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28 Jun, 2013

The NYPD Embedded Four CIA Officers After 9/11 – Alternet

June 27, 2013 – In the decade after 9/11, the New York Police Department embedded four Central Intelligence Agency Officers, including one who assisted with surveillance in the United States, reports the New York Times.

The revelations come from a newly declassified inspector general’s report obtained by the Times in a Freedom of Information Act request. In the report, CIA Inspector General David Buckley lists concerns with the agency partnership, including “irregular personnel practices” and “lack of formal documentation.” He concludes, however, that there is “insufficient basis to merit a full investigation” of the CIA’s collaboration with the NYPD.

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