NYPD says Iran has conducted surveillance in New York City

"People may act as if there was no warnings before the fact, like in the
case of 911, but the truth is there is always signs of a coming
disaster. People usually see what they want to see and avoid that which
makes them uncomfortable."


Iranians with ties to the Tehran government have been caught videotaping
and snapping photos of New York City landmarks several times over the
past decade, a top city police official testified Wednesday, as he
warned the city could be the "ideal target" for Iran if tensions
escalate.

Mitchell Silber, the NYPD's director of intelligence analysis, told
Congress that Iranians may be using "diplomatic cover" to conduct
"hostile reconnaissance" on America's biggest city.

Silber cycled a string of incidents where law enforcement questioned
Iranians, who turned out to be working with the Iranian mission to the
United Nations or otherwise tied to the government.


"Iran and/or Hezbollah remain deeply committed to striking against
Israeli and Western targets and they are willing to deploy a variety of
methods in order to do so," he said, citing recent attacks "plausibly
linked to Iran" in Georgia, India and Thailand.

"Given the recent alleged Iranian directed plot against a foreign
diplomat here in Washington, Iran's increasingly bellicose rhetoric and
its recent as well as long history of sponsoring terrorist attacks
abroad, the NYPD must remain vigilant in attempting to detect and
disrupt any attack by Iran or its proxies," Silber told the House
Homeland Security Committee...


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