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7 Feb, 6 tweets, 9 min read
NEW: Rob Minuta guarded Roger Stone Jan 6th...& was later seen at #Capitol siege..

Now we know he has a history of escorting Trump allies like Flynn & Alex Jones. Also seen in December w/indicted Proud Boy #Spazzo.

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By @arawnsley
Link: thedailybeast.com/this-far-right…
2/ As @arawnsley highlights, Rob Minuta's NY tattoo business opened in defiance of COVID regulations in May.

#Oathkeepers leader Elmer Stuart Rhodes leader drove with a group all the way from Texas to show support.

3/ Rob Minuta has... some choice posts in the #Oathkeepers, Forum, found in a leak posted by @UR_Ninja last year.

And a public history of anti-vaccine positions, per @ChrisMcKenna845 @recordonline

Source: recordonline.com/news/20190623/…
4/ @arawnsley's story builds on great reporting yesterday by
@ABC's @mattmosk @OliviaRubinABC @ajdukakis @gallagherfergal @KFaulders & @bensiegel

Stone is saying he had 'no advance knowledge of the insurrection' - @GMA

5. The other half of this story? The teams of talented volunteers looking for needles in the #capitol footage haystack... keep finding needles!

6. Reminder: good reporting like this happens when people are careful and NEVER tweet unconfirmed names.

If you feel strong certainty about a specific identity, the @FBI has a tip line: fbi.gov/capitolbuilding

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9 Feb
WOW: Thomas Caldwell, one of the #Oathkeepers indicted for conspiracy:

- Top Secret clearance since 1979 w/multiple SBIs
- @FBI section chief as GS-12 ('09-'10)
- Regular classified work for @Dea @USArmy etc.

Per his motion for release.

h/t @alanfeuer (a worthwhile follow!) Image
The transcript is interesting. Gov alludes to some lines of evidence.

- Footage of Caldwell outside Capitol, saying all inside are traitors
- Facebook messages w/advance planning & admissions
- Cellular location data placing wife, who accompanied him, in #Capitol vicinity. ImageImage
There's an apparent mis-transcription, but looks to me like the Government is mentioning sedition charges may be on the table for #OathKeepers. Image
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8 Feb
Pinellas Sheriff: a hacker accessed water treatment systems at Oldsmar FL, raised concentrations of Sodium Hydroxide to toxic levels.

Was spotted & reversed.

File under: terrifying once validated.
h/t @Bing_Chris
I'll be following @Bing_Chris for updates as it looks like he's on the story.

Good context from @nicoleperlroth too. This is absolutely a story to watch.
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7 Feb
So, this happened.

Going to start a thread of unique moments from the #Capitol siege. 1/ ImageImage
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5 Feb
BREAKING: Rachel Powell aka #BullhornLady has been taken into custody according to sources, say @KDKA & @WPXIAmy.

h/t @Forrest_Rogers & @1600PennPooch with whom I collaborated to verify her identity alongside @RonanFarrow.
Source: pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/02/05/rac…
2/ Essential to point out: we don't publicly know what may have led @FBI to her...but we do know that @1600PennPooch /@Forrest_Rogers team did remarkable, careful digging on a case that had attracted a lot of attention.
3/ And...yet again @RonanFarrow and his team @NewYorker did a careful fact-checked piece on Rachel Powell that included an admission of her participation.

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4 Feb
NEW: Super-helpful @nytimes piece w/breakdown of arrested ppl from the #Capitol siege.

- 11 charged w/ conspiracy
- 21 possible militant ties (11 Proud Boys, 5 Oath Keepers, 5 other)
- 22 current & ex. military

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Report: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
2/ The @nytimes suggests a growing focus @TheJusticeDept on organized, militant groups like #ProudBoys & #OathKeepers & their role at #Capitol.

As @milleridriss points out conspiracy cases take more time to develop, so this shoe is still dropping.
3/ The @TheJusticeDept focus matches the reporting, including visual investigations by:

@nytimes into role played by #OathKeepers nytimes.com/interactive/20…

and @WSJ into #ProudBoys
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4 Feb
So bad: Over 600 documented assaults, killings etc. by 31 authoritarian states... in OTHER countries in recent years.

This #TransnationalRepression is regularly aided by surveillance tech, like spyware.

Essential essay by @abramowitz & @nateschenkkan
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
2/ When a repressive regime gets spyware, the next step is predictable: they start targeting perceived enemies around the world.

Here's Ethiopia after getting new hacking tech, per our @citizenlab investigation, led by colleague @billmarczak.

Report: citizenlab.ca/2017/12/champi…
3/ Or #SaudiArabia which got spyware from #NSOGroup, then began infecting perceived opponents across the globe...

...like @NYTBen & critics like @oamaz7 in Canada, whom they also tried to lure to a Saudi embassy, recalling tactics used to murder #JamalKhashoggi
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