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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 08:33 PM Feb 2021

FBI alert about possible 'war' against Congress reached D.C. and Capitol Police on eve of attack

deepening security questions

Around 7 p.m. on Jan. 5, less than 24 hours before an angry mob overran the U.S. Capitol, an FBI bulletin warning that extremists were calling for violent attacks on Congress landed in an email inbox used by the D.C. police Department. That same evening, a member of the Capitol Police received the same memo.

But the alert was not flagged for top officials at either agency, according to congressional testimony Tuesday — deepening questions about the breakdowns that contributed to massive security failures on Jan. 6.

Both acting D.C. police chief Robert J. Contee III and former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund said the intelligence community at large failed to detect key information about the intentions of the attackers and adequately communicate what was known in the run-up to the Capitol riot.

“I would certainly think that something as violent as an insurrection at the Capitol would warrant a phone call or something,” Contee told lawmakers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-alert-about-possible-war-against-congress-reached-dc-and-capitol-police-on-eve-of-attack-deepening-security-questions/ar-BB1dX0l6?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnb7Kz
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FBI alert about possible 'war' against Congress reached D.C. and Capitol Police on eve of attack (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
In case the FBI was wrong, nobody noticed. If the FBI was correct - hey we sent you a notice. LiberalArkie Feb 2021 #1
+1, and the notice was sent to someone somewhere that worked for the CP uponit7771 Feb 2021 #3
The timing has stunk since I first heard about it underpants Feb 2021 #4
K&R, ***THIS*** Should be headline news ALL DAY!!! Someone in the FBI knew they uponit7771 Feb 2021 #2

underpants

(182,772 posts)
4. The timing has stunk since I first heard about it
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:23 PM
Feb 2021

Well, there was A report.

Still, really, they shouldn’t have needed intel on this. Is was very clear that at least some of these people were going all in. Many people were openly discussing it.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
2. K&R, ***THIS*** Should be headline news ALL DAY!!! Someone in the FBI knew they
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 09:23 PM
Feb 2021

... had to cover their butts cause something heavy was about to go down so they threw raw intel to someone's CP email address as if the CP have analyst to gather a threat assessment like the DHS and FBI do.

But .. you know

Trump supporting Tiger did some .... MORE .... stupid shit.



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