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Spying unit and bin laden's final plot against america." how is this legal? >> well, it's hard to say whether it's legal or not legal. it's one of those things like waterboarding, indefinite detention, guantanamo bay, warrantless wiretapping that were created post-9/11 in that post-9/11 framework where the laws were rewritten and the rules were rewritten. there are lawsuits out challenging this right now. we haven't seen any indication this is purely illegal. it certainly goes farther than what the federal government could do. you know, for instance, i'm sure some of your listeners have at one...

Attacks of september 11th. their blockbuster new book "enemies within: inside the nypd's secret spying unit" pulitzer prize winner journalist matt paluza and adam goldman detail how they got caught up in a dubious legal surveillance operation in the country. nypd own mini cia. starting in 2002, nypd officers in plain clothes were regularly dis-pa pafpatched to sports, ca shops, sit to take notes, cataloging the name, appearance, ethnicity of people accused of being nothing more than being muslim. in order to be able to spy as freely as possible, nypd would designate entire mosques as a, quote,...

City. demographics unit was renamed to the zone assessment unit and it is still operational. get this. in 2012, the nypd admitted the unit had not been responsible for uncovering any terrorist plots, had led to zero arrests, and not a single leak. coming up, i'll be joined by the authors of "enemies within." stay with us. joining me now, pulitzer prize winning investigative reporters for the "associated press" matt apuzzo and adam goldman. authors of the book "enemies within: inside the nypd's secret spying unit and bin laden's final plot against america." how is this legal?

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