Pulitzer Prize winners to discuss new book on counterterrorism at NPC book rap

Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, will discuss and sign copies of their new book "Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America," at a National Press Club book event on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m.

For Americans who wonder, "How safe are we?" Associated Press reporters Apuzzo and Goldman pull back the curtain to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of our counter-terrorism measures.

Six months after the 9/11 attacks, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly initiated a straightforward, yet audacious, anti-terrorist 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 Within" answers the tough questions about the effectiveness of the measures the U.S. takes to protect itself from real and false threats. Its shocking details about the tactics and activities of the NYPD reveal what it really takes to hunt down terrorists in America.

Apuzzo and Goldman shared in the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a series on the New York Police Department's clandestine spying program targeting American Muslims.

This is a ticketed event and registration is required here . Tickets are $5 for NPC members; $10 for the general public. The Club member admission fee is waived with a pre-order of a copy of the book, an option that appears on the reservation page. Limit one member ticket per Club member.

This event is a fundraiser for the Club's Journalism Institute. No outside books permitted.