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Dec 23 • 16 tweets • 11 min read
1/Where is rest of #January6thReport?

Trump & his fellow insurrectionist leaders deserved condemnation & criminal referral for their actions/inactions that led to #January6th riots.

But we expected this Committee to evaluate everything that contributed to that undemocratic day.
2/@January6thCmte had daunting task. Attacked relentlessly bc of politics. @HouseGOP declined involvement to its discredit. Two @GOP Members @RepLizCheney @RepKinzinger served to their credit & political downfall (short-term at least).

Entire effort should have been nonpartisan.
3/But we - Americans - deserved to also learn abt federal govt shortcomings & why we were not better prepared for events like #January6th. This was weak link in armor & democracy is only as strong as weakest link.

Where does blame lie all around?
4/Majority of report is abt Trump, his insurrectionist co-conspirators & criminals who fulfilled his wishes.

january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…

692 pages. This result is to be applauded.

But there are noticeable & important gaps.
5/Appendix 1 covers govt preparation & response to #January6 in just over 30 pages. It barely skims the surface of what really went on or didn't happen in individual agencies.
6/@January6thCmte couldn't even properly identify @FBI instead calling it "Federal Bureau of Intelligence". 🤦‍♂️

But let's focus on @DHSgov Office of Intelligence & Analysis (DHS I&A) on which I know something about.
7/My firm & @wbaidlaw rep'd #BrianMurphy, Acting DHS Undersecretary for I&A until Summer 2020 & highest ranking #whistleblower in modern history, when he was removed by #ChadWolf.

This office has responsibilities for ensuring our homeland is safe.

nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/…
8/When Murphy was removed in retaliation for being #WBer, #JoeMaher replaced him. Maher was in charge of @DHSgov I&A on #January6.

Was Maher ever interviewed by @January6thCmte? Logical person to question.

I searched the report for mention of his name. I found it once.
9/He is fourth name on Committee staff & was put there by @RepLizCheney bc #Maher as relationship w/her husband @PhilipPerry who was formerly @DHSgov General Counsel & worked w/Maher.
10/We publicly raised this as issue. At minimum, horrible appearance of conflict. At worst, total cover-up.

I personally discussed matter w/at least one Member of Committee who knew nothing abt how #Maher was hired.

nytimes.com/2021/08/11/us/…
11/We thought #Maher wld be sent back to DHS. Certainly @BennieGThompson wld recognize legitimacy of concerns. But apparently pleasing @RepLizCheney was more important. I even had friends of theirs call me to try & dissuade me from pushing this issue.

vice.com/en/article/g5g…
END/I hoped @January6thCmte wld surmount typical DC problems but while I applaud its work (& rep'd several witnesses before it), it fell short in my eyes of achieving what was a necessary & needed objective of transparency & complete truth to help our country move forward & grow.
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Reading these records is truly fascinating window into past. But no one should expect "smoking gun"
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3/@USNatArchives release also reveals problems that plague declassification: inconsistency. For example, record #104-10065-10359 contains list of @CIA officers who served in Moscow 1959-1963: 
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Dec 21st will be 34 years. I remember day vividly & I've rep'd victims' families for nearly 30 years. I applaud US dedication to accountability but true justice will ultimately require US/UK to reveal all that it knows. Too many past opportunities missed. nyti.ms/3Br8Vmz
Here is op-ed I penned for @thedailybeast for #PanAm103 30th anniversary.

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Sadly remarkably similar to the one I would write 5 years later.

foxnews.com/opinion/25-yea…
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Oct 21
1/Newest book on what happened in #Benghazi, Libya in 2012 is now available. I rep'd its two @CIA authors through prepublication classification review process to ensure public can read this first-hand account.

amazon.com/Benghazi-Know-…
2/Also available on other platforms:

linktr.ee/benghazikte

#Benghazi #Libya #CIA
3/I previously represented 5 CIA contractors who were in #Benghazi that fateful day for prepub review of their book/film #13hours, as well as through congressional investigation.

amazon.com/13-Hours-Accou…
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Oct 18
1/I applaud work of @January6thCmte & everything it has uncovered. Incredibly important effort & one that should - if powers permit - continue into next Congress.

But I have serious questions regarding whether it has pursued all possible leads/inquiries.

And media should ask.
2/According to March 4 report from @DHSOIG, @DHSgov Office of Intelligence & Analysis “identified specific threat information related to the events on Jan. 6, 2021, but did not issue any intelligence products about these threats until Jan. 8, 2021."

Well, what abt #JosephMaher?
3/#JosephMaher is senior staff member on @January6thCmte.

On January 6th he was Acting Dir of that same @DHS Office that failed to do its job.

We raised concerns last year re: conflict of interest to no avail. He stayed in his Committee assignment.

nytimes.com/2021/08/11/us/…
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1/NEWS DEVELOPMENT:

New #FirstAmendment lawsuit filed in federal court in DC today against @TheJusticeDept/@FBI challenging prepublication review classification delays & decisions re: “Because There Are Monsters” by former FBI Special Agent #HarrySamit, who served 1999-2020.
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His 852 page Manuscript has been undergoing review since April 2021. Less than half has been approved for publication.

famous-trials.com/moussaoui/1816….
3/“Because There Are Monsters” is true crime/intelligence memoir describing Samit’s first 9 years assigned to Minneapolis Joint Terrorism Task Force. Following discussion of Samit’s background & quest to become FBI Special Agent, substantive portion of Manuscript begins ...
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