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29 Jan, 11 tweets, 11 min read
BREAKING: the 3 Oath Keeper militia members named as conspirators may not have acted alone, per an excellent visual investigation by the @nytimes.

Quick THREAD 1/
Source: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
2/ Beginning at the Rally, the @nytimes team identified a group of Oath Keepers moving together. Many of us have been tracking this group..

It includes both alleged named conspirators and others that participated in the raid.
3/ Some members of the group, already doing their hand-on-shoulder routine begin leaving the Rally crowd as a group, 20 minutes before Trump finishes speaking. Spotted in @FoxNews footage by @nytimes
4/ The group of Oath Keepers has now donned tactical gear and is seen walking towards the #Capitol.
5/ Up the #Capitol steps they go, in that now-iconic
@rstevensbrody video 👇👇.

Helpfully picked out and identified by the @nytimes team.

They force entry & head into the rotunda (per the indictment).

6/ The Oath Keepers are now inside the Rotunda. They take time to record a Parler video (in tweet below👇) and are captured in multiple photos. The @nytimes team ID's multiple Oath Keepers.

7/ KEY EVIDENCE: After the raid is over, all 10 members of the raiding party are seen outside the #Capitol... standing close to Oath Keepers leader, Elmer Stewart Rhodes.

Fantastic find by @nytimes, and once more...its by @rstevensbrody
8/ Going backwards: the @nytimes team also spotted now-indicted Jessica Watkins and Donovan Crowl flaking Oath Keepers leader Rhodes at a November 2020 rally in DC.

Once more, another amazing pic by @rstevensbrody.
9/ Amazing visual investigative journalism by the super-talented @nytimes team including: @_stella_cooper @btdecker @singhvianjali @trbrtc.

Another reason to subscribe: nytimes.com/subscription
10/ More credits! @markscheffler @tiefenthaeler @bottidavid
@DrewJordan_NYT @robinnyc7

Plus the super sleuthing “Capitol Terrorists Exposers” team 👇👇
11/ Update: Missed a photo credit last night! This pic is by @WilliamTurton of Bloomberg👇(recommended follow).

Turton's pics & observations have helped crack other key identifications, like spotting the #ZipTieGuy on the 6th at the Grand Hyatt.

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30 Jan
BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept just indicted two members of the Proud Boys, Dominic Pezzola (#spazzo) & William Pepe for conspiracy & other charges related to #Capitol siege.

Quick THREAD
Source: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two… Image
2/ Charges include those stemming from the Proud Boys efforts to breach the layers of defense around the #Capitol, and make specific mention of the ripping away of a riot shield...which Pezzola (aka #spazzo) was shown using to breach a window. 👇👇

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3/ This #ProudBoys indictment for #conspiracy is quick on the heels of the #OathKeepers indictment.

Nice to see this for the other group that clearly coordinated some of the breaching.

Thread on that from yesterday is here
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28 Jan
New #OathKeepers indictment is surfacing interesting puzzle pieces, like:

-Coordination between regional Oath Keepers groups
-A Dec. North Carolina training camp & contingent on the 6th.
-Weapons brought up separately

& more

Quick THREAD 1/
Source: justice.gov/usao-dc/press-…
2/ "...our duty as Americans to fight, kill and die for our rights."

By November 2020 there is talk among the conspirators of the need to get violent..

By Dec. 20 hotel reservations are made by CALDWELL for the 6th... and CROWL has attended a North Carolina training camp.
3/ By Dec 30, WATKINS (Ohio) confirms to CALDWELL (Virginia) that her group will come. They discuss staging, logistics..

CALDWELL says a "full bus 40+" people coming from North Carolina.

[Observation: I suspect we will learn a lot more about NC folks in coming weeks]
Read 9 tweets
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27 Jan
MUST WATCH: investigation by @WSJ shows 100+ Proud Boys coordinating, instigating and leading key elements of the #Capitol breach

Proud Boy 1: "Lets take the f* ** capitol"
Proud Boy 2: "Lets not F*** yell that alright"...

Etc.

wsj.com/video/video-in…
2/ The investigation walks through the footage (props to @WSJ, there's so much!) starting with Proud Boys staging under the direction of leaders including (now-arrested) Joe Biggs outside the #Capitol
3/ In the staging area, a Proud Boy identified as Dan Scott aka 'Milkshake' yells "lets take the f***ng capitol"
-Milkshake is admonished by another PB.
-Someone makes fun of 'Milkshake' for the indiscretion(?). Some laughter.
-"Don't yell it, do it" says another, quietly.
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26 Jan
"...what I’m talking about is setting up a sleeper cell, just like our Founding Fathers did "

I found a website apparently by former CIA Officer Jason Hanson encouraging 'patriots' to create sleeper cells & promoting a "step-by-step blueprint" book.

Join me on a wild THREAD 1/
2/ I came across Jason Hanson while looking a right wing content @YouTube. He was promoting "Sleeper Cell Secrets By Spies And Our Founding Fathers." Ultimately, YouTube served me multiple advertisements. I found the title jarring, so I began digging...
3/ Turns out Jason has not avoided the limelight. He's been on popular shows like @ABCSharkTank. He's got plenty of books on @amazon...But "Sleeper Cell Secrets..." is notably not on there.
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26 Jan
Wow, @Google's Threat Analysis Group just called out a North Korean hacking campaign targeting... security researchers.

Featuring fake identities, fake blogs, & lots of social engineering. 1/

Blog: blog.google/threat-analysi…
2/ Every gov is interested in what vulnerability researchers are doing... but the DPRK may be in a perverse sweet spot:

- Limited homegrown development
-Can't purchase an exploit from Zerodium or similar sellers b/c of sanctions
- Not super worried about getting caught
3/ @Google TAG: great! More posts please! The cybersecurity community benefits from your special visibility into threat actor behavior. Some of your past posts surfaced attribution, indicators & clustering that were properly hard for external researchers to nail down.
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23 Jan
Quite the signal being sent by Judge Frensley...
So... #ZipTieGuy would be the 3rd man who participated in the #Capitol siege that Judge Frensley has released in the last few days.

Intriguing.

tennessean.com/story/news/cri…
Per @FBI: dozen guns, 100s of rounds, showing up in Senate w/Taser and zip ties, etc etc. Bringing weapons to DC.. Pictures of him brandishing weapons ...

None of this led Judge Frensley to conclude #ZipTieGuy might be an ongoing danger.

Source: fox17.com/news/local/fbi…
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