2011
October 31, 2011 ---New York Post ---Judge orders estranged wife, Janice Schacter (above), to stop bad-mouthing husband to the media.
A temporary gag order against Janice Schacter, the wife of a prominent Manhattan attorney was ordered after she refused to assure lawyers for her husband, Ira Schacter, that she would not give out sensitive financial information like his bank records or tax returns to the media.
Casale Associates was retained by Mr. Schacter's attorneys in this matter.
Oct 19, 2011 - NYPD and Occupy Wall Street Collide --- Former NYPD Detective Nick Casale discusses recent confrontations between police and the Wall Street protestors.
October 29, 2011 --- CBS Early Show, Madoff revelations --- Russ Mitchell talks with the head of Bernie Madoff's security detail, Nicholas Casale, and author Diana Henriques about the possible suicide attempts of the Madoffs and what it was like in the Madoff apartment after Bernie confessed.
Madoff revelationsRuss Mitchell talks with the head of Bernie Madoff's security detail, Nicholas Casale, and author Diana Henriques about the possible suicide attempts of the Madoffs and what it was like in the Madoff apartment after Bernie confessed.
Click link to view Mr. Casale's interview.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7386392n&tag=mncol;lst;1
October 29, 2011 CBS News, For the first time, Ruth Madoff is talking publicly about what happened when her husband, Did Madoffs try suicide, or didn't they? Bernard Madoff, admitted he was running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. In an interview with "60 minutes" correspondent Morley Safer airing Sunday night, Ruth Madoff said she and her husband tried to commit suicide on Christmas Eve 2008, two weeks after his arrest on securities fraud charges.
But on "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," a man who personally provided protection for Bernie Madoff and was inside the Madoffs' apartment expressed doubt about Ruth Madoff's claim.
Nicholas Casale, of Casale Associates, was retained by the Madoffs the morning after someone reached out from a gaggle of reporters on a Manhattan street and shoved Bernie.
Did the Madoffs really try to commit suicide?
Life in the Madoff apartment was, he told co-anchor Russ Mitchell, "I guess, as normal as it could be. They would just stay about their house and spend some time watching TV and talking.
"There was nothing unusual specifically on Christmas Eve when I was there. There was nothing that I saw that would indicate, as Ruth Madoff had stated, that, later that night, they had attempted suicide. So I didn't observe anything in the planning stage, the logistics, the preparing of everything, nor did I see the following day or the days after any telltale evidence."
So, he says, he "would be" skeptical about the suicide-try story.
But Diana Henriques, senior financial writer for The New York Times and author of "The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust," said, "Nick had mentioned the situation within the apartment. I think we also need to look at the situation outside the apartment. Ruth and Bernie were the target of an extraordinary avalanche of hate and hostility during that week. It's hard for me to understand why Ruth would create a tale of a failed suicide attempt when she is so loathe to bring a spotlight on herself, so I'm inclined to give it more credibility as a barometer of where her emotions were at the time."
She explained she was "a little surprised" Ruth Madoff is speaking out now "because, of course, I attempted to get her to talk on the record for two-and-a-half years, and she had been careful about maintaining her seclusion and her privacy. But I think she is participating in the promotion for an authorized family biography that will be coming out on Monday, because her son has asked her to. She has one surviving son, Andrew, and is really determined to try to rebuild some piece of the family."
Casale said, "It's true there was a lot of hostility outside the apartment. There were people standing there with signs saying 'Jump, Bernie,' and the avalanche, it was almost a tsunami (of hate messages). ... But I would focus, you know, more onto not what was going on in the apartment, the fact is that, you know, she has made the statement that they had attempted suicide by using a mild sleeping pill, Ambien, that, even if taken in a large dose, would probably not be fatal. And I guess another point that I would get across is, if that was so, why does it the suicide attempt story not come out until now?"
Bernie Madoff was quoted by ABC News this week as saying, "The average person thinks I robbed widows and orphans. I made wealthy people wealthier."
