| Hero Detective George Corey couldn’t wait to join the ranks of the elite FBI-NYPD joint terrorist task force after the 9/11 attacks on his beloved city. .... Yesterday, Corey’s tireless work paid off. The 40-year-old Bayside, Queens, native was hailed by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly for his key role in cracking the case against fanatical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri. Corey, known as an expert interviewer, was able to extract crucial evidence against al-Masri’s from a terror suspect serving time for trying to set up a jihad training camp in Bly, Ore., according to Kelly. Corey, along with his partner, FBI Special Agent Michael Butsch, were "the keys to breaking this case," said Kelly. "In addition to his tireless work in gathering the evidence needed to bring Hamza in, Detective Corey developed an excellent relationship with a cooperating source that was essential to revealing much of the case against Hamza," Kelly said, declining to elaborate. |