The FBI 's Demographics Unit was put together with the CIA 's help . The CIA 's work never led to a terrorism investigation in at least 6 years of monitoring . Thomas and Galati 's testimony was part of a trial that ended with class - action lawsuit in 1971 . NYPD says ` ` premise that the demographic data was used for wholesale spying .. was false ''
The NYPD 's Demographics Unit was put together with the CIA 's help . The unit 's reports never led to a terrorism investigation in at least 6 years of monitoring . Thomas P. Galati 's testimony was part of a suit that began with class-action case in 1971 . NYPD says `` premise that the demographic unit was used for wholesale spying.. was false ''