Blog Entry 4

It is a good day when a man can be caught and arrested for Terrorism before they can even set the plan in action. But, what if the Police Departments and Terrorism Forces start not getting along? This has recently been as event in New York.
Having conflicts or friction between Police Departments and Joint Terrorism Task Force is never the right way to go. When having friction between two departments with such power causes major chaos. It was recently stated in an article from the New York Times, "In the case of Mr. Ferhani and his co-defendant, Mohamed Mamdouh, the task force chose to participate in the Police Department inquiry. The task force also did not join a case last year against a Hamilton Heights man whom the local authorities accused in a bomb plot." Once the departments start butting heads, they start not working together and making situations worse for the country. The guilty are not put behind bars and the innocent are due to lack of investigation and detailed research. 
An inquiry was recently published about a man named Ahmed Ferhani who was arrested last year on charges of planning to attack a synagogue. Two years earlier, in 2009, Ferhani was tried for other terrorism investigations. In a recent article, the detectives stated, "When the New York Police Department informed federal terrorism investigators about the inquiry, a task force led by the F.B.I. was “reportedly critical” of one detail of the police investigation: that during a meeting with the men, the detective “raised the subject of Hamas before anyone else did,” according to the letter, written by a prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The investigation involving the Turkish men had not been previously disclosed."
Terrorism is an awful thing. When the country works together to stop terrorists, great changes happen. But when we have two major forces fighting against each other, it becomes a real problem.
Article:   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/nyregion/fbi-criticized-officers-role-in-terror-case.html?ref=terrorism
Time and Date: 4:48 pm;  9-21-12