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NYPD and FBI Fighting Like An Old Married Couple

112008lock.jpgAn ongoing dispute over surveillance warrants between the F.B.I.’s New York office and the NYPD "has brought the relationship to a new low," according to the Times, which is reporting on "a highly unusual exchange of letters" between commissioner Ray Kelly and attorney general Michael Mukasey. The acrimony stems from the feds' reluctance to press the FISA court to issue broad warrants for the NYPD, which wants to eavesdrop on "numerous communications facilities," including subway pay phones. Each side is now blaming the other for mishandling terrorism investigations. Responding to a letter from Kelly in which he accused the FBI of making "the city less safe," Mukasey wrote: "Not only would your approach violate the law, it would also in short order make New York City and the rest of the country less safe." Mukasey added that he was "unable to have a meaningful conversation" on the phone because "you were not versed on the facts." Next: Mukasey will get upset with Kelly for staggering home drunk with lipstick on his collar.

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  • nypdlies

    this is how the JTTF / NYpigD works.

    a woman reads an article online, doesnt like the comments calls her dad, a high ranking nypd chief,

    the joint terrorist task force shows up at your house at 5:30AM announcing a search warrant,(which did not exist and they refused to provide) seize 6 computers, rifle through your house for hours, questions your coworkers friends and family about your religion (none), political afiliations (none), activist activities (none),what demonstrations or rallies you attend (none), what you think about iraq war, etc, but these questions are really 'when did he change his name to ____ (insert muslim sounding name given to you by your hispanic parents, when did he convert to islam (dont remember doing that), yell at you for hours in interrogation, claim you made threatening comments when there are many claims that the faulty website allows no editing, review or even spellcheck of comments, hundreds of posts show people stating "i am not this screen name" over the past 2 years of searchable quotes using similiar keywords, which leaves to the imagination that only a small percentage of people actually noticed or even stated they noticed, your work computer consisting of 2 pc desktops, 1 mac running osX & XP, one pc laptop, your boss is so scared shitless that he allows and signs a a statement allowing for consifcation of any computers, cds, cellphones, memory sticks, files, and data, now think about spending a few days booked until you see a judge, because all the proof and evidence they could find is NOTHING, but they want to pursue this anyway even with an illegal search and no proof that you wrote anything anyway,

    ist good enough for them that if you registered an account with a blog then you must have wrote it since its your email account but you know you didnt write anything...everyone is telling you just to take a plea just to get it over with, you know that this so called comment doesnt even constitute to incite imminent lawless action. according to supreme court Brandenburg v. Ohio, but hey some thin skinned lady read something on a blog and was able to get the nypd to spend its resources chasing down an innocent person, depriving him of his rights to search and seizure and false imprisonment....of course this can happen to anybody on a blog, all you people think this can never happen to you and all your snide comments are all one word or sentence away from having the cops knock on your door if you disagree with an article or another poster, but really now how many people would be in jail or arrested or even have a nyc detective be able to do all this just because you didnt like a comment on your myspace page, for more info contact nypdlies@hotmail.com

  • NannyState

    I read an interview with FBI director Robert Mueller III and even "Bobby Three Sticks" loves the Lockhorns!

  • schizofriendly

    God love the Lockhorns.



    I discovered them in the third grade. And it was at that serendipitous moment I knew I never wanted to get married.

  • dr zippy

    So overwhelming is our love of the Lockhorns that we fans can't possibly think seriously about the lack of cooperation between the NYPD and the Feds.



    Or, you know, those of us that are concerned about the problem realize that leaving a comment here isn't going to change matters. Instead we've already contacted our local and federal representatives suggesting that they encourage the agencies to talk to each other.

  • Shinobi Shaw

    Instead of talking about the fact this is more infringement in violating people's liberties half of the commenters instead talk about the illustration?



    We Americans really deserve our fate.

  • JacqueMehoff

    nope.

    they're stepping on too many toes.

    and don't tell me there isn't a feud between the FDNY and NYPD.

  • Spirit of 76

    So is there anybody out there who actually likes NYPD anymore and finds them a competent agency to deal with?

  • AvenueHebrew

    I'm shocked to learn that there are still working subway pay phones to be tapped. Every phone I've seen is busted.

  • Outter Burrougher

    Usually I like the sarcasm, but I've got to say that it seems misplaced here.



    The only quote that fits the joke is the one about the inability to have a meaningful conversation.

  • CR

    This is great news for terrorists because pretty soon the NYPD and the FBI will start sharing even less information.

  • sinisterteashop
  • sinisterteashop

    It's still a Giuliani vs. Kelly brawl. Muakasey is Giluiani's place holder in the Justice Dept. Rudy's smacking Ray from a distance.

  • r1b2

    Look at this: none of really cares about this story, but man, seeing the Lockhorns? That's good stuff.

  • emilydickinson

    I love The Lockhorns.



    This reminds me of the William Burroughs letter where he talks about two agents fighting in the street over who gets to tail him for the night.

  • Rocknrope

    Not as bad as ICE and Farmington District.

  • dr zippy

    I love the Lockhorns!

  • thelexiphane

    Hee! Best story illustration ever.

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