike, spent four years earning the trust of Islamic students at the college as part of an NYPD operation to spy on Muslims, according to NY’s daily weblog Gothamist.
The controversial mission was part of the police departments well-documented plan that sees the blanket surveillance of innocent Muslims.
The Mayor of New York, Bill deBlasio has openly criticized such surveillance and declared at a Ramadan dinner that Muslim New Yorkers were ‘still fighting for basic human rights.’
‘We recently shut down the Demographics Unit at NYPD, which conducted surveillance on Muslim New Yorkers. Because it’s unfair to single out people on the sole basis of their religion,’ he added.
The undercover operation led to some important arrests. Four years after Mel had infiltrated the college, two Queens residents, Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui, were arrested and charged with allegedly planning to build a bomb.
The US Justice Department issued a release stating that the women were linked to members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State.
It was revealed that a Detective from the NYPD’s Intelligence Bureau was heavily involved in bringing the women to justice.
Students who have since been made aware of the undercover operation have said how they now feel violated after discovering Mel’s true identity.
‘You trust someone, you talk to them. And they were just gathering information about your community,’ a student said.
‘I grew up here. To have this happen because of your religion, or your political views, it’s scary. You feel alienated. And you don’t feel like this is your home,’ she added.
Three Brooklyn College graduates who had been close to the undercover officer told Gothamist of the intimate ties she developed with Muslim students and her presence during some of the most private moments of their lives.
Mel immersed herself in the student community, attending Islamic education classes, social gatherings, and trips to museums and the aquarium.
Professor Ramzi Kassem at CUNY School of Law and director of the school’s Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project said that ‘for an undercover to be seeded in a community for that long without a specific target raises some deeply troubling questions about the direction of policing in our city.’
New York attorney Gideon Orion Oliver explained to Gothamist how undercover detectives ‘develop really profound and predatory relationships with their targets,’ to create an intimate bond of trust between them.
After spending so much time and getting to know a vast amount of the target’s life, ‘the government and the undercover officers have significant roles in manufacturing what they then characterize as the defendants’ plots,’ Oliver said.
Many of the cases dealt with by the NYPD often involve a form of ‘entrapment’ that see undercover detectives and FBI informants carrying out manipulative tactics in order to secure evidence that will later lead to arrests.
In the case of Velentzas and Siddiqui, four propane gas tanks, as well as instructions for how to turn them into explosive devices, are said to have been found in Siddiqui’s home, and according to the criminal complaint, the two women had in-depth conversations with the undercover officer about their violent aspirations.
The undercover officer established a friendship with at least one of the women as early as 2013, according to the criminal complaint.
The two women are not alleged to have been in the process of planning a specific attack, and according to the criminal complaint, Velentzas repeatedly stated she would not want to harm any ‘regular’ people, instead targeting police or military personnel.
After 9/11, both the NYPD and the FBI revamped their approach to terrorism investigations and began operating under a policy of preventive prosecution.
The NYPD began to look for particular indicators of radicalization such as the ‘wearing of traditional Islamic clothing,’ giving up drinking or smoking, and ‘becoming involved in social activism.’
In the NYPD’s model of measuring threats, which have been criticized, young people were also a key target.
‘The government – often acting through informants – is actively involved in developing [terrorism plots], persuading and sometimes pressuring the target to participate, and providing the resources to carry it out,’ according to the 2014 Human Rights Watch report.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn College authorities have denied having any knowledge of the undercover operation at the campus and have said they were not notified of such activity by the NYPD.
Specific guidelines expressly prohibit the NYPD from monitoring political or religious organizations unless there is suspicion of a crime taking place.
In this case, it appears ‘Mel’ was assigned to the school to observe Muslim students out of mere curiosity.
Brooklyn College students at the Islamic Society told Gothamist they feel skeptical and paranoid.
‘In the back of all our minds, there’s always that suspicion, that either, you are a spy, or you think I’m one,’ a female Muslim student stressed.
‘We’re acting like criminals, even though we haven’t done anything,’ she said.

RonaldB says
I think the presence of the police undercover units will have a devastating effect on the Muslim community.
The Muslims will feel uncomfortable whenever a friend begins discussing planting bombs in military or police facilities, blowing up civilians, or jetting off to ISIS. I can see where that will place a strain on the normal conversations of Muslims, and make them paranoid to be confiding in friends.
Muslims should be able to have a normal Muslim conversation without worrying that undercover agents will use those conversations against them. How are Muslims supposed to develop normal social interactions if they have to look over their shoulders every time they talk about waging jihad?
mortimer says
Agreeing with RonaldB’s tongue-in-cheek remarks. His point is that violent jihad, conspiracy and taqiyya are normative Islam, and they are inherent parts of Islam’s war against Western political philosophy based on egalitarianism and pluralism.
Rob says
Brilliant!
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Well, cry me a river!
