Jan. 6, 2021 but failed to adequately adapt security or get threat assessments to key decision-makers and frontline officers, the non-partisan investigative arm of Congress concludes in a stinging report that confirmed months of reporting by Just the News.
‘‘Some agencies did not fully process information or share it, preventing critical information from reaching key federal entities responsible for securing the National Capital Region against threats,‘‘ the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report this week that immediately renewed questions inside Congress about whether the riot was a preventable attack and why the leadership under then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer did not accept the Trump Pentagon`s offer of National Guard troops for reinforcements.
While GAO faulted all 10 agencies it reviewed, it saved its harshest assessment for the Capitol Police, the lead agency securing the Capitol, and its supervisory Capitol Police Board, for leaving frontline officers unaware of the threat they faced when they went to work on Jan.
6. ‘‘Capitol Police did not share threat products with its frontline officers,‘‘ the watchdog concluded, imploring Congress to press those agencies to change failed practices and procedures to avoid a repeat tragedy inside the home of America's constitutional republic.
‘‘ Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said in the immediate aftermath he was given information by police that there were intelligence and security failures but Democrats under former Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffocated the release of such information publicly.
‘‘While the FBI identified and shared threat information, it did not process certain referrals from social media platforms according to policies and procedures and, as a result, it failed to share critical information with all relevant partners,‘‘ the report determined.
‘‘Specifically, after DHS I&A came under scrutiny for compiling intelligence on journalists and non-violent demonstrators in Portland, Oregon in summer 2020, it changed how it identified and reported open source threat information,‘‘ the report stated.
Here are just a few of those Just the News stories: ‘‘Bloody War‘‘: Capitol Police warned about violence two weeks before Jan.
com/government/congress/bloody-war-capitol-police-first-warned-about-violence-two-weeks-jan-6-riots Internal Capitol Police review found sweeping intelligence, security failures during Jan. 6, 2021.
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