[mass55th]

"...it always seeks permission and cooperation from the local sheriff's department."

And guaranteed, their cover would have been blown not long after. Had there been another attack in NY City, the press and the Dems would have crucified the NYPD for not having done enough to prevent the attack. They're damned if they do...and damned if they don't. Frankly, I'd rather have them doing it and not advising the local police. Loose lips sink ships. And I'd like to know how that building inspector had the right to enter the apartment in the first place, especially if no one was home to let him in.

[Timber Rattler]

And guaranteed, their cover would have been blown not long after.

Irrelevant.

NYPD is a local jurisdiction,and has NO authority to operate outside NYC's boundaries, even in a surveillance capacity, without coordinating receiving permission from the other law enforcement jurisdictions.

That's what got Bloomberg and his half-baked spies in trouble in Virginia and Georgia.