Infiltrating Jihadis' World

Officer Goes Undercover in Terror Fight

By JOEL STONINGTON
WSJ

After the failed attempt to bomb Times Square, New York police are dispatching more officers to be seen on the streets, around landmarks and on subways.

But there's one tactic they hope won't go noticed at all: getting inside the bands of terrorists-in-the-making.

That's why a young Bangladeshi immigrant working undercover found himself among a dozen men at an Islamic bookstore in Brooklyn one day in 2004 to watch videos of U.S. soldiers being slain.

"That made these guys pumped up and happy," the officer said. "It's like a party at a club. They were hitting the walls with excitement. One guy even broke a chair."

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