But when reporters asked for copies of the images, the authority referred them to Apple, which did not respond to phone calls or e-mails.
Adam Lisberg, the chief spokesman for the transportation authority, referred inquiries to Mr. Lhota, saying, "That's not something that the M.T.A. can respond to".
Surrey police and the police authority referred his conduct to the IPCC on 21 June this year and the police watchdog announced it would carry out an independent investigation.
"The Palestinian position is that we've been engaged with Mitchell," said Ghaith al-Omari, a former negotiator with the Palestinian Authority, referring to Mr. Obama's Middle East envoy, George J. Mitchell.
In remarks in an open meeting at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld sharply criticized the Palestinian Authority, referred dismissively to disputed lands in the West Bank and Gaza as "the so-called occupied territories".
"I would say it's probably going to be voted down," said David S. Mack, a vice chairman of the authority, referring to a resolution that will come before the board next week to curtail its own perks.
"They're contracting with local contractors, they're getting their dry cleaning done in Bayonne, they're going to Bayonne restaurants," said Nicholas A. Chiaravalloti, executive director of the redevelopment authority, referring to the production crews.
Beyond this, residents here cannot comprehend why, after nearly 20 futile years, the Palestinian Authority (referred to in Gaza as hukoomit Ramallah – "the Ramallah government") is negotiating with Israel in the same manner as before.
On Thursday, in an announcement that the Vantone Industrial Co. of China had signed on as a tenant, the authority referred to the building as "One World Trade Center (The Freedom Tower)." After The Daily Newsand The New York Post pounced — critically reporting the naming shift on their front pages on Friday — a debate erupted.
