Ray Kelly's FAIL over Muslim spying is now complete

By now you are aware that New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly ordered agents to engage in borderline legal (if not outright illegal) spying on the Muslim community after 9/11 in New York, New Jersey, Guam, France, Antarctica, Nome Alaska and Fargo North Dakota (ok some of those were simply tossed in for effect). Kelly said this spying through his "Demographics Unit" (Now known as Zone Assessment Unit) was vital. It was necessary. It was the right thing to do despite the fact New Jersey has it's own police and investigators AND the fact many Muslims were already cooperating with the powers that be (The newest member of the NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT COMES TO MIND!!) that is until Ray's investigators got found out. Yep, not only were they spying, they were sloppy and lazy about how they went about it. A janitor found them out when they left all kind of maps and snapshots of buildings around town and NYPD radios, (you know like ACTUAL terrorists might have in their possession) at a surveillance site here in the Garden State.

So after they were found out the Muslim communities in New Jersey, namely Newark and down Rutgers and Princeton way, weren't too keen on helping someone who had been spying on them. Now here's where Ray Ray's fail becomes complete, he incensed a group we as a community need to work with all for nothing. You read that right. Kelly's spying initiative garnered ZERO leads, and ZERO actionable tips. Know who else thinks Kelly's plan was a loser? The FBI:

Documents obtained by the AP show the unit conducted operations outside its jurisdiction, including in New Jersey. The FBI there said those operations damaged its partnerships with Muslims and jeopardized national security.

Nice job Ray! You and your Zone Assessment Unit were complete failures on this. Why not invite Mayor Mike to the fail party, he was supporting you all through thick and thin. He made wild comments about the powers of your Zone Assessment Unit, it'd be a shame if he couldn't drive over to the fail party, park his car so they can stick an A/C unit in the window, while he lives large with a group that jeopardized national security.

Just resign Ray Kelly, before your reputation is further tarnished.

Sounds like Johnny and Chris Christie are of one mind when it comes to Mayor Mike and Spy Chief Kelly in NYC

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie LAMBASTED NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg and his lap dog Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday over the New York City PD's blatant spying on Muslim communities here in New Jersey. We'll just give you a few of Governor's Christie' more choice comments on NYC's spying:

Christie said he doesn’t know if the actions were "born out of arrogance, or out of paranoia, or out of both."

Neither New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg nor Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has apologized for the department’s actions, further incensing leaders on this side of the Hudson River. "Well, because he’s Ray Kelly, what are you going to do," Christie said sarcastically. "He’s all knowing, all seeing."

"My concern, and I don’t know all the details yet, but my concern is, why can’t you be communicating with law enforcement here in New Jersey?" he asked. "Are we somehow not trustworthy?"

"I had federal jurisdiction, so we could go anywhere," he said of his U.S. attorney job. "This is the New York Police Department. I know they think their jurisdiction is the world. Their jurisdiction is New York City. My concern is this kind of obsession that the NYPD seems to have that they’re the masters of the universe."

Ya got that NYPD? Your jurisdiction ENDS here in the Garden State. Do not let us catch you here without warrants (you'll never get here) again.

NYPD Chief Ray Kelly REALLY thinks his jurisdiction reaches across the Hudson River

Yesterday Mr. "The Constitution is Really a Gray Area" Kelly said that New Jersey Lawmakers, Mayors and even Governor Chris Christie were wrong to even criticize his spying on Muslim communities since 9/11. Ray intoned he'd keep doing it.

We'll be brief then Ray. If we catch one of your wayward cops over here we may or MAY NOT participate in a "catch and release" program. If they're sticking their noses where they have no warrants, thus illegally spying on New Jersey residents, boy that could be a real problem over here. For you and for them. You know, pardon OUR sovereignty and all.

We value the rule of law here Ray, hopefully you and your spy ring won't have to find out how that gets enforced. We'd also certainly hope the police here in New Jersey get hold of your guys before many of the upset residents do. Do you think New Jersey police if approached couldn't help do it legally and right? Do you think they hate terrorists less than you Ray? Maybe they already had contacts in the areas. As Kids in the Hall comic Bruce McCullough once pointed out America (In this case specifically New York) "...that great lumbering beast that journeys tirelessly. Stops only to eat a clubhouse sandwich and pick its teeth with a matchbook cover and fall asleep with the teevee on....again."

So, are we as a state ok with freelancers working in their own shadow world?