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Another falsehood about the NYPD's anti-terror intelligence-gathering has been demolished. No, the department didn't extend antennas into New Jersey without alerting anyone in the state — not that there would be anything wrong with that.
Gov. Chris Christie, who should know a lot better, made a big deal about being shocked that the city's cops had mapped the very public lay of the land in Newark. He said he found the operation "disturbing" and, with foolhardy bravado, added on Monday:
"Listen, the NYPD has this reputation. You talk to law enforcement people at the federal and state level in this region, they will tell you that if the NYPD has a choice between telling you and not telling you, more times than not, they don't."