The NYPD surveillance program produced no criminal leads during its existence.

Evidence

Journalists brought details of the NYPD’s secret surveillance program to light in 2011. The news generated considerable criticism from Muslims and civil rights organizations, particularly regarding the program’s overt reliance on racial and religious profiling. In the midst of the controversy, the chief of the NYPD intelligence division admitted that the program had not produced one criminal lead since its inception. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 578

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth verifying whether broader counterterrorism surveillance programs share this record of zero yield.
• XREF: connects to: NYPD’s anti-Muslim surveillance produced zero terrorism leads over six years — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32; The NYPD surveilled Muslim communities across a one-hundred-mile radius; The NYPD surveilled ordinary Muslim community spaces designated as radicalization incubators. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 575

Broader Connections

• NYPD’s anti-Muslim surveillance produced zero terrorism leads over six years #corroborates (0.95) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32
• The NYPD surveilled Muslim communities across a one-hundred-mile radius #expands (0.70)
• The NYPD surveilled ordinary Muslim community spaces designated as radicalization incubators. #expands (0.65) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 575