This is an illustration of the truth about what I said last Thursday at Truman State University: that charges of “Islamophobia” and “racism” are used to hinder legitimate counterterror efforts, thus paving the way for more jihad terror attacks.
“The purge of a report on radical Islam has put NYC at risk,” by Paul Sperry, New York Post, April 15, 2017:
The NYPD has had a stellar track record of protecting the city from another 9/11, foiling more than 20 planned terrorist attacks since 2001. But some worry the department is losing its terror-fighting edge as it tries to please Muslim grievance groups.
Last year, for instance, it censored an anti-terror handbook to appease offended Muslims, even though it has accurately predicted radicalization patterns in recent “homegrown” terror cases. Rank-and-file NYPD officers, detectives and even intelligence and counterterrorism units are officially barred now from referring to the handbook or the scientific study on which it was based.
Former law-enforcement officials fear its removal as a training tool may be hurting efforts to prevent terrorist activity, such as the vehicle-ramming attacks plaguing European cities.
“The report was extremely accurate on how the radicalization process works and what indicators to look for,” said Patrick Dunleavy, former deputy inspector general of the New York state prisons’ criminal-intelligence division, who also worked with the NYPD’s intelligence division for several years.
Mayor de Blasio agreed in January 2016 to purge the remarkably prescient police training guide “Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat” to help settle a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Muslim groups who claimed the NYPD’s anti-terror training discriminated against Muslims.
Written 10 years ago, the seminal NYPD report detailing the religious steps homegrown terrorists take toward radicalization is now more relevant than ever, with recent terror suspects closely following those steps. But in 2007, the same year the study was released, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) organized a protest against it, complaining it “casts suspicion on all US Muslims.” Even though federal law enforcement has long-shunned CAIR as a suspected terrorist front organization, “groups like CAIR were insistent on having it removed, and de Blasio caved into them,” Dunleavy said.
Under the city’s unusual settlement agreement, the NYPD as well as New York state agencies were forced to remove its 90-page anti-terror study — described by plaintiffs as “deeply flawed” and “inflammatory” — from databases and no longer rely on it “to open or extend investigations” into terrorist activities. Also, police must now commit to “mitigating the potential impact” of any counterterrorism investigation on the Muslim community.
The deal has had a chilling effect on other city police forces’ ability to use fact-based, trend analysis to develop terrorism cases, experts say. They warn that purging such studies deprives local law enforcement of the ability to understand how ISIS and other jihadists recruit, organize and operate — which is critical to disrupting terrorism plots.
“The FBI has its hands full with over 1,000 open cases on ISIS terrorist suspects already in the US,” former FBI Agent John Guandolo said, “and it needs the help of well-trained eyes and ears on the ground at the local and state level.”
“The bad guys know if police don’t know this stuff at the ground level, they win,” added Guandolo, who trains sheriffs departments across the country to ID local jihadi networks through his consulting firm, Understanding the Threat LLC.
The authors of the report, led by Mitch Silber, former NYPD director of intelligence analysis, examined hundreds of “homegrown” terrorism cases and found that suspects followed the same “radicalization” path. Key indicators include: alienating themselves from their former lives and friends; giving up cigarettes, drinking and partying; wearing traditional Islamic clothing; growing a beard; becoming obsessed with Mideast politics and jihad; and regularly attending a hardline mosque. In other words, the more they immersed themselves in their faith, the more radical they grew.
“You can take all the terrorist cases since that report and compare the information on the subject and the case and see stark similarities to what Mitch laid out,” Dunleavy noted.
The terrorists who carried out recent attacks in Boston; Fort Hood, Texas; Little Rock, Ark.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; San Bernardino, Fla.; Orlando; Philadelphia and at Ohio State University, among others, followed a similar pattern of radicalization. In each case, the Muslim attacker was influenced through “incubators of extremism” within the Muslim community, including Islamic student associations, schools, bookstores and mosques. Jihadi websites also played a role, but what unifies them all is Islamic doctrine. As the NYPD study found, “The ultimate objective for any attack is always the same — to punish the West, overthrow the democratic order, re-establish the caliphate, and institute Sharia,” or Islamic law.