"I think he is still in an amazing amount of denial," Henriques says. "Yes, he did take money from widows and orphans. He may not have realized that, but he did. I think he is so isolated in prison now. He is a respected figure there. He's treated with some dignity. I think he is just completely out of touch with how much he is still hated on the outside world and how much animosity there still is towards him. Otherwise, I can't imagine him saying anything like that.
"In emails he's traded with me over the past year, he has expressed remorse, he has especially expressed remorse about the death of his son Mark and about his estrangement from his wife, Ruth. So I know he does have some feelings. But he's so well-defended, so compartmentalized -- I just think he's completely out of touch."
Oct 26, 2011 ABC World News, ABC Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross with Nick Casale. --- Bernie Madoff and Wife Ruth Attempted Suicide The wife of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff says that she and Bernie were so upset after the collapse of his multi-billion-dollar fraud that they decided to commit suicide together on Christmas Eve.
But her account of the Christmas Eve suicide is questioned by the head of the private security firm hired to guard them, who was at the apartment that night until about 7 p.m. Ruth's son Mark committed suicide two years later, on December 11, 2010, the second anniversary of his father's arrest. Mark's wife Stephanie told Chris Cuomo of ABC News' "20/20" that Mark felt Ruth was wrong to stand by Bernie.
Oct 26, 2011 --- Click link to view Mr. Casale's interview.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/bernie-madoff-wife-ruth-attempted-suicide/story?id=14821587
Oct 26, 2011 --- CNN, Ruth Madoff says that she and her husband, convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, had a Christmas Eve suicide pact.
Click link to view Mr. Casale's interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOhxJahQMwQ
Oct 27, 2011 --- United Kingdom Daily Mail, Barbara Walters reported that during the interview, which was not allowed to be filmed, Madoff, who was wearing the standard prison uniform of a khaki shirt and pants, had an occasional tick, blinking of the eyes, which got worse when he was discussing 'difficult matters'.The interview came as it was today revealed that Ruth Madoff could be lying about her claim that she and Bernie Madoff tried to kill themselves.
Their security guard Nick Casale said he was in the couple's home on the night they supposedly attempted an overdose and everything seemed normal.Mr Casale spent the early evening sitting talking with them both and 'didn't see anything unusual' before leaving at 7pm. His claims were bolstered by Madoff biographer Andrew Kirtzman who said Mrs Madoff's 'disclosure' could be part of a PR campaign to counter the negative publicity against her. He told ABC News that that evening he was 'sitting there with them talking I didn't see anything unusual'. Mrs Madoff claimed that at some point that night she and her husband swallowed a large number of sedatives and lay down next to each other, expecting to die.
9/30/11 - WABC - Mr. Casale appeared on WABC-TV speaking about increased security after a military dron assenatied terrorist mastermind al-Awlaki.
9/15/11 – WNYC- Radio Nicholas Casale, a former NYPD terrorism expert interviewed regarding increased New York City security.
9/10/11 NY1-TV Mr. Casale was interviewd regarding escaled security in New York City "Transportation, especially rail transportation, is the number one target of terrorists. In the last 10 years we've seen over 200 targets. We saw Madrid, we saw Moscow, we saw London," said security expert Nicholas Casale. "We know they want to attack our transportation systems. You can't totally secure it. It's not like an airline." The subways are an "open system," meaning that if every rider was screened, like in airports, the transit system would cease to function. Instead, law enforcement are holding random searches.
8/1/11 WPIX-TV “Dead Bus Driver Goes Unnoticed For 5 Hours At Port Authority Terminal”, It exposes another breach in the system that should be addressed," said Deputy Security Director For Counterterrorism Nicholas Casale. "You know they have the campaign 'see something, say something', well you know that's what they're asking out of the people, well what are we asking out of the Port Authority the MTA and law enforcement?"
8/28/11 – TF1 (French) TV “Private detectives to track down the alleged victim DSK,”An interview with Nicholas Casale.
