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Drew Harwell, Craig Timberg 1 hr ago
Debra Maimone pulled down her American flag mask for a moment on Jan. 6 and gazed at the unruly mob of supporters of President Donald Trump overrunning the U.S. Capitol. Put your mask on, warned her fiance, as the couple stood beneath an unblinking array of surveillance cameras. I dont want them to see you.
It was too late.
That scene, recorded in a cellphone video Maimone posted to the social media site Parler, helped FBI agents identify the Pittsburgh-area couple and pinpoint their location inside the Capitol, FBI agents said in a federal criminal complaint filed before Maimones arrest last month.
Video cameras mounted throughout the complex also captured the pair from 10 different angles, the complaint says, as they allegedly stormed the halls of Congress, rummaged through a police bag and made off with protective equipment that Senate officials kept on hand in case of a chemical attack.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-america-s-surveillance-networks-helped-the-fbi-catch-the-capitol-mob/ar-BB1feLNA
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(107,063 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,265 posts)Don't these writers understand that the "video cameras" that captured the mob were Cable News crews? As well as a number of cell phone cameras, as well as etc etc.
The FBI could have/should have captured the mob in real time, before they waltzed away without a care in the world.
Why the hell didn't they?
Yeah, security cameras no doubt helped. but man, they didn't have to wait to process those before 'catching' the mob.
smh