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May 13, 2010—WNYC New York Public Radio—Should Terror Suspects Be Read Miranda Rights? An interview with Nick Casale and Steve Hyman.
May 4, 2010—WABC-TV—Mr. Casale was interviewed regarding Time Square security.
May 3, 2010—ABC World News with Diane Sawyer and NIGHTLINE With Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent—Federal authorities identify a 'person of interest' in the Times Sq. bomb plot. Mr. Casale was interviewed regarding security.
May 3, 2010—Mr. Casale appeared live on NY1 with anchor Pat Kiernan talking about NYC security.
March 29,2010— FOX—Security Challenges for the MTA— After the deadly suicide bombings in the Moscow subway system, the NYPD and the MTA Police have increased security in the New York transit system. They have deployed heavily armed police officers, extra patrol. Security consultant Nicholas Casale, former MTA deputy security director for counterterrorism, and reporter Charles Leaf, who has been covering the MTA weighed in on the MTA's security measures.
But Casale said that the visible police presence in the subways is to some degree window dressing designed to make riders feel better. That is because the real work is in the intelligence and counterterrorism work done by the NYPD and FBI in sniffing out and disrupting terror plots that are in the planning stages, Casale said.
March 4, 2010—NPR NEWS—WNYC, by Bob Hennley, REPORTER: It would appear that the "infection" of political interference within the State Police went untreated. Now there is a move in the state legislature for increased State Police oversight. Veteran former NYPD Detective Nick Casale wants to see independent scrutiny of the State Police.
CASALE: It is time for the State legislature to establish an independent and non-partisan investigatory committee similar to the Seabury, Knapp or Mollen Commissions to look into organizational police corruption and abuse.
February 25, 2010—NPR NEWS – WNYC, by Bob Hennley, Nick Casale commented on Gov. Patterson’s executive protection detail applauding New York State Troopers but condemning the unit’s investigators for performing political based cover-ups.
February 9, 2010— FOX BUSINESS, “AMERICA’S NGHTLY SCOREBOARD” with DAVID ASMAN, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority ended subsidization of Metro cards for lower-income students because of a new tax that the state was levying on religious and independent schools to bail out our bankrupt transportation system. Joining me is Nick Casale, former deputy chief of security for the MTA. He now runs Casale Associates, a private investigation firm. You might have seen him on TV escorting certain people around like Bernard Madoff.
CASALE “ The MTA has failed to honestly and effectively police itself. It's an organization that lives in the shadows of government. It comes out when it wants to be a public entity. And it retreats back when there are questions about transparency.
January 4, 2010—Huffington Post ... the New York Times' featured retired detective Nick Casale, Bernie Madoff's former bodyguard, and ran five color photos of him.
December 27, 2009—By Alan Feuer, New York Times. Over the past two years, a handful of the hottest criminal cases involving the famous and the wealthy have led to the hiring of specialized Manhattan firms like Mr. Casale’s. Such firms, also do private investigations and other security work.
November 11, 2009—WABC—NEWS, NYPD Investigate Powdery Mystery, A sixth diplomatic outpost received an envelope with white powder. The police commissioner tells Eyewitness News, a letter received this morning at the Lithuanian UN mission is NOT believed to be linked to the series of letters received at diplomatic missions in New York this week. Talking with N.J. Burkett about investigative procedures is Nicholas Casale, former NYPD detective.
November 6, 2009— National Public Radio, Unfolding Detail on Fort Hood Shooting, By John Hockenberry. We're joined by Detective First Grade Nick Casale, a former director of counterterrorism for New York City's subway system, about what is involved in a complex criminal investigation
October 8, 2009—NEW YORK—WABC-TV -- The NYPD is creating a massive database of cell phone numbers. They are being taken from the phones of suspects in hopes of connecting them to past or future crimes. Security expert Nick Casale was interviewed and said it is a great idea. Sept 25, 2009—NPR NEWS – WNYC - Afghan Muslim Community Hesitant to Comment on Imam’s Arrest, by Ailsa Chang. NEW YORK, NY—But training community sources isn’t enough. That’s what Nicholas Casale says. He’s a retired detective with the NYPD and former deputy director of counter-terrorism with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Casale says the best way to gather intelligence is not to get more community sources like Afzali, but to integrate more Muslim officers into the NYPD, “They know the language. They understand the culture. With the NYPD, they live in the community. They practice the religion. And they have the grit and finesse to get things done. The best source of information comes from the officer or the agent who infiltrates an organization.”