6/19/2011 TF1 (French) Mr. Casale was featured on special televison broadcast talking about the duties of a American private investigator compared to the roll the Investigative Magistrate performs within the French judicial system.
6/1/2011 Der Spiegel (German) An article about Mr. Casale and the role of private investigators in a criminal case.
5/21/2011 Le Parisien (French) Mr. Casale was interviewed about the investigation and arrest of DSK.
5/17/ 2011 — National Public Radio — The Takeaway - By John Hockenberry. We're joined by former NYPD First Grade Detective Nick Casale talking about rape charges brought against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fundand, and the on going criminal investigation.
Walk the Walk - Who decides whether a suspect like Dominique Strauss-Kahn takes a "perp walk"?
By Christopher Beam
May 18, 2011 - The arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the alleged rape of a hotel maid in New York has provoked outrage in his native France, and not just for the reasons you'd expect. Many of his compatriots are furious that New York Police Department cops trotted him out in front of cameras after his arrest on the way to his arraignment?an NYPD tradition known as the "perp walk."
"I found that image to be incredibly brutal, violent and cruel," said Elisabeth Guigou, former justice minister of France. "I am happy that we do not have the same judicial system." The daily Le Parisien on Tuesday ran the headline: "DSK Handcuffed: Photo Shock." Asked about the images at a press conference, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the practice: "I think it is humiliating, but if you don't want to do the perp walk, don't do the crime."
Well, that's exactly the point, argue critics of the perp walk: Those walking "perps" haven't been convicted of any crimes. Parading a defendant in front of the media, critics say, violates the defendant's privacy and prejudices juries in favor of conviction. Especially when that image is replayed ad nauseam on cable news, often in slow motion and accompanied by ominous music. As one lawyer told the media site Poynter, "Everyone looks guilty when they are slo-mo'ed."
Why are perp walks allowed?
"It's traditional," says Nicholas Casale, a retired first-grade detective with the NYPD, who provided security for Bernie Madoff when he appeared in court. He views the perp walk almost as a kind of service: "It promotes the arrest, it allows the defendant an opportunity to make a statement to the press, and it's centralized," he said, so the media can get all their photos in one place.
But the various gradations of the perp walk show that it is mostly a tool of law enforcement.
The most humiliating method is when the police?or, in many cases, the feds?arrest someone in a public place, like his office, and trot him past the media, which have been tipped off in advance. In the 1980s, then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani famously gave Wall Street financiers the full monty when cracking down on white-collar crime. The message: These guys are no better than street criminals. (The Department of Justice actually prohibits tipping off the media about arrests: "In cases in which a search warrant or arrest warrant is to be executed, no advance information will be provided to the news media about actions to be taken by law enforcement personnel, nor shall media representatives be solicited or invited to be present.")
Less extreme is parading the perps in front of cameras on the way from the local police precinct to the arraignment. Sometimes the accused will cover his or her head with a jacket. But police don't go out of their way to help someone hide. "The officer's not gonna say, 'Let's look in the closet and see if we have any extra hats or anything,' " says Casale.
Of course, cops don't have to create a media spectacle at all. The perp walk is discretionary. Anytime you see one, it's because someone in law enforcement is trying to get some publicity. "Its sort of like a hunting dog with prey in its mouth posing for a picture," says Daniel Horwitz, a criminal defense lawyer and former assistant district attorney in New York City. "It's barbaric."
The police have other options. In some cases, cops take suspects out a back door and transport them to a sealed courtroom.
One reason is safety. Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby during a perp walk, after all. A suspect might also avoid a perp walk by agreeing to cooperate with law enforcement, in which case cops would go out of their way not to reveal the person's identity. Good defense lawyers can sometimes negotiate a deal for high-profile defendants to avoid a perp walk circus.
There are legitimate reasons for a perp walk, aside from humiliation. If a defendant may have committed other crimes, police might want to broadcast his name and face to get other victims to come forward.
