10 selected agencies— including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis who have lead roles in countering domestic terrorism and violent extremism—were aware of open-source data about planned
events on January 6, and seven were aware of potential violence planned for that day.
Seven of the 10 agencies developed 38 election-related threat products based partly on open source data to inform security planning (see fig.). Twenty-six of those were about planned events for January 6. Of those, the FBI prepared one and DHS prepared two threat products.
Specifically, FBI officials noted that they received information from an entity about potential
violence related to January 6. In addition, U.S. Capitol Police personnel used an open-source analysis tool, and identified posts on January 5, 2021, and January 6, 2021, related
to testing the loyalty of the then Vice
President and protesting the election results.
Of the 38 threat products, 26 threat products focused on events planned for January 6, with three developed by the FBI or the DHS Office of
Intelligence and Analysis.
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