The findings were the product of a three-month review meant to address concerns expressed by Muslim organizations , who later filed a lawsuit in New Jersey federal court against the NYPD for unfairly targeting the Muslim community . The CIA 's Demographics Unit was put together with the NYPD 's help . The unit 's reports never led to a terrorism investigation in 1971 of monitoring . Eric Holder testimony was part of a suit that began with class-action case in at least 6 years . NYPD says `` premise that the demographic unit was used for wholesale spying.. was false ''
The CIA 's Demographics Unit was put together with the NYPD 's help . The unit 's reports never led to a terrorism investigation in 1971 of monitoring . Eric Holder testimony was part of a suit that began with class-action case in at least 6 years . NYPD says `` premise that the demographic unit was used for wholesale spying.. was false ''