Sept. 13, 2009—WABC-TV News, Mr. Casale spoke about the alleged plot by Najibullah Zazi to bomb subway trains in New York City.
Sept. 11, 2009—Good Morning America, NYC Subway Security, Mr. Casale discussed the MTA’s failure to protect New York’s subway system eight years after the terror attacks of 9/11.
July 17, 2009— NY POST, KIN OF SLAIN CLEANING LADY BEGIN INVESTIGATION HIRE LAWYER AND PRIVATE DETECTIVE TO GET 'MORE INSIGHT The family hired private investigator Nicholas Casale.
June 26, 2009— ABC’s 20/20, Mr. Casale appeared with Brian Ross, ABC’s Chief Investigative Reporter talking about protecting Bernard Madoff and guaranteeing the conditions of his house arrest
June 29, 2009— Mr. Casale appeared on FOX NEWS NETWORK talking about house arrest for high-profile defendants.
June 26,2009— Mr. Casale appeared on ABC’s 20/20 with Brian Ross talking about protecting Bernard Madoff.
June 5, 2009—Complaints Against Cop Who Shot Officer Omar Edwards EXCLUSIVE – FOX TV—Fox has obtained internal police documents that show that Officer Andrew Dunton -- the cop who shot Police Officer Omar Edwards -- appears to have at least four civilian complaints against him in his four years on the job. Two of those complaints claim excessive force.
Retired N.Y.P.D. detective, Nicholas Casale disagrees, saying “Just because an officer has civilian complains or is being monitored should not become a factor when determining right or wrong. The evidence of the incident determines the guilt or innocence of the individual.”
May 28, 2009—NYPD Cop Dies in 'Friendly Fire-'Fox's Ernie Anastos is joined by former N.Y.P.D. first grade detective and president of Casale Associates, Nick Casale.
“I offer my condolences to Police Officer Edwards family, he was a true hero for getting involved while off-duty. And my prays to Officer Dunton who was responding to assist Officer Edwards. This is a tragedy. But it also show the willingness of our cops to get involved and all New Yorkers should be proud and grateful to Officer Edwards.”
March 4, 2009— Mr. Casale appeared on FOX Business speaking about high profile security.
February 13, 2009— Mr. Casale interviewed on ABC’s 20/20 on private investigators and client privilege.
January 12, 2009—MADOFF Press Statement, The Court denied the governments motion to remand Bernard L. Madoff saying they failed to meet the legal burden needed to revoke bail.
The Court further ruled Casale Associates, or another Government approved company, shall search all outgoing physical mail to ensure that no property is transferred.
Mr. Casale added, “We are pleased by the Court’s decision allowing Mr. Madoff to remain free on bail and pleased that the Government accepts and the Court approves my firm’s integrity and professionalism.”
March 16, 2009—Crain’s New York Business— Madoff's top expense since December: Security, By Mark Bruno—According to court documents, he shelled out $140,000 a month for New York-based Casale Associates to provide him with beefed-up security at his Upper East Side penthouse.
March 12, 2009—Mr. Casale called the S.E.C. investigative capability “pitiful.” live on FOX Business. Mr. Casale said, " I don't believe we’re hearing this from a former S.E.C. attorney, it sounds like you're intimidated. What the S.E.C. needs is good detectives doing good detective work.”
March 10, 2009—Mr. Casale appeared live on FOX Business Morning speaking about the riggers of protecting a client when going to court and how the press can act recklessly and hinder security.
