NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations


August 28, 2013 at 10:45a.m.

NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Designating an entire mosque as a terrorism enterprise means that anyone who attends prayer services there is a potential subject of an investigation and fair game for surveillance.