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“Politics was also at play. After months of the president threatening to fire FBI Director Christopher Wray, the agency’s senior leaders worried that any public statements by the director might be ‘asking for a desperate president to come after him,’” washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…
1 senior DHS official “was on the call with the fusion centers organized by Sena that prompted DC to begin preparing for a mass casualty event. The agency flew in hundreds of Border Patrol and other agents… But it did not issue a security bulletin… regarding possible violence”
“The Jan. 6 assignment went to the office’s most junior analyst, who quickly became spooked about what he saw. Almost daily, he brought Harvin disturbing new posts found online…
“In the 20 yrs since the country created fusion centers in response to the attacks of 9/11, Sena couldn’t remember a moment like this. For the first time, from coast to coast, the centers were blinking red. The hour, date & location of concern was the same: 1pm, USCapitol, 1/6.”
“Alerts were raised by local officials, FBI informants, social media companies, former national security officials, researchers, lawmakers and tipsters, new documents and firsthand accounts show.”
“After months of the president threatening to fire FBI Director Christopher Wray, the agency’s senior leaders worried that any public statements by the director might be ‘asking for a desperate president to come after him,’ one person familiar with the discussions said.”
