Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to discuss ‘Enemies Within’ in Brooklyn
Brooklyn BookBeat: Book investigates NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit
After the 9/11 attacks, most Americans were prepared to tolerate a more powerful, secretive government that kept a close watch on its citizens. However, as evidenced by the debate raging around the National Security Agency’s collection of vast amounts of telephone and Internet data, heightened security measures exact a price on civil liberties—and may not even be keeping the country safe.
“Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden’s Final Plot Against America” (Sept. 3, 2013; Touchstone Books), by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, follows the pursuit of Najibullah Zazi, a case which has been frequently cited by media, lawmakers, and administration officials as proof that government surveillance programs work and, through an investigation of the NYPD Intelligence Division’s controversial security tactics, raises tough questions about the effectiveness of measures taken to protect the United States from both real and imagined threats—particularly in its largest city.
Apuzzo and Goldman will discuss and sign copies of “Enemies Within” in Brooklyn on Sept. 3 (at BookCourt in Cobble Hill) and Sept. 4 (at BookMark Shoppe in Bay Ridge).