"the Executive Branch . . . controlled the security response to its own coup" :

[tblue37]

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Stop. January 6 did NOT happen because nobody saw it coming. All of the insurrectionists who flew in from all over the country sat it coming.

It happened because the Executive Branch has WAY too much unilateral power and controlled the security response to its own coup.

[malaise]

1. THIS

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214878154

[secondwind]

2. YES!!

[Biophilic]

3. Who would ever have guessed this could be a problem? Right. nt

[Under The Radar]

4. Trump is still in charge of Security even today

The Department of Homeland Security is under authority of the executive branch. There has been no change in the leadership of the executive branch since Wednesday. Trump is still in charge of security for even Biden’s inauguration up until the moment that he takes the oath.

[Captain Zero]

7. i've wondered if there no killings because

they did not see the people they were programmed to kill but quite a pack of them around certain offices. Final visual trigger not sighted?

[2naSalit]

19. +1

[cynical_idealist]

26. herd immunity is just their code for culling the herd

.

[Hugin]

6. Let. Fox. Watch. Chicken. Coop.

Again, five! Yes, I am gaining confidence that even after my long isolation my thinky meat is still functional.

:whew:

[2naSalit]

20. LOL!!!

thinky meat!

[PoliticAverse]

9. The Capitol Police (and Capitol Security) are under the auspices of Congress not Executive branch

From: What went wrong with security at the Capitol?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/what-went-wrong-security-capitol-n1253341

WASHINGTON — Amid growing evidence that pro-Trump extremists were planning to target the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day Congress was set to certify the election of Joe Biden as president, in recent days Congressman Tim Ryan had asked the people in charge of security whether they had everything they needed.

"I had conversations with the sergeant-at-arms and the chief of the Capitol Police, who gave me assurances that every precaution was being taken, that we had enough manpower, that we were going to keep people completely away from the Capitol," Ryan, the Ohio Democrat who chairs the subcommittee that funds the Capitol complex, told reporters Thursday.

...

The Pentagon officials said that on Sunday, during a planning meeting, the Defense Department offered the Capitol Police and the city of Washington additional National Guard troops, but were turned down.

Said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman, “We were informed that additional support from DoD was not needed.”

[tblue37]

10. Capitol Police were hung out to dry when they called for help.

[PoliticAverse]

11. That certainly needs to be part of the investigation, but once you need to "call for help"

it is already too late.

[justgamma]

12. How did they not know this was going to happen?

They've heard this crowd over and over for years. There had better be investigations. I know the heads have resigned but darn it we need answers!

[PoliticAverse]

13. Well it is either a screw up of gigantic proportions or complicity - certainly there needs to be

a complete investigation.

[pnwmom]

23. But the National Guard, which wasn't standing by for immediate assistance,

and was delayed for HOURS, is under the control of the President.

[PoliticAverse]

24. They weren't "standing by" because they were told they weren't needed....

The Pentagon officials said that on Sunday, during a planning meeting, the Defense Department offered the Capitol Police and the city of Washington additional National Guard troops, but were turned down.

Said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman, “We were informed that additional support from DoD was not needed.”

[pnwmom]

25. Yeah, that's their story now. But Republican Governor Hogan says otherwise

and I believe HIM.

He says he was ready and willing to send Maryland Guard to DC, and after he got the call from Steny Hoyer, he tried and failed to get permission from the Trump administration -- for hours. And the Pentagon knew how urgent the situation was. Hogan told them.

And anyone watching TV could see that the Capitol police wasn't handling it.

[Ohioboy]

14. Everybody knew it was coming

[orangecrush]

15. KICK

[in2herbs]

16. If DC was a state would this prevent the Executive Branch from controlling security? nt

[tblue37]

17. Yes. They would have the authority to deploy their own National Guard and authorize help from other

state Guards.

[AntiFascist]

27. Exactly, and Acting Defense Secretary Miller needs to be held accountable for not responding! n/t

[not fooled]

18. On a related note

a national security commentator on MSNBC (sorry, I can't remember his name but he is former military, maybe FBI, etc.) just said the "intelligence failure" stems from the inability of the FBI and other law enforcement to surveil domestic terrorist suspects and groups on e.g. facebook, twitter etc. whereas they can monitor international terrorists.

However, while he was speaking I remember all of the peace groups and other left-leaning organizations in the U.S. that have a long history of being infiltrated and monitored by law enforcement including FBI. So, what gives? Naturally the MSNBC host didn't have the knowledge or inclination to ask such questions.

Far-right groups have a long history of working the refs to get left alone. Early in the Obama administration, Janet Napolitano's Homeland Security issued a report pointing out the dangers of emerging far-right radical groups and calling them domestic terrorists. The cons went nuts and caused the report to be withdrawn (the administration shouldn't have caved). And now, here we are.

It really all started at least as far back as Waco and Ruby Ridge--the demonization of Federal agencies trying to protect the country from dangerous far-right radicals.

[Midnight Writer]

21. Same as when Administration members were subpoenaed to appear before Congress.

They brazenly refused because our Law Enforcement resources are totally in the hands of the President, and they knew the legal summons would not be enforced.

[Bluethroughu]

22. ACCOUNTABILITY!