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Bloomberg's New York City nightmares, natural and man-made
On Monday afternoon, former president Bill Clinton asked Mayor Michael Bloomberg to describe his nightmare scenarios for New York City. He did. More
(3)After the Boston Marathon, Bloomberg warns that New York's security is fragile
The day after the Boston Marathon ended with two deadly explosions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued an implicit warning to those who would succeed him: the city's security is fragile. More
A.P. wants you to know they waited for approval before publishing Al Qaeda bomb-plot mole story
They waited for assurances that officials' "security concerns had been satisfied" and that the White House was planning to make an announcement about the successful C.I.A. operation the next day. More
A complaint from two masseurs gives tabloids many ways of calling John Travolta gay
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Pointing at Beyonce in Givenchy and a 'sex cop' in jail
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Bloomberg to Christie: 'To say that the NYPD should stop at the border is a bit ridiculous'
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning defended the NYPD's surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey from criticism by Governor Chris Christie and Newark mayor Cory Booker. He also blasted the repeal of a gun law in Virginia that he said would hurt New York City. More
What's easier, mocking a Frenchman or lauding Ray Kelly?
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
In an 'unusual' meeting, NYPD gathers press corps to address recent A.P. reports on surveillance of Muslim groups
Late yestserday afternoon, we got a tip that NYPD brass had rounded up all the local police beat reporters for a spontaneous meeting related to something that has become a perpetual thorn in the department's side in recent months: The Associated Press' ongoing probe of police surveillance of Muslim communities in and around the city. More
(2)City Hall touts the arrest of Jose Pimentel, but the F.B.I. isn't with them
The Sunday evening press conference about the Washington Heights terrorist suspect was front page news in the Times, Post, Newsday and Metro's New York edition.
Live-tweets during the press conference showed a number of Occupy Wall Street sympathizers questioned the timing of the press conference, which roughly coincided with a loud protest outside the mayor's house on 79th Street. More
Bloomberg and NYPD announce foiled bomb plot, affirm NYPD intelligence efforts
At 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, New York City police officers arrested a 27-year-old “Al Qaeda sympathizer” from Washington Heights who was planning to bomb post offices, police cars and military personnel returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who made the announcement during a hastily organized Sunday evening press conference in City Hall. More
(1)Apuzzo and Goldman's long campaign: Behind the Associated Press' big NYPD counterterror investigation
The two reporters pitched the NYPD story, explaining that a variety of sources had been dishing to them on the department's aggressive anti-terror tactics.
"They said, 'Look, we wanna break some news here, not write navel-gazing stories about how America has changed, or, "Did the terrorists win?", or how dramatic this was,'" Bridis recalled. "That was the genesis."
The stories have been just that: Solid reportage from the front-lines of the tradeoff between civil liberties and security, not from a philosophical or legal standpoint but from the standpoint of actual facts on the ground.
For New Yorkers, the reports give body to the most delicate quandaries to have emerged from the rubble of 9/11.
For the AP, it justifies the wire's calculated increase in U.S. intelligence community coverage in recent years. It's a tough beat, and the gatekeepers of American journalism didn't exactly nail it the last time around, when their credulous reporting on W.M.D. in the early 2000s helped usher in a protracted war that American troops are only now preparing to withdraw from.
"It's an enormous area for society to be watching," said Mike Oreskes, the AP's senior managing editor for U.S. news. "For journalism to be watching."
Ray Kelly hauls a large-caliber 'News' report out of mothballs, to powerful effect
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
A specific credible unconfirmed uncorroborated car-bomb threat to N.Y. and D.C., plain and simple
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Soarin'! Already! Santonio Holmes breaks out the bubbly, but the 'News' has news
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)A botched terror-bomb plot, a tasteless Tiger Woods joke, Tommy Shots
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
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