A prosecutor may also opt for a perp walk if a suspect is considered a flight risk. Instead of simply issuing a court summons, law enforcement conducts a surprise arrest and invites the press. "It helps them with the bail argument," says Ryan Blanch, a criminal defense attorney in New York. "If [the prosecution] wants to argue for no bail, they can say, we had to rip him from his house." It also makes running away harder, if they do get out on bail.
Whatever the rationale, perp walks have become as much a staple of the U.S. criminal justice system as the Miranda warning.
They've been ruled constitutional, so long as they serve a legitimate law enforcement purpose. If police transport a suspect from the station house to court and photographers happen to document it, that's OK?even if the press was tipped off. Less OK would be the cops trotting the suspect out, driving him around in a squad car, and bringing him back to the station purely for the media's benefit. There's wiggle room, of course: Maybe there's no parking spot right in front of the courthouse, and the cops have to walk the suspect a few blocks.
Despite French objections, perp walks aren't disappearing anytime soon. Police love them. The media love them. And by the time any of the perp-walked suspects are proved innocent, everyone else has moved on.
Nick Casale, who guarded Madoff initially, said the prisoner's wealth must be taken into account.
On Friday, Donna Mancino said she couldn't get a working elevator to her apartment while Strauss-Kahn was being moved in. But she and other residents said the only disruptive aspect of his presence was the press staking him out.Raj Rajaratnam, a one-time billionaire hedge fund founder convicted of insider trading, is currently free on $100 million bail but under house arrest at his Manhattan home while he awaits sentencing July 29.
Right now, he's not allowed out at all, but after he's moved to a more permanent location he can leave for court, doctor visits and weekly religious services. Prosecutors must be notified at least six hours before he goes anywhere. He can't be out between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.Security experts say it would take at least three experienced guards to do the job well in Strauss-Kahn's case — two working at all times and one on reserve.Some other white-collar bail agreements make Madoff's look puny.
State Supreme Justice Michael J. Obus signed off on the plan and ordered Strauss-Kahn's release from Rikers Island on Friday.Strauss-Kahn is accused of attacking a 32-year-old housekeeper on May 14 in his $3,000-a-night hotel suite. The West African immigrant told police he chased her down a hallway in the suite, forced her to perform oral sex and tried to remove her stockings. He is scheduled for arraignment on June 6.The 62-year-old was indicted by a grand jury this week on charges including criminal sexual abuse and attempted rape in the alleged attack last weekend at the Sofitel near Manhattan's Times Square.
The company has a history of high-stakes, high-wealth clients: It secured Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani, a rich Long Island couple convicted of enslaving two domestic servants they brought from Indonesia by keeping their travel documents while having them perform forced labor. Over the course of the couple's home detention, the firm was chastised by a judge for allowing Mahender Sabhnani to stay out at business meetings in Manhattan until 1 a.m.
The funds will go toward armed surveillance, the installation of cameras and a special bracelet shackled to his ankle that will set off an alarm if he travels too far.The plans hit a snag Friday when a tony Upper East Side apartment complex refused to accept the one-time French presidential contender because of unwanted media attention. Instead, Strauss-Kahn was ensconced Saturday in a lower Manhattan high-rise within the New York Police Department's ring of steel, a network of private and police cameras. He's guarded by Stroz Friedberg, the same security firm that kept disgraced financier Bernard Madoff under surveillance in his own penthouse.
May 21, 2001 ABC NEWS - Posh, Pricey NYC House Arrest for Ex-IMF Leader ---
And then there's Madoff, who was under house arrest for more than a year before he began serving a 150-year prison term in 2009 for swindling investors of billions. In a case study posted on its website on its involvement with Madoff, the company said round-the-clock monitoring was done by retired federal and high-ranking New York City officers who kept tabs on everything, from deliveries in and out of the building to recording his every move.
Security experts say it would take at least three experienced guards to do the job well in Strauss-Kahn's case — two working at all times and one on reserve.
"You can't to go sleep. You need fresh guys all the time," said Beau Dietl, a longtime former NYPD detective who now does security and is a private eye. "You can't let the guy out of your sight."
