Matt Apuzzo,Adam Goldman
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists take an unbridled look into one of the most sensitive post-9/11 national security investigationsâ€”a breathtaking race to stop a second devastating terrorist attack on American soil.,In ,Enemies Within,, Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman â€œreveal how New York really worksâ€ (James Risen, author of ,State of War,) and lay bare the complex and often contradictory state of counterterrorism and intelligence in America through the pursuit of Najibullah Zazi, a terrorist bomber who trained under one of bin Ladenâ€™s most trusted deputies. Zazi and his co-conspirators represented Americaâ€™s greatest fear: a terrorist cell operating inside America.,This real-life spy storyâ€”uncovered in previously unpublished secret NYPD documents and interviews with intelligence sourcesâ€”shows that while many of our counterterrorism programs are more invasive than ever, they are often counterproductive at best.,After 9/11, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly initiated an audacious plan for the Big Apple: dispatch a vast network of plainclothes officers and paid informantsâ€”called â€œrakersâ€ and â€œmosque crawlersâ€â€”into Muslim neighborhoods to infiltrate religious communities and eavesdrop on college campuses. Police amassed data on innocent people, often for their religious and political beliefs. But when it mattered most, these strategies failed to identify the most imminent threats.,In ,Enemies Within,, Appuzo and Goldman tackle the tough questions about the measures that we take to protect ourselves from real and perceived threats. They take you inside Americaâ€™s sprawling counterterrorism machine while it operates at full throttle. They reveal what works, what doesnâ€™t, and what Americans have unknowingly given up. â€œDid the Snowden leaks trouble you? You ainâ€™t seen nothing yetâ€ (Dan Bigman, ,Forbes, editor).
Nonfiction,Politics,War,Terrorism,War,History,Emergency Services,Police,Crime,True Crime
Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America