March 4, 2009— Mr. Casale appeared live on FOX Business speaking about high profile security.
February 13, 2009—Mr. Casale interviewed on ABC’s 20/20 discussing the Bail Modification Agreement Security Plan (House Arrest) which addressed security issues and how the press instigated a confrontation with Mr. Madoff and unprofessionally hounded him whenever he had to go to court.
January 29, 2009— Ira Lee Sorkin, Bernard Madoff’s attorney, told CNBC that “Casale's expertise was initially needed to set up and develop a security plan.”
January 12, 2009—The Hottest P.I. In Town (excerpt) NYPD expert, columnist and author, Leonard Levitt, wrote, “The Hottest P.I. In Town. Say good-bye to Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso. Move over Beau Deitl. There’s a new boy in town.” “In fact you may have seen [Nick Casale] on television, standing on the steps of the federal courthouse, providing private security for fraudster-of-the-century Bernie Madoff.”
December 29, 2008— NPR Radio WNYC Madoff remains under detention in his NY home By Bob Hennelly—[excerpt] Meanwhile, as government investigators continue to identify the victims of Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, he remains in home detention in his luxury Manhattan apartment. Under the terms of his $10 million bail agreement, the 70-year-old Madoff has to stay 24-7 in his East 64th Street apartment except to go to court. To prevent his flight and to assure his physical safety, his home detention is being supervised by former NYPD detective Nick Casale and his private security firm.
November 26, 2008— ABC News Exclusive, Joining us live from New York’s Pennsylvania Station is Nicholas Casale, former counter terrorism chief with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Transportation Security
Mr. Casale is an expert on transportation security and has advised members of Congress and government on how best to secure the Nation’s road, rail and sea lanes from terrorist attack.
As the former deputy director of security for counterterrorism with the Nation’s largest transportation agency Mr. Casale has the experience needed to plan, critique and testify as an expert.
Mr. Casale oversaw transportation related counterterrorism, police and security operations that protected 8 million New Yorkers immediately after the terrorist attacks on New York.
Early on, Mr. Casale recommended placing all Federal “protection” agencies like Transportation Security, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Immigration & Customs into a uniform security force under Homeland Security. Mr. Casale recommended creating within DHS a military-style rapid counterterrorism strike force to support local police and security operations Nationwide. The strike force could also be deployed overseas as peacekeepers freeing combat units from police and security duties.
Mr. Casale criticizes the ambitious Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preventions Act of 2004, the legislative response to the 9/11 Commission’s report, by wrongfully positioning the FBI as the go to domestic intelligence agency. “Mixing intelligence gathering and law enforcement just doesn’t work. Stripping the FBI of it’s role over counterterrorism, domestic intelligence and espionage makes more sense. Without doubt America needs a strong and accountable domestic security apparatuses to protect us from future terrorist attacks. But Americans are leery about a national police / domestic intelligence force under one roof.”
“Nearly 90% of the FBI’s 12,000 field agents have prior police experience – making them more likely to think like “cops” and less likely to develop the analytical skills necessary to digest intelligence data.”
“Constructing a state-of-the-art domestic intelligence organization under a newly created cabinet Secretary for Intelligence, makes the most sense.”
“Building a domestic intelligence agency void of a law enforcement mindset will allow them to become fully-independent gatherers, analyzers and decimeters of domestic intelligence, and that makes sense too.” “Folding the Drug Enforcement, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other Federal investigative, non-uniform, agencies, under the FBI is very practical. The Bureau will grow in size, budget and responsibility.” “What Americans want most is an independent domestic intelligence service to protect us from those seeking to destroy our Democracy without trampling our liberties.”
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Nicholas Casale received a US Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Education Program scholarship and graduated St. Francis College with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and sociology before joining the New York Police Department.
With the N.Y.P.D., Mr. Casale worked his way up the investigative ranks to the prestigious position of Detective First Grade. In 1992, Mr. Casale wrote enabling legislation governing for-hire vehicles that became law when he was assigned to New York City Transit Authority’s law department. For his efforts then Governor Mario Cuomo presented Mr. Casale with an executive proclamation and a copy of the legislation. The New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the Transport Workers Union acknowledged Mr. Casale’s innovative work in regulating for-hire transportation too.
