Items in @CarolLeonnig @PhilipRucker book that Pentagon OMITTED in #Jan6 Timeline it released to public.
Joint Chiefs' #GenMilley recommended calling up neighboring National Guard units immediately (Army Sec. McCarthy doesn't get around to it until 2.5hrs after Capitol breached)
Joint Chiefs' #GenMilley recommended calling up neighboring National Guard units immediately (Army Sec. McCarthy doesn't get around to it until 2.5hrs after Capitol breached)
2. Especially egregious by DoD:
On left (book excerpt):
2:30pm meeting: Milley recommends "send out a call for National Guard reinforcements from the nearby states."
On right (Pentagon's timeline):
2:30pm meeting was about DC Guard.
4:18pm meeting about other states' Guards.
On left (book excerpt):
2:30pm meeting: Milley recommends "send out a call for National Guard reinforcements from the nearby states."
On right (Pentagon's timeline):
2:30pm meeting was about DC Guard.
4:18pm meeting about other states' Guards.
3. Here's another omission in DoD Timeline.
On left (book excerpt):
4:39pm call between Acting SecDef Miller and White House chief of staff Meadows (plus @LeaderMcConnell joins call and sounds furious)
On right (Pentagon's timeline):
Blank, nada, nothing to see here
On left (book excerpt):
4:39pm call between Acting SecDef Miller and White House chief of staff Meadows (plus @LeaderMcConnell joins call and sounds furious)
On right (Pentagon's timeline):
Blank, nada, nothing to see here
4. Main point is these egregious omissions on their own.
Raises further questions:
Question: Does Army Secretary McCarthy finally get around to calling Maryland's @GovLarryHogan at 4:40pm only after 4:39pm call where McConnell sounds furious about DoD lack of action?
Raises further questions:
Question: Does Army Secretary McCarthy finally get around to calling Maryland's @GovLarryHogan at 4:40pm only after 4:39pm call where McConnell sounds furious about DoD lack of action?
5. Further question raised by these omissions:
Is McConnell's request to DoD to clear the building incongruent with what DoD ultimately does, which is deploy the Guard only to the perimeter (and late in the day)?
Is McConnell's request to DoD to clear the building incongruent with what DoD ultimately does, which is deploy the Guard only to the perimeter (and late in the day)?
6. Additional Q raised by these omissions:
What other communications between DoD and White House are omitted from the Pentagon's timeline?
Recall: Acting SecDef's chief of staff Kash Patel told a reporter: "I was talking to Meadows, nonstop that day.”
vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/e…
What other communications between DoD and White House are omitted from the Pentagon's timeline?
Recall: Acting SecDef's chief of staff Kash Patel told a reporter: "I was talking to Meadows, nonstop that day.”
vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/e…
7/7. @CarolLeonnig and @PhilipRucker's book is released tomorrow (July 20).
Link to book excerpt:
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Link to book info:
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673354/i…
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Link to book excerpt:
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Link to book info:
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673354/i…
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Addendum: Other big item in @CarolLeonnig @PhilipRucker book that DoD's Timeline omits:
Around 4pm Pence's urgent "order" to Miller to have Guard clear Capitol.
We already learned of that from AP.👇
Book has new details. And important to note omission.
Around 4pm Pence's urgent "order" to Miller to have Guard clear Capitol.
We already learned of that from AP.👇
Book has new details. And important to note omission.
https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1380921939624071173
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