ALERT: L/E sources: In the coming weeks and months “the list of those who planned the #CapitolRiot will grow and surprise some and confirm suspicions of others.” #InsideJob
Key questions being investigated are “where did all those weapons come from -ropes, ladders, sledge hammers, hockey sticks, metal pipes, flex cuffs? Did they hide all these things someplace? How could they have gotten to the Capitol without police noticing?”
Investigators are also wondering what some of those security companies who are supposed to warn the USG about this kind of thing were hearing.
Source: “The investigation could rival the one after 911 and the intel/security failures and will be painstakingly probed both in the USG and private sector.”
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The extreme anger, numerous symbols of hate and unbridled #racism on display during the #Capitolriot by many educated and professional people, from across the country, shocked a lot of people. It also reminded many of the #lynchmobs from the Deep South in the #JimCrow era. BUT...
The MOST disturbing element is the enablers in the shadows, who according to law enforcement sources, helped them conceal their weapons, which they retrieved at some point between the rally on the mall and the riot.
Another MAJOR, real-time takeaway that we’re often oblivious to: The subtle hateful acts, and racist behavior unfolding around us in social, work and other community settings, that are masked by smiles and flattering language.
1. How is Secret Service planning to protect the Inauguration from the violence that occurred last week?
Planning is the key word. They’ve been planning this inauguration for more than a year. And it’s important to note that comparing security around the Capitol on an ordinary day and an inauguration are like comparing an Apple to an entire Orange tree.
On Inauguration Day there are many thousands of people involved in protection that we don't see. There are technological capabilities, military and cyber assets, There are #WMD assets. The air, water and land are covered like a blanket.
UPDATE: Hearing that intelligence experts and investigators are "walking the cat back" to "determine if and/or when" the planning for the deadly #CapitolRiot began. Based on details from sources, a Dec. 19th tweet from President Trump may have played a role.
He said, "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild." Those words, according to posts on social media sites frequented by some of his supporters, were interpreted to be, according to an intel source, "a hidden message" designed to take action.
Intel sources say the plotting and strategizing began almost immediately. Here's where it gets interesting. There are multiple reports that some of the rioters, had maps of the Capitol. Why would protesters outside need maps? Another thing a L/E source has brought up is that
QUESTION: Japan's Prime minister Shinzo Abe is leaving office. Who is Prime Minister-Designate Yoshihide Suga and how will he impact North Korean human rights? We asked @rosainhaepark Rosa Park, @committeehrnk Director of Programs and Editor.
ANSWER: "North Korea has been abducting citizens of other countries for decades. Nowhere is the issue more prominent than in Japan. The total number of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents is estimated to be upwards of 883 people.
Prime Minister-designate (PMD) Yoshihide Suga, who was elected to lead the Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, has been a leader for the North Korean human rights issue in Japan. When PMD Suga was Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,
UPDATE: His family @freepaulwhelan tells me, and other sources confirm, that he arrived in the Republic of Mordovia on Sat. Aug 1. They say it can often take prisoners weeks to reach a camp on the prison train...
So despite reports he was last seen in Lefortovo last Wednesday, he may have left long before that. According to Russian prison officials, Paul will be quarantined for 20 days in camp IK-18 and then moved to his permanent camp, IK-17.
This is clearly troubling for the family because this move, further isolates him from them, his lawyers and embassy personnel -who check on his well being. But as one source told me, this is precisely the point of moving him there.