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, potential terrorist hub and everyone inside is potential suspects. allowing themselves the ability to spy without a whiff of specific criminal activity. they infiltrating muslim student groups at colleges and one point