Nick Casale, who guarded Madoff initially, said the prisoner's wealth must be taken into account. "For the average person, $1 million cash bail is astronomical. But you have to look at how this would impact his wealth, is it substantial, or is it trivial?"
Lawyers said in court that Strauss-Kahn was worth about $2 million, but his wife, journalist Anne Sinclair, is substantially wealthy, and helped secure the $5 million bond the judge added to the bail agreement.
Experts say such agreements are becoming increasingly common for well-heeled defendants — the most high-profile being Madoff, who was under private guard and had cameras trained on him 24 hours a day. Strauss-Kahn's lawyers cited the case — in which Madoff posted $10 million bail — as a reason to release the economist.
"So now what we're saying is that people of status and class and power can perpetrate these type of crimes, hire an expensive legal team, and meet the conditions of bail to satisfy the court to secure their freedom," said Nick Casale, a security expert who guarded Madoff. "Are we going to this caste system of defendants?"
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May 23, 2011 - A New York judge ordered Strauss-Kahn released on a bail package that included a $1 million cash bail, a $5 million bond and 24-hour home confinement. Is this justice? How hard is it to sit confined in a multimillion dollar apartment? For a first-hand account, we speak to Nicholas Casale, former detective for the NYPD. Nicholas was assigned to watch over Bernie Madoff when he was under house arrest.
Can Dominique Strauss-Kahn Claim Diplomatic Immunity?
May 17, 2011 - Foreign diplomats have enjoyed diplomatic immunity for centuries. Following the weekend arrest of I.M.F. managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of sexual assault, there have been questions as to whether he could be legally protected by diplomatic immunity. The answer is complicated as is the issue of diplomatic immunity.
For an explanation on diplomatic immunities we speak with Jovan Kurbalija, founder and director of DiploFoundation, a Geneva-based organization researching the role of diplomacy in the modern age. Also on the show is Nicholas Casale, a former NYPD detective for his perspective on how to handle situations in which there is an arrest of someone who might have immunity.
5/6/ 2011 – WABC-News, Jim Hoffer, “Bin Laden eyed US rails from his secret compound,” interview with Nicholas Casale, security expert.
5/2/2011 – NY1 - By: Amanda Farinacci, “Terror Group Planned Rail Attack, Warns Of Retaliation” Interview of Nicholas Casale transportation security expert.
3/11/ 2011 - AM New York - By Theresa Juva, “After 15 years, radios still don't work for many cops in subways.”“Not being able to communicate in this day and age is ludicrous,” said Nicholas Casale, a retired NYPD detective and the MTA’s former Deputy Director of Security for Counterterrorism. He pointed to Madrid and London as examples of transit hubs increasingly becoming terrorism targets.
3/4/ 2011 - WCBS radio News with Paul Murane - NYPD Radios Still Don’t Work In Subway System. Interference and underground reception issues are among the things preventing many of the radios used by street cops from working in the subways. “If a terrorist attack should go off, the ability of the police to be able to communicate both between the transit bureau, the patrol bureau, and headquarters is absolutely essential,” says former MTA security official Nick Casale.
3/ 4/2011 ... CBS New York --- Nick Casale. Snow covers the 2 and 3 line subway tracks at the 72nd Street station.
2/9/2011 – WABC-News, Transportation Security, an interview with Nicholas Casale. Mr. Casale said, “This amplify how vulnerable New Yorkers are."
2010
12/ 11/2010 – ABC Good Morning America - By BRIAN ROSS, Two years to the day, and almost the precise hour and minute, of his father's arrest by the FBI, Mark Madoff, son of the disgraced Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, was found hanged inside his Manhattan apartment, an apparent suicide according to police. "At about 7:30 this morning police responded to 158 Mercer Street," said New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly. "Mark Madoff was found hanging from a pipe in the living room of the apartment. According to sources close to the family no one could have seen the suicide coming, although Madoff, 46, had been distraught, felt unemployable, and was sure that he would never be able to extricate himself from the thickets of notoriety. "This is a sad tragedy. I don't think it's the last of this tragedy," said Nick Casale, a former senior NYPD official who provided security for Mark Madoff after his father's arrest.