As a detective, Mr. Casale worked with the Police Commissioner’s office of management, analysis and planning, and served as the confidential investigator to the Chief of Department, the highest ranking N.Y.P.D. officer. Mr. Casale participated in many confidential organized crime investigations targeting traditional La Costa Nostra and emerging Russian mobsters.
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York changed the way law enforcement agencies viewed terrorism. in 1996, Mr. Casale was asked to become more involved in counter- terrorism operations and accompanied then Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to Israel to observe counterterrorism initiatives.
After being heralded in the press for his heroism on September 11th, Mr. Casale was assigned to the newly created NYS Office of Homeland Security, joining two legends in the New York law enforcement community - James Kallstrom, former FBI Assistant Director, and Louis Anemone, former N.Y.P.D. Chief of Department. For his efforts then Governor George Pataki awarded Mr. Casale a certificate of appreciation and a letter of commendation.
Mr. Casale retired from the N.Y.P.D. to join the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as the agency’s first ever Deputy Director of Security for Counterterrorism. At the MTA, Mr. Casale commanded the joint infrastructure task force and was responsible for reducing the agency’s vulnerability to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
Nick returned to Israel in 2002, as a guest of the influential Jewish Institute of National Security Affaires (JINSA), and continues to speak about transportation security and counterterrorism in the media.
Mr. Casale is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security; the prestigious International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts; the Retired Detectives of the City of New York Police Department; the Detectives Endowment Association, Fraternal Order of Police, New York Shields and Associated Licensed Detectives of New York.
WNYC Public Radio Should Terror Suspects Be Read Miranda Rights? by Ailsa Chang
NEW YORK, NY May 13, 2010 — (Excerpt) When American citizen Faisal Shahzad was arrested for the attempted car bombing of Times Square this month, some politicians, like Sen. John McCain, said he shouldn’t have been read his Miranda rights. And this week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced he plans to ask Congress to change the rules for giving Miranda warnings to suspected terrorists. Holder hasn’t yet specified what new rules he wants, but legal experts say he’s likely to ask for more time to interrogate terror suspects before Miranda rights are read.
So the idea is people have heard these warnings so many times, they aren’t even listening when they’re read their rights. It goes in one ear and out the other, and so they keeping talk without weighing the risks. Eugene O’Donnell, a former cop and prosecutor who now teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice also posed another theory -– one that’s a little more psychological.
“There’s a lot of research on why people talk, but some people obviously talk because there’s contrition, there’s guilt, there’s getting over,” he says.
In other words, people talk to get what they did off their chest, to move on with their lives. And then there’s also the theory that people talk because they think they can outwit the police. There’s a sense that talking will actually save them. Here’s how Nick Casale, a counter-terrorism expert and former detective, put it: “The defendant believes that he is smarter than the detective and is always willing to talk, believing he’s going to influence his train of thought, he’s going to negotiate a better deal.”
ABC World News with Diane Sawyer & NIGHTLINE with Brian Ross,
Federal authorities identify a 'person of interest' in the Times Sq. bomb plot. May 3, 2010.
See Mr. Casale’s interview on World News with Diane Sawyer and on Nightline with Brian Ross at: http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/times-square-manhunt-10546275
THE NEW YORK TIMES— Editorial Page September 27, 2008. Every Long Island Rail Road employee applies for and receives a lucrative disability pension costing tax-payers millions of dollars each year.
But exposing corruption and cronyism at the cash-strapped railroad has proven difficult. Peering into a world of privilege, mostly along race and gender, reveals mismanagement, favoritism and preferential treatment rarely seen in government.
Every few years the MTA is hit with another scandal. And every few years lawmakers call for overhauling the Authority and changing its culture. It’s time for an independent budget office and inspector general that report, respectively, to the state comptroller and attorney general.
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