How we are getting the anti terror war dead wrong-

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“What are they doing? What else have they been? And what do they have in mind?” city councilman David Greenfield tells CBS New York. Another woman from the community reportedly saw a similar situation of men taking pictures of two other synagogues.

“If they didn’t do anything wrong, no bad intentions, just come forward and we can put this behind us, but we live in a period of time where unfortunately terrible things happen by those who want to murder innocent Americans, or target Jews, so we need to take these things seriously,” Assemblyman Dov Hikin tells 1010 WINS.

There is one fact that is more suspicious than taking pictures in public, though: CBS New York reports that the “men were in a blue Honda with out-of-state plates that police say were expired and possibly swapped from another vehicle.”

(via CBS New York via Reddit)

More: NYPD Looking for Two Middle Eastern Guys Spotted Photographing Synagogues

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daniel Ballard • 4 minutes ago
How many terror incidents started with a photo shoot? Any? Michael, IMO you put the important stuff last-Swapped plates is a felony and for good reason. That’s huge. The complexion these guys have hardly matters at all. Lets not add to anti dark skin/anti Muslim paranoia please.

What if it were some white supremacists? Bald heads and tattoos trigger a similar worry? Ignore them if dressed in orthodox garb? We have got to get past ethnicity and religion here. Look at circumstances, behavior and evidence. Else what good are all these public video cameras, special police units and law enforcement versions of big data (see FBI Stingray and similar) for?

EDIT-Headline Changed to reflect reality