Secure Amerca Now Tells Christie: Butt out

NEW YORK, NY (03/19/2012)(readMedia)-- Secure America Now, the leading national security issues group, today has a blunt message for Gov. Chris Christie: "Butt out" of the New York City Police Department's intelligence-gathering program that has at times reached into New Jersey.

In a full-page ad in today's New Jersey Journal, Secure America Now pushes back against Christie's controversial criticism of the NYPD. Over stylized images of Christie and US Attorney General Eric Holder, who has joined Christie's attack on the NYPD, the ad reads:

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has attacked the New York City Police Department's surveillance of potential terrorists across state lines.

And now Attorney General Eric Holder has joined Christie's criticism.

Christie bashed the NYPD for behaving as if "their jurisdiction is the world."

Actually, considering the 9/11 attack, the first World Trade Center attack and subsequent terror plots against New York City, we think Commissioner Kelly and the NYPD are right.

We respectfully ask Governor Christie and Attorney General Holder to retract the criticism and continue to encourage the NYPD in its counterterror policies.

As New York City Mayor Bloomberg pointed out, "A lot of the World Trade Center terrorists that took 3,000 people went back and forth to New Jersey. To say that the NYPD should stop at the border is a bit ridiculous."

Considering that the first WTC bombing was carried out by terrorists with ties to New Jersey and there have been reports of terror plots against the Holland Tunnel, PATH tubes, and the George Washington Bridge, we think the NYPD is doing their job.

Instead of getting upset at MTV's Jersey Shore and Snooki, Governor Christie needs to apologize and direct his attention with the NYPD against terrorism.