Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Secret evidence, new anti-terrorism laws, and special restrictions on lawyers who handle terrorism cases are among the ways today’s criminal justice system differs from pre-9/11 days.

ByJarrett Murphy 11 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

Immigrants Felt Brunt of U.S. Reaction

The FBI generated a list of 7,600 people whose profiles shared similarities with the hijackers, and conducted some 3,200 interviews had taken place. Fewer than 20 people were arrested as…

ByJarrett Murphy 25 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

Subway Searches Raise Questions Of Efficacy, Legality

There’s no way of knowing if the subway bag searches are working; it’s supposed to be a deterrent, and a deterrent’s value is only evident when it fails.

ByJarrett Murphy 11 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

About Handschu: 80s Case Still (Sort Of) Governs Surveillance

The NYPD moved in 2002 to loosen the rules on police spying, saying that they tied the department’s hands in the fight against terrorism.

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

Amid the Surge: Security On Display

Police are strikingly visible in post 9-11 New York City—in long lines of police cars, in body armor with machine guns in hand. Does all that firepower deliver more safety,…

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

Sometimes, Even Cops Don't Like Cops Taping Protests

In September 2004, the NYPD issued Interim Order 47, which created a system for police commanders to approve videotaping of protests, requiring merely that the taping have a “permissible operational…

ByJarrett Murphy 6 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

Wiretapping Shrouded In Secrecy

The federal judge had made a decision in an important wiretapping case. At least everybody thought so. But no one could be sure, because the ruling itself was secret.

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

At the Airport: No-Fly Lists and Behavior Analysis

People carrying spear guns, cattle prods or meat cleavers (these items are actually singled out in the feds’ literature as no-nos) probably deserve whatever scrutiny they get.

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

From Jogging Tracks to Atlantic Yards, Everyone Loves the T-Word

The fear of terrorists permeates places and conversations where it was once barely present, if at all.

ByJarrett Murphy 11 minRead time

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Jul 2008

Government

Infiltration, Mass Arrests Mark Policing Of Protests

During the week of the 2004 Republican National Convention, the NYPD arrested more than 1,800 people for protesting—more than 1,100 of them on one day. As a whole, the…

ByJarrett Murphy 36 minRead time

Jarrett Murphy

For Justice System, 9/11 Aftershocks

Immigrants Felt Brunt of U.S. Reaction

Subway Searches Raise Questions Of Efficacy, Legality

About Handschu: 80s Case Still (Sort Of) Governs Surveillance

Amid the Surge: Security On Display

Sometimes, Even Cops Don't Like Cops Taping Protests

Wiretapping Shrouded In Secrecy

At the Airport: No-Fly Lists and Behavior Analysis

From Jogging Tracks to Atlantic Yards, Everyone Loves the T-Word

Infiltration, Mass Arrests Mark Policing Of Protests

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