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31. The "hardening" of the Capitol was done with a bombing attack in mind...

Fri Jun 10, 2022, 10:17 PM

Jun 2022

The windows and doors that were reinforced were selected to protect the occupants of the Capitol from a Oklahoma City type attack. Windows that were not reinforced were also chosen because of the age and location of the windows.
There are over 600 windows in the Capitol, only about 25 were not reinforced. The riotous mob ran hundreds of yards past the reinforced windows to reach the ones that were vulnerable.
When you add that to the fact that the panic buttons had been disabled, that Boebert was live tweeting the whereabouts of congressmen and Speaker Pelosi...well, I think the next hearings are going to be lit...I really can't wait.

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C. Pierce, "I Don't Believe in This Kind of Luck" ... Trump's shock Troops knew the weak spots [View all] Botany Jun 2022 OP

Yes. I was reminded of that last night while watching one of the videos in the hearing. tanyev Jun 2022 #1

Who gave the orders to not reinforce those spots in the first place? It was done on TFG's watch. Hekate Jun 2022 #23

Thank you! I mean, wtf? I've yet to even hear any comment about the inexplicable fact Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2022 #37

And who removed the panic button in Rep. Pressley's office? BadgerMom Jun 2022 #33

Remember the Pink Hat lady? dalton99a Jun 2022 #2

Sounds an awful lot like those "tours" given and strongly denied by certain R Congressmen on Jan. 5 2Gingersnaps Jun 2022 #12

I vaguely remember the pink hat lady, but I had not read the details you provided here. ty msfiddlestix Jun 2022 #16

She should be thrown under the jail. Discarded forever. Lucky Luciano Jun 2022 #19

Somebody told them the weak spots. Who? yardwork Jun 2022 #3

Somebody created the weak spots. Who? I want to see the architect's plans, the change orders,... Hekate Jun 2022 #25

I'll have to look for it, but ReluctanceTango Jun 2022 #27

I read that too -- and no longer believe it. Bet you anything the post-insurrection repairs... Hekate Jun 2022 #28

Well, sure - because they could. soldierant Jun 2022 #35

I once worked for the head of my County's Public Works Dept. Though most think it's only ... Hekate Jun 2022 #36

The "hardening" of the Capitol was done with a bombing attack in mind... Mozeltov Cocktail Jun 2022 #31

As Malcolm Nance says: Coincidences take a lot of planning Hekate Jun 2022 #34

When listening to the post hearing discussion on Maddow Podcast. Chris Hayes REPEATLY made the...... usaf-vet Jun 2022 #39

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers coordination with White House is the key Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #4

My guess is that the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys' job was to get to the parliamentarian's .... Botany Jun 2022 #5

You Delphinus Jun 2022 #8

I had read someplace that the SS were woodsprite Jun 2022 #6

My take is that the "march" was planned all along, I'm talking about the PB's, Ok's et al. msfiddlestix Jun 2022 #18

No permit for a march dpibel Jun 2022 #22

And .... Desert_Leslie Jun 2022 #24

Nailed it! +100% hydrolastic Jun 2022 #38

Charlie Pierce is correct, as usual. Paladin Jun 2022 #7

Out of 650 windows "they" knew the dozen or so ones that were un reinforced Botany Jun 2022 #9

Yeah. Who ripped out the panic buttons. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2022 #11

Bureaucracies run on paper. I want to see the work-orders for de-installing the Dems' panic buttons Hekate Jun 2022 #29

TWO DAYS before Jan 6 Riots, NATIONAL GUARDs hands are TIED by tRump Sec of DEF plant? Wow. TigressDem Jun 2022 #14

So WHICH law is broken when the pRez FIRES a Sec of Def for REFUSING to hamstring National Guard? TigressDem Jun 2022 #15

Malcom Nance famous quote Traildogbob Jun 2022 #10

This was a massive undertaking Hekate Jun 2022 #30

Proud Boys did early recon... Nick Quested Documented it with Film and testified 6/9/22 TigressDem Jun 2022 #13

I have always wondered about the doorway in the videos that appears doc03 Jun 2022 #17

The story we were told is that improvements were being made between sessions FakeNoose Jun 2022 #20

I want to know who in the Hell told the Governor of Maryland Upthevibe Jun 2022 #21

It was very clear that there had been significant advance planning prior to the day. Ford_Prefect Jun 2022 #26

I remember Katcat Jun 2022 #32