NJ official: NYPD Muslim surveillance legal
By SAMANTHA HENRYBy SAMANTHA HENRY, Associated Press?
?Imam Mustafa El-Amin holds a Quran that he plans to give to New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa at a meeting with religious leaders in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, May 24, 2012. Following a three-month review, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday that New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders for a formal investigation and a clampdown on cross-border police operations. (AP Photo/Mel?Evans)
Imam Mustafa El-Amin holds a Quran that he plans to give to New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa at a meeting with religious leaders in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, May 24, 2012. Following a three-month review, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday that New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders for a formal investigation and a clampdown on cross-border police operations. (AP Photo/Mel?Evans)
Mohamed El-Filali, left, of Paterson, N.J. hurries in the rain with Nadia Kahf, attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations in New Jersey as they head to a meeting with New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and Muslim leaders in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, May 24, 2012 . Following a three-month review, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday that New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders for a formal investigation and a clampdown on cross-border police operations. (AP Photo/Mel?Evans)s
Mohamed El-Filali, left, of Paterson, N.J. hurries in the rain with Nadia Kahf, attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations in New Jersey as they head to a meeting with New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and Muslim leaders in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, May 24, 2012 . Following a three-month review, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday that New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders for a formal investigation and a clampdown on cross-border police operations. (AP Photo/Mel?Evans)s
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ? New Jersey's Muslim leaders are unhappy with the state's review of spying within their communities by New York City police.
The state attorney general spoke with the leaders Thursday. He says he determined the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques, student groups and others had violated no state laws.
The Muslim leaders say they were told every single instance of surveillance in New Jersey was justified by a lead. But they say no specifics were provided and they feel insulted.
Mohamed El Filali, head of an Islamic center, asked why there had been no arrests if the NYPD had so many legitimate leads.
A spokesman for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the review confirmed what the city has been saying ? that all the police operations were conducted legally.
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