“The radicalizer is Sharia, not the Internet,” said Philip Haney, a former Homeland Security counterterrorism analyst. Haney says the feds are plagued by their own PC censorship. Bowing to pressure from CAIR and other Muslim groups, Homeland Security and the Justice Department have purged anti-terrorism training materials and fired instructors deemed offensive to Muslims. CAIR-launched protests also helped convince the FBI to recently suspend an Internet program aimed at preventing the radicalization of Muslim youth.
“If we fail to correct this situation, it is inevitable that more attacks will occur,” warned Haney, author of “See Something, Say Nothing.”…
EmHotep says
https://twitter.com/WashingtonPoint/status/853668198532755457
Erdogan is killing us !!!!!!!!!!!
gravenimage says
He has claimed victory. Very disturbing.
Frank says
I hope to wake up someday and hear that mayor de blasio was assassinated by a good citizen. He is about as useful as a horse with three legs
Terry says
Who is the deputy mayor? Any better? (I do not know)
Diane Harvey says
“to help settle a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Muslim groups who claimed the NYPD’s anti-terror training discriminated against Muslims.”
Lemme make that a little clearer,
“to help settle a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Muslim groups who claimed the NYPD’s anti-terror training accurately described Muslims.”
There.
Michael says
Interesting how such a tiny change in words — just a few letters — changes everything.
‘Accurately’ done, Diane!
Jeanette says
Bingo!
Brenda Romano says
Freedom of speech is dead in this country.
gravenimage says
No, it isn’t. We are strengthening freedom of speech every time we practice it, as here on Jihad Watch.
Let NYC know your views.
WTF is wrong with people says
Why should the NYC be catering, and changing protocol, and training to appease a minority group? This is insanity. Their job is to keep people safe. And if these citizens have hurt feelings because the material is aimed at people that practice their faith, maybe they shouldn’t be killing people all over the world to please their god. Problem solved. If your religion is responsible for thousands and thousands of deaths worldwide every year. Don’t start telling law enforcement how to do their job and to stop looking at adherants to your faith.
Strangerinastrangeland says
DeBlasio. Period.
WTF is wrong with people says
Oh, I see, NYC has a mayor that is willing to sacrifice people’s safety to avoid hurting fragile feelings. Makes sense. Why shouldn’t people die to avoid hurt feelings. People have gone mad.
Terry says
WTF- DeBlasio isn’t the only politician who feels this way.
Back- not sure of 2008 or 2012 in the Republican debates- Newt Gingrich was asked (paraphrasing the question)-
IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT, AND KNEW, FROM UNIMPEACHABLE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES- (NOTE, PLURAL-SOURCES) THAT TERRORISTS WERE PLANNING A 911 TYPE ATTACK, ON THE US, AND YOUR SOURCES INDICATED WHO THEY WERE, AND WHERE THEY WERE, WOULD YOU TAKE THEM OUT?
NEWT GINGRICH–“ABSOLUTELY”. he went on to say, as Pres. Trump has said, the first responsibility of a president is to protect the American people.
ALL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES EXCEPT RON PAUL AGREED.
RON PAUL FELT THAT IT WOULD BE WRONG TO KILL THESE PEOPLE, AS THEY HAVE NOT YET COMMITTED THE TERRORIST ACT(S).
I beleive it was the Heritage Foundation sponsored debate.
Oliver says
I was going to say that. I agree.
I had relatives who lived in NYC during Rudy’s term- they loved him. (I lived in NYC before that).
The other night, I was at a dinner, and a woman said that two of her relatives recently visited- both lived in well established wealthy/expensive (mots are) areas of NYC. Both told her ( this was separately)- that they are looking to move out- the crime rate was going up; as was the cost of living.
gravenimage says
Thank goodness Rudy was mayor during 9/11. I can only imagine the appeasement that would have come from someone like de Blasio.
b says
Especially when it was in NYC that our own planes crashed into the two WTC towers and killed 3,000 people, (along with Pennsylvania and the Pentagon). NYC lost more people that day on 9/11/01 than anyone in America. And yet they cater to the muslims, they vote in a communist, moron mayor and the city is returning to the Dinkins era.
VRWC member77 says
Does Sarsour actually mean cockroach in Arabic?
Jeanette says
Google Translate says that “sarsur” is cockroach in Arabic.
b says
That Sarsour woman is SOOOOO ugly. But I really can’t stand them putting American flag chadors on American women. If one of them ever tries that with me, she will get more than she is looking for. Promise.
