(AP) Adam Goldman - The New York Police Department compiled lists of mosques and Muslim businesses it saw as potential security risks, according to internal police documents obtained by AP. The records reveal an undercover effort that initially studied more than 250 mosques in New York and New Jersey and identified hundreds more "hot spots" in a hunt for terrorists. Many showed obvious signs of criminal behavior. Every day, undercover officers and informants filed reports from their positions as "listening posts" inside Muslim communities. Police identified 53 "mosques of concern" and placed undercover officers and informants there.
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