{"id":1958687,"date":"2023-06-27T20:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T00:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-in-plain-sight-senate-committee-lawmakers-blame-dhs-fbi-for-january-6-security-failures\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T20:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T00:35:21","slug":"planned-in-plain-sight-senate-committee-lawmakers-blame-dhs-fbi-for-january-6-security-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-in-plain-sight-senate-committee-lawmakers-blame-dhs-fbi-for-january-6-security-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate committee lawmakers fault DHS, FBI for Jan 6 security lapses."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fplanned-in-plain-sight-senate-committee-lawmakers-blame-dhs-fbi-for-january-6-security-failures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958687&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senators Report U.S. Capitol Security Failures<\/h2>\n<p>Senators from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee became the latest on Tuesday to report U.S. Capitol security failures on January 6, alleging that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-mounts-that-capitol-breach-was-pre-planned-eroding-incitement-allegation-in-trump-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Evidence Mounts that Capitol Breach Was Pre-Planned, Eroding Incitement Allegation in Trump Impeachment Trial\">federal law enforcement agencies<\/a> had downplayed numerous tips threatening violence ahead of the 2020 presidential election certification.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/230627_HSGAC-Majority-Report_Jan-6-Intel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">106-page report<\/a> by the committee titled \u201cPlanned in Plain Sight,\u201d a majority of the staff said the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&#038;A) were aware of online posts \u2014 as early as December 2020 \u2014 that posed threats to Capitol Hill that day, yet failed to sound the alarm with other law enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy report shows there was a shocking failure of imagination from these intelligence agencies to take these threats seriously, and there is no question that their failures to effectively analyze and share the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-faces-criticism-on-both-sides-over-handling-of-politically-sensitive-matters\/\" title=\"FBI criticized for handling politically sensitive matters.\">threat information contributed<\/a> to the failures to prevent and respond to the horrific attack that unfolded at the Capitol,\u201d committee Chairman Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/media\/dems\/peters-report-finds-significant-intelligence-failures-by-fbi-and-dhs-in-lead-up-to-january-6th-capitol-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Capitol Attack: A Shocking Failure<\/h3>\n<p>The report comes over two and a half years after the event that involved approximately 2,000 people, some of whom overturned barricades, clashed with police, and stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the January 2021 transfer of presidential power.<\/p>\n<p>Officials estimate about 800 people out of the massive crowd breached the Capitol grounds and building, leaving more than 1,000 people charged with crimes linked to the event \u2014 including Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members.<\/p>\n<p>Peters and other Senate committee members said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-in-plain-sight-senate-committee-lawmakers-blame-dhs-fbi-for-january-6-security-failures\/\" title=\"Senate committee lawmakers fault DHS, FBI for Jan 6 security lapses.\">federal law enforcement repeatedly downplayed threat levels<\/a>, \u201cstruggled\u201d to monitor open-source intelligence, including social media, and failed to coordinate frontline security personnel prepared to defend the Capitol.<\/p>\n<h3>Warnings Ignored<\/h3>\n<p>On December 18, 2020 \u2014 four days after the Electoral College declared that President Joe Biden had won the 2020 election \u2014 former President Donald Trump called for supporters to protest the validity of several states\u2019 election results before the January 6, 2021, Congressional vote count.<\/p>\n<p>Before the rally, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/congresswoman-says-trump-administration-botched-capitol-riot-preparations-2021-05-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller to position National Guard troops in Washington to protect his supporters, but requests to use the National Guard to protect Congress were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/january-6th-was-pelosis-fault-house-republicans-investigative-report-unveils-counter-narrative-of-u-s-capitol-riot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> turned down by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, FBI authorities received a tip around the same time the Proud Boys planned to be in Washington, D.C. that said, \u201c[t]heir plan is to literally kill people\u201d and to \u201cPlease please take this tip seriously and investigate further.\u201d Other online posts the FBI became aware of included calls for armed violence and instructions for people to bring \u201cfood and guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On January 3, the FBI became aware of posts saying, \u201cIf they don\u2019t listen to our words, they can feel our lead. Come armed\u201d; plans to \u201cset up \u2018armed encampment\u2019 on the [National] Mall\u201d; and a tip about \u201ca TikTok video with someone holding a gun saying \u2018storm the Capitol on January 6th,\u201d according to the Senate report.<\/p>\n<p>Two days before the protest took place, the report said Justice Department officials noted multiple concerning posts, including \u201c[c]alls to occupy federal buildings,\u201d discussions of \u201cinvading the capitol building,\u201d and individuals \u201carm[ing] themselves \u2026 to engage in political violence at the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DHS officials also reportedly became \u201cincreasingly\u201d aware of violent threats weeks before January 6.<\/p>\n<p>Between late December 2020 and the morning of the protest, I&#038;A analysts reportedly identified comments referencing the use of weapons and targeting Capitol law enforcement and organizers in Virginia plotting to gather \u201cthousands of armed patriots\u201d to drive to D.C. together. On January 2, the analysts messaged each other, saying they \u201cfeel like people are actually going to try and hurt politicians. Jan 6th is gonna be crazy,\u201d and \u201c[l]ots of discussions of coming armed to D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But despite those alleged warning signs, the report documents a Senior Watch Officer at the DHS National Operations Center wrote at 8:57 am on January 6th that \u201c[t]here is no indication of civil disobedience.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Undercover Informants and Organizational Review<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this year, Roger Root, attorney for Proud Boys member Dominic Pezzola, who was convicted on charges related to January 6, alleged at least 40 undercover informants with various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-suspect-attempts-to-breach-ohio-fbi-office\/\" title=\"Armed Suspect Attempts To Breach Ohio FBI Office\">law enforcement agencies engaged<\/a> in surveillance work that day.<\/p>\n<p>Federal authorities admitted that there were 8 FBI Confidential Human Sources, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/636497598\/Dominic-Pezzola#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court filing<\/a>, which also alleged DCMetro Police had at least 13 undercover plain-clothes agents among the Proud Boys, and some 19 informants belonged to Homeland Security Investigations, an agency under DHS.<\/p>\n<p>A DHS spokesperson told The Daily Wire that the agency has been conducting a \u201ccomprehensive organizational review\u201d of its intelligence office, which \u201cwill soon be developing recommendations for how [the office] can better meet the homeland security threats of today and tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FBI officials told The Daily Wire the bureau\u2019s \u201cgoal is to disrupt and stay ahead of any threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are constantly trying to learn and evaluate what we can do better or differently, and this is especially true of the attack on the U.S. Capitol,\u201d adding the FBI set up command posts for assistance and worked closely with \u201claw enforcement partners \u2014 including the U.S. Capitol Police \u2014 in advance of January 6 and on that day to share information in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee revealed Capitol security failures on January 6. They accused federal law enforcement agencies of ignoring multiple violent threats before the 2020 election certification. The committee&#8217;s 106-page report, &#8220;Planned in Plain Sight,&#8221; highlights these concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1958688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}