5/ 13/2010—WNYC New York Public Radio—Should Terror Suspects Be Read Miranda Rights? An interview with Nick Casale and Steve Hyman.
5/4/ 2010—WABC-TV—Mr. Casale was interviewed regarding Times Square security. Security expert Nicolas Casale said, "New York is the number one terrorist location. They're determined on attacking New York City." But Casale says more can be done to protect the city, "There is no protective shield for the underwater tunnels. No ballistic liners. There are no sensors. The cameras are about 50 percent installed and it's questionable how many of those are working. There are no flood gates. Somebody has to hold these people responsible whether it's Washington, whether it's Albany, whether it's the mayor of New York City. Something has to be done."
5/3/2010—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. asale was interviewed regarding security.
5/3/ 2010—NY1- Mr. Casale appeared live with anchor Pat Kiernan talking about NYC security.
3/29/2010— 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. "Every time we see a subway bombing, we are concerned," said security consultant Nicholas Casale.
3/4/ 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.
2/25/ 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.
2/25/ 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.
2/9/ 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.
2009
12/27/ 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.
11/29/ 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.
11/11/2009—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.
11/6/ 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.
11/6/ 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.
10/8/ 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.
10/8/ 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.
9/25/ 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.”
9/25/2009—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.”
9/13/ 2009—WABC-TV News, Mr. Casale spoke about the alleged plot by Najibullah Zazi to bomb subway trains in New York City.
9/11/2009—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.
9/11/ 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.
7/12/ 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.
6/29/ 2009— Mr. Casale appeared on FOX NEWS NETWORK talking about house arrest for high-profile defendants.
6/26/ 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.
6/5/ 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.”
5/28/ 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.”
4/4/ 2009— Mr. Casale appeared live on FOX Business speaking about high profile security.
3/16/ 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.
3/12/ 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.”
3/10/ 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.
3/4/ 2009— Mr. Casale appeared on FOX Business speaking about high profile security.
2/13/ 2009— Mr. Casale interviewed on ABC’s 20/20 on private investigators and client privilege.
2/13/ 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.
1/29/ 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.”
1/29/ 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.”
1/12/ 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.”
2008
12/29/ 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.
8/1/ 2008— By Matthew Sweeney, New York, - Nicholas Casale, a transportation security consultant, said that while it's impossible to thwart all attacks, you can make it as difficult as possible and minimize the damage.
7/31/ 2008—By Matthew Sweeney, Port Authority bus riders see beefed-up security, Nicholas Casale, a transportation security consultant, said that while it's impossible to thwart all attacks, you can make it as difficult as possible.
4/18/ 2008—New York Post—Front Page,, … “Outrageous security breeches like this amplify how vulnerable New Yorkers are," said Nicholas Casale, former head of security for the MTA.
2007
3/21/2007— WABC-TV EYEWITNESS NEWS, BY N.J. BURKETT—(New York) Nick Casale, former MTA terror chief said,” By placing officers out there, it's a good first step but it's not the final step."
2006
7/11/ 2006—THE WALL STREET JOURNAL- - .Public transit systems, designed to quickly move millions through densely populated areas and work as key cogs in a city's economy, can be attractive targets. And unlike airplanes, access is wide open. "There's only one way to board an aircraft," says Nicholas Casale, former counterterrorism chief for New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. "You don't have that control in mass transit.“ Preventative planning is also important. In New York City, says Mr. Casale, that means protecting the tunnels that run underwater with bomb-resistant liners and adding flood gates to their portals. Security should also be beefed up by rail yards and depots, he said.
6/19/2006—CNN NEWS—Former New York transit counterterrorism chief, Nicholas Casale, discussed Pulitzer Prize winning authority Ron Suskind's new book, “The One Percent Solution” on CNN. Mr. Suskind claimed that bin Laden was just 45 days away from attacking the City’s subways system before the plot was suddenly called off.
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