"Does anybody have a plan?" Senate report details Jan. 6 security failures

[pnwmom]

Source: NYTimes

WASHINGTON -- Top federal intelligence agencies failed to adequately warn law enforcement officials before the Jan. 6 riot that pro-Trump extremists were threatening violence, including plans to "storm the Capitol," infiltrate its tunnel system and "bring guns," according to a new report by two Senate committees that outlines large-scale failures that contributed to the deadly assault.

An F.B.I. memo on Jan. 5 warning of people traveling to Washington for "war" at the Capitol never made its way to top law enforcement officials. The Capitol Police failed to widely circulate information from its intelligence unit that supporters of President Donald J. Trump were posting online about pressuring lawmakers to overturn his election loss.

"If they don't show up, we enter the Capitol as the Third Continental Congress and certify the Trump Electors," one post said.

"Bring guns. It's now or never," said another.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/us/capitol-riot-security.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR3SNwENlV5A54sJpY7QjwjhDgJLP1UaSwPwUwHLgO3n8s3JyJliP6bbegg

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Here's CNN's take

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/politics/us-capitol-riot-senate-report/index.html

[div class"excerpt"](CNN)A new Senate report reveals previously unknown details about the stunning security breakdowns ahead of the January 6 US Capitol attack, adding an authoritative emphasis to previous evidence that there were massive intelligence failures, critical miscommunications, and unheeded warnings that ultimately led to the chaotic response that day.

But at the same time, there are several glaring omissions in the report, including any examination of Donald Trump's role in the riots, raising questions about whether lawmakers, in their quest for bipartisanship, exposed the limits of a Congress divided and unable to agree on certain truths, particularly those related to the former President's actions.

Sources tell CNN that in order for this report, which was compiled by the Senate Homeland Security and Rules committees, to have support from both parties, the language had to be carefully crafted, and that included excluding the word "insurrection," which notably does not appear outside of witness quotes and footnotes.

"Did we look at Trump's role in the attack? The answer is no," a Senate committee aide told reporters.

THE REPORT IS HERE:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/politics/report-investigating-capitol-attack/index.html

(CNN)A Senate report released Tuesday reveals previously unknown details about the stunning security breakdowns ahead of the January 6 US Capitol attack, adding an authoritative emphasis to previous evidence that there were massive intelligence failures, critical miscommunications, and unheeded warnings that ultimately led to the chaotic response that day.

Read the report:

[peppertree]

1. "federal intelligence agencies failed to adequately warn law enforcement officials"

As in "failed."

[Evolve Dammit]

2. The call for a riot/insurrection was so obvious for WEEKS and I don't frequent RW dark web sites.

If this is the best we can expect from all our intel/ law enforcement agencies, we are doomed. It's like before 9-11 when the hijackers were only training on how to take off (not land) and the FBI memo to that effect to higher levels was ignored. Tragic consequences. What's next? Not sure I want to know....

[JudyM]

4. Yes, it was glaringly obvious.

Lack of even rudimentary coordination, but casting blame for not having passed along obvious info seems like a twisted approach to the problem.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. heads should be rollin' here; this could have been so much worse. Still a national disgrace.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack

Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack

The Associated Press

June 8, 2021, 6:18 AM

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has uncovered broad government, military and law enforcement missteps surrounding the violent attack, including a breakdown within multiple intelligence agencies and a lack of training and preparation for Capitol Police officers who were quickly overwhelmed by the rioters.

The Senate report released Tuesday is the first -- and could be the last -- bipartisan review of how hundreds of former President Donald Trump's supporters were able to violently push past security lines and break into the Capitol that day, interrupting the certification of President Joe Biden's victory.

It includes new details about the police officers on the front lines who suffered chemical burns, brain injuries and broken bones and who told senators that they were left with no direction when command systems broke down. It recommends immediate changes to give the Capitol Police chief more authority, to provide better planning and equipment for law enforcement and to streamline intelligence gathering among federal agencies.

As a bipartisan effort, the report does not delve into the root causes of the attack, including Trump's role as he called for his supporters to "fight like hell" to overturn his election defeat that day. It does not call the attack an insurrection, even though it was. And it comes two weeks after Republicans blocked a bipartisan, independent commission that would investigate the insurrection more broadly.

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Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo contributed to this report.

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Senate Report Blames Riot Response On Intel Failure
June 8, 2021

[Progressive Jones]

6. This doesn't cut it. Go for it, Madame Speaker. nt