IQ al Rassooli says
Mayor De Blasio & Cuomo should be held responsible for the next terror attack against any New Yorker for gross dereliction of duty and put on trial because they are aiding and abetting Muslims who are the Eternal and Mortal ENEMIES of ALL no Muslim Americans (I am not even speaking of 80% of humanity’s Infidels/ Kuffar)
Linda Sarsour, ACLU, CAIR, ISNA and all their supporters and apologists are DECEIVING Americans with the help of their Criminally Negligent elites
Dear Americans, please always remember that as Infidels/ Kuffar/ Non Muslims, you are NOT the only ones targeted for Subjugation to Sharia or EXTERMINATION by Muslims (Arabs or otherwise) hence it is VITAL that you realize that one does not need more than two brain cells of logic to understand Muslims and Islam in a nutshell~
Since every Muslim is Sharia compliant, every Muslim cannot ever be a Law abiding LOYAL citizen in ANY non Muslim nation because these nations do not submit to Allah’s Sharia.
Hence every Muslim is the Eternal and Mortal enemy of every non Muslim Infidel/ Kafir on planet Earth (80% of current humanity)
Every Muslim is a potential Mass Murderer the instant he/ she decides that he/she is NOT Sharia compliant enough. (Not ALL Muslims are Terrorists but 100% of Terrorists against Infidels are MUSLIMS)
Every Muslim is therefore a hair trigger Time Bomb primed to go off
Only in the WARPED imagination of leftists and Muslim apologists can one find Moderate Militant Radical or Extremist Muslims because in reality Muslims are Muslims just as Nazis are Nazis and no one ever addressed Nazis as Moderate Militant Radical or Extremist
Therefore, because Sharia prohibits them, no Muslim can ever be LOYAL to the laws or the peoples who are Infidels/ Kuffar
All other explanations are superfluous and redundant
It is time for every decent and patriotic American to unshackle yourselves from the pre conceived but erroneous notions that ANYONE who is not a Muslim can make PEACE with Islam. All anyone in doubt has to do is READ only chapters 1 to 9 of Muhammad’s Quran
Keeping Americans SAFE from MUSLIM terrorists was among others one of the PRIMARY reasons WHY DJ Trump was elected President in the first place. He is only fulfilling what he PROMISED “We the People” he would do. If Keith Ellison is elected as head of the Democratic Party, it will be their wilful self-destruction for the foreseeable future
In summation: To HELL with so called Human Rights, Civil Liberties, ACLU, ISNA, CAIR and associated TRAITORS in the USA!
Those who are doubtful about my statements, please watch the attached video and get enlightened~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuFA1fQ-yg&feature=youtu.be&a
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
http://www.alrassooli.com
MAGA & DTS!
Oliver says
Cuomo is married to a Kennedy. My view- re: THE DEAD KENNEDY’S. A shame that there are so many of them still alive. Teddy; Patrick; Caroline-in my view-totally useless people. Teddy was a murderer–Mary Jo K.; Patrick as a member of the House of Reps. (D-what else- Rhode Island) spent more time in drug rehab then the House; Caroline is ” an author’ but when interviewed sounded like a low IQ 10 year old. But, she supported Obama
Northern Virginiastan says
Ummm … Cuomo’s marriage with Kerry Kennedy ended due to an extramarital affair: hers, not his, proving that female Kennedys are doing what the male Kennedys have done for decades.
As for Caroline, she became Ambassador to Japan because she supported Obama, as you noted. Previously people with long years of public service like Mike Mansfield and Walter Mondale were tapped to be Ambassador to Japan.
Oliver says
I did not know that Cuomo and Kennedy were divorced. But since both are Catholics-isn’t that against their religion, or do they get passes because they are wealthy and liberturds?
Guest says
How is it our Republican president came from New York?
Oliver says
He was born there, and has his businesses headquartered there. NY was the financial capital of the world, or tied with London as such.
Pre Internet days.
Hindu American says
He was originally a democrat. Bill and Hillary attended Trump’s wedding.
Terry says
New York City is a Democratic Party controlled city.
To be able to (on any kind of large scale) do business, one has to belong to the right party.
As for the Clinton’s attending his wedding-political expediency.