So the ‘professor’ and the muslim students FEEL ‘betrayed’, ‘unsafe’, ‘alienated’? Waah waah waah! I wish I could say ‘Get used to it muslim terrorists!’. But of course I can’t, since doubtless Red Bill will quash any further heroic efforts by our cops on behalf of we-the-people.
Meanwhile untold tens, hundreds of New Yorkers have been saved from the psychotic bombers aka ‘the Muslims Student Association’. Good work Officers-we’re in your debt.
TexianWife says
We the People ALSO FEEL ‘betrayed’, ‘unsafe’, ‘alienated’ by the hoards of migrants (translation: military age young men, primarily) being forced on us and into our communities by the UN!!!
mortimer says
Agree. Agree.
Should Westerners feel safe from jihad attack or should jihadists feel safe from arrest by police?
rabrooks says
I get a kick out of the muzzies always crying about being “spied” on, but never a mention of their brethren’s continued terroristic plots to kill Americans. What’s up with that? There a major disconnect disconnect here. Same a the butt-fking obozo just got from iran….
I got a better idea. What if we implement their strategy and simply start killing muzzies wherever we find them? Guaranteed to draw world wide distain with just the mention of such a plan. Pislamic countries say and do this and not a word…….
rubiconrest says
If you belong to a group that says members who want to leave or criticise the group ideology should be killed you have entered into a criminal enterprise and should not be surprised if the government takes an interest in your activities. Islam’s sharia enforcement operates much like a gang or mafia enterprise. Step out of line and you’re in big trouble. A government that had the best interests of it’s citizens at heart would make it very clear that Islam is not under surveillance but individuals who take the faith literally and want to bring harm to others in their faith community or outside their community ARE under surveillance. In not uncertain terms ideological beliefs that violate our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are against the law. It should be against the law for any institution to teach otherwise.
PRCS says
Correct.
Islam is not under surveillance, as Islam is an ideology. But more and more, the behavior of Muslim literalists has resulted in greater scrutiny of that ideology.
“In not uncertain terms ideological beliefs that violate our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are against the law.”
Unfortunately, too many of our fellow citizens seem not to understand that religious practices which violate U.S. law are not protected by the First Amendment.
rabrooks says
Yes. Death to America! Sharia will overthrow democracy and free speech! The White House will be the Black-house! I deserve welfare for my three wives and 12 kids, and the freedom to live and raise my family in an islamic state! Why are you watching me? Why do you have spies in my mousque? You are violating my human rights by interfering with my duty to kill you!
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“An NYPD officer pretended to be a Brooklyn College student at the Islamic Society in New York City, and taking the Muslim oath of faith, before befriending Muslim students to infiltrate the community.”
A few things are peculiar about this first sentence.
[1] What is “the” community? The community of students at Brooklyn College? The community of Muslim students at Brooklyn college? The worldwide community of Muslims, i.e. the whole ummah?
[2] The presence of “and” in this sentence makes it ungrammatical.
[3] So Mel was not a student but only pretended to be one? How did she maintain this pretense? Did she attend any classes? Which ones? Did she register as a student? (If she did, then she *is* a student.) Did she pay any tuition? How much? Did she buy any textbooks? Which ones? (Any by Imam Rashid Spencer?) If she paid nothing to Brooklyn College, is she guilty of theft of services?
Angemon says
What a jackass. Exactly what “basic human rights” are muslims in NY denied?
Was that how the police was picking whom to spy on? Or were they sending undercover officers to keep tabs on centers who preach an ideology that goes against the core Western values? This is the problem with religion. Well, not with religion per se, but with the concept of religion: people automatically assume that religion means harmless. If someone professes to follow a religion that commands its adherents to wage war and humiliate other people on the basis of their religion, what’s wrong with sending an undercover agent to see what’s happening? Change “religion” with “ideology” and things get much simpler.
Huh, so what? Isn’t that part of police work?
*yawn* Try changing the tune every once in a while, ok? All this “I’m the victim here” act is mind numbingly stupid. Of course some ideologies, whether religion or politics, are going to be under scrutiny. Because of what they teach. Does anyone really think it’s ok to turn a blind eye on, for example, KKK rallies because they shouldn’t be discriminated against on the grounds of their political views? I suspect not, but the same people who wouldn’t care if the KKK were being spied on might balk at singling someone on the grounds of their religion – again, the concept of “religion” murks the waters.
No, it just goes to show that the NYPD is doing its job properly.
Oh, please – always the same excuse, isn’t it? “We ain’t done nothin’, we wuz framed!”. As Mr. Spencer asked on several occasions, what would it take for you to agree to detonate a bomb, for example, in a crowded marketplace?
And that matters why? If anything, it makes it worse – she was planning on attacking people who swore to give their lives to uphold and defend American law.
By whom and why?
Well, they are muslims – it’s safe to assume they’re being taught that non-muslims are always out to get them, as per quran 2:120 (“And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion”) or 5:51 (“O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you – then indeed, he is [one] of them”).
