Intelligence Agencies dropped the Ball on January 6

FBI ignored the intelligence

The FBI didn’t seem to want to share “critical intelligence information that could have helped law enforcement better prepare for the events of January 6th, 2021.”

According to the Senate report released June 27, “despite the high volume of tips and online traffic about the potential for violence these agencies failed to sound the alarm.” Some say federal agents or their informants were behind all that chatter. Anyone can be lurking behind a Guy Fawkes mask.

The bureau did communicate some intelligence to “partner agencies” but they did it “informally.” Apparently the FBI didn’t want to leave paper trails or let the things they knew were about to happen get circulated around the general law enforcement community.

FBI agents lied when they “wrongly concluded” they could not process certain online tips. In fact, the rules “required all tips to be logged regardless of credibility.” [gopnewsfeed]

Read the full Report

Excerpt from the Report: The intelligence failures, coupled with the Capitol Police Board’s failure to request National Guard assistance prior to January 6, meant DCNG was not activated, staged, and prepared to quickly respond to an attack on the Capitol.