Enemies Within

Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America

By: Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists take an unbridled look into one of the most sensitive post-9/11 national security investigations, a breathtaking race to avert a second devastating terrorist attack on American soil.

In Enemies Within Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman lay bare the complex and often contradictory state of counterterrorism and intelligence in America through the pursuit of Najibullah Zazi, a terrorist bomber who trained under one of bin Laden's most trusted deputies. Zazi and his coconspirators represented America's greatest fear: a terrorist cell operating inside America. Apuzzo and Goldman lift the veil of secrecy to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of our counterterrorism measures. This real-life spy story - uncovered in previously unpublished secret NYPD documents and interviews with intelligence sources - shows that while many of these programs are more invasive than ever, they are often counterproductive at best.

Six months after the 9/11 attacks, New York police commissioner Ray Kelly initiated a straightforward yet audacious antiterrorist plan to be implemented in the Big Apple. The NYPD would dispatch a vast network of undercover officers and informants - known as "mosque crawlers" and "rakers" - into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations in mosques and community centers.

Police amassed data on innocent people, often for their religious and political beliefs. But when it mattered most, these strategies failed to identify the most imminent threats.

Enemies Withintackles the tough questions about the effectiveness of the measures we take to protect ourselves from real and perceived threats. Its shocking details about the tactics and activities of the NYPD will be headline news and reveal what it really takes to hunt down terrorists in America.

©2013 Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good listen!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Interesting story behind the scenes.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The story of the interaction between law enforcement agencies at different levels of government. Not sure if I believe all the facts though.

Have you listened to any of Keith Szarabajka’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This is my first book by the author, but I would listen to another.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Very we'll written but you need to take the information from where it comes from..

Very in depth. I highly detailed account.

While this book starts out about the NYPD Intel Division, I would say it is more of a book about Operation Highrise. The story flows really well, and you don't get bogged down by things being to technical.

The only weird thing was the reader's decision to do voices while quoting people.

not bad

in my opinion too much narrative and not enough dialogue and needs to be more descriptive so one could picture what is going on in the story.