by Justin Elliott
ProPublica, July 10, 2012, 11:33 a.m.
The NYPD is regularly held up as one of the most
sophisticated and significant counterterrorism operations in the
country. As evidence of the NYPD's excellence, the department, its
allies and the media have repeatedly said the department has thwarted or
helped thwart 14 terrorist plots against New York since Sept 11.
In a glowing profile of Commissioner Ray Kelly published in Newsweek last month, for example, journalist Christopher Dickey wrote of the commissioner's tenure since taking office in 2002: The record "is hard to argue with: at least 14 full-blown terrorist attacks have been prevented or failed on Kelly's watch."
In a glowing profile of Commissioner Ray Kelly published in Newsweek last month, for example, journalist Christopher Dickey wrote of the commissioner's tenure since taking office in 2002: The record "is hard to argue with: at least 14 full-blown terrorist attacks have been prevented or failed on Kelly's watch."
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