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The judges for this years Pulitzer Prizes in journalism are getting set to vote which means its time for the latest installment of The Associated Press year-long bash of the NYPD.

And sure enough, the wire service yesterday popped up with a 1,500-word hit-job that said, well . . . not much at all.

The AP story points to a 2008 internal memo that it says shows that undercover New York cops attended meetings of liberal political organizations and monitored even lawful activities.

Ooh sinister: Cops spying on liberals.

(Translation: Hey, Pulitzer judges: Pick us!)

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Ray Kelly

The truth isnt even close.

For one thing, calling them liberal political organizations makes it sound like the NYPD was snooping on everyday people in mainstream groups that happen to be on the left. Think: the local Democratic club.

In fact, the groups under surveillance included extremist outfits that have either supported, or sometimes worked with, global terror groups, such as the International Solidarity Movement and the International Action Center.

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