And Bill Clinton was not as far to the left as his wife, nor was the Dem. party
Trump left the Dems went they went further left. Hillary urged him, at one point, to RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY-AS SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD BE A GOOD PRESIDENT, BASIS HIS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.
Ah Clem says
Here is a PDF file of the NYPD document in question if anybody’s interested in reading it.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/files/NYPD_Report-Radicalization_in_the_West.pdf
simpleton1 says
Thank you.
So copies can be made, and still spread, may be to security guards, local police, soldiers and interested friends.
Another form of wising up.
Although there are many things there that we may know, it also comes from the view of what should be looked for and done from a policing security approach.
It shows case studies, and the process of becoming a terrorist, but then the stages itself can be fulfilling to others
It may appear dated, by events up to 2006, What has changed over the pasts 1400 years of islam.
If any thing time as well as our knowledge now, simply proves all its points in its summation of 86 pages.
Would be interesting if there is another updated around as well.
mortimer says
“OFFENDED” Muslims … but I repeat myself.
mortimer says
CONFLATING ‘persons’ with ‘IDEOLOGY’ is something you would think a smart lawyer and even smarter JUDGE would be able to figure out… but no… it seems that MOST JUDGES haven’t the IQ necessary to differentiate by a ‘person’ or ‘adherent’ and the inanimate set of POLITICAL and SOCIAL IDEAS called ‘IDEOLOGY’.
I repeat for the more intelligent LAWYERS and JUDGES who are not blinkered:
“IT’S THE IDEOLOGY, STUDID!”
gravenimage says
NYC censored anti-terror handbook to appease Muslims, but it accurately predicted radicalization patterns
………………….
No surprise there. More suicidal dhimmitude.
mousey says
my question is: when is trump admin going to put muslim brotherhood and all its offshoots on the terrorist list?
November 3, 2015 …. on the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization…
Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Is anyone keeping up with this? CAIR needs to go AWAY. Why is this muslim brotherhood designation not happening yesterday?
i find it worrisome that it’s in the hands of the committee on foreign relations…since as we speak they are raring to go to get assad out, that horrible demon that loves to kill the people of syria and then brainwaash them to say they support him, like him, love him.
Pierre Le Kuffar says
One of the Federal Investigators or Boys in Blue needs to make a copy of “Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat” – the effective report/training manual they mention in the article and POST IT ON MOBILISM or as a torrent to allow NYPD Police and FBI investigators the benefit of an ACCURATE PORTRAYAL and proper understanding of disgustingly dangerous islam.
John A. Marre says
Notice how that traitor is looking with love and admiration at that Muslim woman!
Jeanette says
I noticed that, too!
But maybe he’d just really like to try a woman who has been genitally mutilated?
dave says
Here is a link to the document:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/files/NYPD_Report-Radicalization_in_the_West.pdf
Can’t wait to read the “forbidden” truths.
ele says
I’ve been asking this question and not get an answer. Don’t know if I asked it here, but… Why is that Detroit doctor’s case, arrested for FGM , being heard in federal court?
Jeanette says
I think the FBI got involved.
Maybe a child was taken across a state line – that would make it a federal offense, and the FBI would be handling the investigation..
Oliver says
Ele—I don’t know, BUT I am kind of glad it is a Federal case.
The Feds (at least in FL, and I would guess probably close or the same elsewhere) USUALLY DO NOT BRING A CASE UNLESS THEY ARE-AT A MINIMUM 85% or more sure of getting a conviction. (I used to know people who dealt with the US Attorney’s office in South FL-Miami area).
So, good chance she will go to prison or leave the country
Tara says
CAIR is responsible for this. And it’s a pro- jihad, Islamic fundamentalist organization. The US gets increasingly unsafe. Because of Islamophilia. Insanely stuffed.
Tara says
CAIR is responsible for this. And it’s a pro- jihad, Islamic fundamentalist organization. The US gets increasingly unsafe. Because of Islamophilia. Insane stuff.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Re: “censored anti-terror handbook to appease Muslims” – covering up crime gangs’ crimes IS a crime. Criminal negligence at BEST!
Jeanette says
The guilty parties would be accomplices before the fact.
If it could be shown that some of them worked together, it would be a possible charge of conspiracy to commit (whatever crime the terrorists ended up committing).
A conviction on a conspiracy charge carries much more severe penalties than the crime without the conspiracy carries.