Exclusive: How officials' fear of Donald Trump paralyzed intelligence agencies, led to Capitol riot

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Before the January 6th insurrection, thousands of pages of reports never used the term 'Trump supporters.' The security forces couldn't conceive that thousands of white people, many dressed in military garb, could seek to overthrow their government.

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff were so intent on keeping the military out of the election and the transition that it didn't even follow its own contingency plans for defense of the capital. And then it stood in the way of the D.C. Guard being directly involved, foiling the last hope that someone would prepare.

"Yes there was a massive failure," he says,"by why fuel the fire with more oxygen." He says we are lucky that only five people died, and that even more physical damage wasn't done. It would be easy to lay all of the blame at Donald Trump's doorstep, blaming too the 147 members of Congress who voted against accepting the Electors ballots. And of course one can blame the protestors, denying that they represent America or excusing them as peaceful citizens hijacked by a few instigators and criminals.

Why do we even have a Department of Homeland Security? Created with fanfare in the aftermath of 9/11 as the agency that would fill all of the domestic gaps, DHS was virtually absent. Only the semi-autonomous Secret Service was ready, but the rest, government officials agree, stayed immobile . Severalsources say the Department had become partisan and compromised during the Trump presidency and that other agencies distrusted them.

But this same prodigious machine has struggled for years with the lexicon of domestic terrorism, acquiring and then throwing away labels, and hardening and softening official language to match both the threat and politics of the day. Domestic violent extremists, Black supremacist extremists, Black identity extremists, anarchist extremists, militia extremists, Sovereign Citizen extremists, racially motivated violent extremists, white supremacist extremists.

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Oh hell, they are always Feared, enough is enough we take personal responsibility for our Own Actions, our own debts, sex life, and abilities. Too much government and we are in a mess!

here's some FUD from the least among us

Why the BLM attacked the Capitol?

To restore order, impeachment has to be executed. Why do GOP senators fear for him? Once achieved, never rise. Where is your common sense?

'Real power is, I don't even want to use the word: 'fear.'' -Donald J Trump

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Uh HARD NO. You are now going to blame him for you lack of security. So if every Trump voter is a KKK member then why would you not have more security as the Mayor of DC? It was not a secret meeting. It was a RALLY.

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Your propaganda is tedious. Maybe you should go back to journalism school and this time pay attention.

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WHY IS NO ONE FACT CHECKING BIDEN LIKE THEY DID TRUMPPLEASE NEWSWEEK STEP IT UP

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Ya, sounds like Hitler ....

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4 years of Trump was 4 years of UN INTELLIGENCE!

Inconceivable 🤔😬

Thats his legacy.. hate, violence &exploitation

It’s about time someone reported authoritatively what we all knew.

since when is everyone such a damn p*ssy?

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Please STOP putting trump in the headlines

Anyone with 3 brain cells can see that Newsweek is just a propaganda outlet for the Democratic party. So far I haven't seen anything negative about Democrats but a LOT of negative about Republicans. and don't give me that BS that Democrats don't do anything wrong.

tell me, why when you take off your socks to use your toes to count. the MSM appears like a bar mitzvah. 1.6%?

How try their best to cover for JoeBiden's LIES

LIARS

fearmonger pawn

Let’s focus on Biden. Trump is gone. Where are the 2k checks he promised - particularly to the people of Georgia. Biden critics claim Joe lied, and he did. He back pedaled on his promise. That’s Joe Biden a nutshell.

This one's wrong too..

The Republicans need to get some balls and stand up against Donald Trump! You have to have common sense enough to know when you are being treated like a fool!!!🤣♀️♂️🇺🇸

I trust BillClinton training the US Girls gymnastics team more than NewsweekLied 💯proof- facts, not emotionally driven drivel

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lies, Newsweek is an activist publication

Just root them out, they were always supposed to be loyal to US, not him, to start with

Hilarious

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paralyzed my ass

So that's how dictatorships get formed? people get afraid of one man?!

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Still talking about Donald Trump? Your Party won or did they really? Well anyway I don’t believe this for a minute!

You're garbage.

It’s wasn’t fear - it was planned attack Insurrection January 6 2021 Stop trying to rewrite history

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