Which would explain why the agent needed 4 years to caught someone red-handed…
You mean, you’re being treated like criminals even though you haven’t done anything? Because if you’re acting like criminals then chances are you’re in fact a criminal. Talk about a Freudian slip…
rabrooks says
That “taqufir” methodology makes it so clear. Muzzies come pre-fcked-up, We don’t have to do anything to them. They begin life having fear/paranoia stuffed down their throats and continuously reinforce it with koranic verses like “take not the Jew/Christian for you friend” and “do not let them take you for a friend”.
That’s right out of the koran, but every mudslime disputes it’s existence.
SoCalMike says
I wish I could get within hand shaking distance to the Muslims who feel betrayed so I could spit in their faces, knock them down and merely threaten them with the same that their coreligionists do to non-Muslims in their own country and ask them how it feels.
then spit on and humiliate them some more just for kicks.
I’m sick of these gigantic asses masquerading as people.
But let us not forget. The enemies within the gates of the city are the ones who keep opening the gate for them inviting them to come here in vast numbers infesting our government, media and academia like so many lice and maggots.
John Kerry and Obama know who I’m talking about and so do the slaves who voted for them twice.
Jeremiah says
We need as many plants in Islam as Islam has in our administration then, perhaps, we can find out what Obama is up to?
Islam :- the religion of lying to infidels says
“The Mayor of New York, Bill deBlasio has openly criticized such surveillance and declared at a Ramadan dinner that Muslim New Yorkers were ‘still fighting for basic human rights.’”
Do Muslims rights, include the right to plot to make bombs ???
‘In the back of all our minds, there’s always that suspicion, that either, you are a spy, or you think I’m one,’ a female Muslim student stressed.
I wonder where they got that idea … !!
“After 9/11, both the NYPD and the FBI revamped their approach to terrorism investigations and began operating under a policy of preventive prosecution.”
And of course, this has nothing to do with Islam …
SoCalMike says
Is anyone else sick and tired of the 5th column enemies being allowed the freedom to wage war on us from our own soil?
I am.
Let’s kill them.
It isn’t murder.
It’s justifiable killing in the name of national and self defense.
Allah is pagan moon good and he has no prophet.
F Islam and double F the Americans willing to enable this trash with money and weapons.
Jeremiah says
. . . and they think we have no testosterone. Wow just look at all the comments about what we are gonna do with them!
ECAW says
Do you really think incitement to murder on a public discussion board is a good idea, even though you manage to claim it is something else?
We softies await your leading by example.
rabrooks says
I like the muzzy ideology. They are not humans, so it isn’t murder. It’s just eliminating pests……….
Dan says
Can you imagine a couple of Mafioso trying to pull that line of defense?
“Me an’ Vinnie Two Fingers here, we feels violated.”
“Yeah, vy-illated.”
“I mean. We is been pillars o’ da community.”
“Pillars.”
“Den dis goomba. We takes him in. Treats him like one o’ da family.”
“Yeah. Fam-ly.”
“An’ he goes and snitches.”
“Da dirty stoolie.”
“What, yous honor?”
———-
“Na. We don’t know he an’ his wife an’ kids ended up da bottom of da river.
“Must have been like, yous Honor, like, one o’ dem axe-idents you keep hearin’ about.”
“Yeah. Tings is real, dangerous des days.”
PRCS says
Good point, humorously made.
The same goes with those who think Muslims born in the U.S., and those here legally, will ever be deported for their beliefs.
Jaladhi says
No Muslim can ever be trusted. Period! The only thing in a Muslim’s life that counts is Islam and how to propagate it. They will do anything to achieve that goal. Unfortunately, our leaders don’t understand it and continue bringing hoards of Muslims from ME, Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India,… to give them a better life as if they care for the better life because if they did they would do something to improve lives in their own lands. All Muslims form all infidel lands should just go to those 57 Islamic paradises so that we can live in peace here at least!!
Kado says
Great explanation of Muslims.They will never assimilate into our culture but expect us to assimilate into their horror of a culture. They will lie to advance their ideology and will not honor a promise.Somehow we must stop this invasion before we wind up like the EU.This has to be s priority of our new president.
steve says
It sounds to me like the police just did their jobs and are to be commended. I hope they can find and prosecute more of these so called “peaceful” islamists who are waging war on America pretending to befriend us but in reality are just waiting for opportunities to destroy and spread their cowardly violence of islamism. they’re just mad about this because they were beaten at their own game and it further shows that the womena have the potential to be just as violent as the men following that inbred brainwashed cult teaching! it’s definitely “all in the dysfunctional family” with these maniacs. As far as that “teacher”, he’s probably one of the ones plotting some sort of sabotage just waiting for his chance to create more violence in the name of some deranged pagan i mutt! Its just more intolerance westernphobia care of the religion of p&88!
Mulakush says
It looks like Moslems feel entitled. They feel entitled to do egregious harm to others.