Issa al Hasan was found guilty of murder in the Islamic State-inspired rampage last year that spurred a national debate about refugees and migration.
In overseeing the expansion of the Islamic art galleries at the Metropolitan Museum, she countered hostile narratives about the Muslim world that arose after 9/11.
The Pentagon provided few details about the operation. But counterterrorism raids — as opposed to airstrikes — typically involve helicopter-borne commandos.
For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.