FBI report warned of 'war' at Capitol, contradicting claim of no indication of looming violence

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-riot-fbi-intelligence/2021/01/12/30d12748-546b-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

By Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky

Jan. 12, 2021 at 12:08 p.m. EST

A day before rioters stormed Congress, an FBI office in Virginia issued an explicit internal warning that extremists were preparing to travel to Washington to commit violence and “war,” according to an internal document reviewed by The Washington Post that contradicts a senior official’s declaration the bureau had no intelligence indicating anyone at last week’s pro-Trump protest planned to do harm.

A situational information report approved for release the day before the U.S. Capitol riot painted a dire portrait of dangerous plans, including individuals sharing a map of the complex’s tunnels, and possible rally points for would-be conspirators to meet up in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and South Carolina and head in groups to Washington.

“As of 5 January 2021, FBI Norfolk received information indicating calls for violence in response to ‘unlawful lockdowns’ to begin on 6 January 2021 in Washington. D.C.,” the document says. “An online thread discussed specific calls for violence to include stating ‘Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood from their BLM and Pantifa slave soldiers being spilled. Get violent. Stop calling this a march, or rally, or a protest. Go there ready for war. We get our President or we die. NOTHING else will achieve this goal.”

-snip-

The warning is the most stark evidence yet of the sizable intelligence failure that preceded the mayhem, during which five people died, although one law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity to avoid disciplinary action, said the failure was not one of intelligence, but of acting on the intelligence.

-/snip-

[dalton99a]

1. "Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood"

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Dump is in real trouble.

Same for his treasonous mob of enablers in and out of government.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Jan 4th in a thread about Jan 6th "rally"

EVERY SINGLE PERSON SHOULD DISOBEY
AND OPEN FIRE IF COPS TRY AND ARREST
19 posted on 1/4/2021, by Lazamataz (America is a carcass,
to be plundered.)
"Even as lawful 2nd supporters we have to follow the local laws."
NO. We DON'T. FUCK EM.
20 posted on 1/4/2021, by Lazamataz (America is a carcass,
to be plundered.)
I agree, apparently the “law” has been suspended and its the law of
the jungle. Do whatever it takes to win and survive!
46 posted on 1/4/2021, by myerson (The coup is fully out in
the open)

[Bluethroughu]

21. THIS

Accountability for every traitor part of it.

[Arne]

4. A stark warning and an important document.

[Phoenix61]

5. Well the senior official is lying or an

underling didn’t rush it up the chain. Starting to look like the NY FBI office bs.

[njhoneybadger]

6. This is just plain fucking rediculous.

My cat knew what they were planning!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Jan 1 open web posting

Let’s get this party started! It’s time for the gloves to come off and
put down this insurrection, once and for all! The time for playing
nice is finished!
35 posted on 1/1/2021, by Howie66

[AnotherMother4Peace]

8. Who is the "senior official"?

[DSandra]

9. Trump showed all the signs of planning a coup attempt

Trump for one never committed to a peaceful transfer of power, said “stand back and stand by” to the Proud Boys, and said that the election will be rigged as far back as in the Summer of 2020.

It was fairly obvious that something like this might happen.

[Laelth]

10. k&r for visibility. n/t

-Laelth

[DSandra]

11. And BTW, the "It's Trump or we die" is a pretty chilling demonstration of how far the radicalization

has gone.

[hadEnuf]

22. Live ammo for federal law enforcement and robust rules of engagement. We don't deal with terrorists.

These brainless animal traitors need to understand that Trump isn't going to happen again and that their violence will be put down with extreme prejudice.

[dhill926]

23. well, it ain't gonna be trump anymore fuckers...

so um, make your choice....

[Jon King]

12. Thes idiots have no idea what is coming after them once the new adminstration is up and running....

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/qanon-and-stop-the-steal-rioters-will-be-in-a-world-of-hurt-as-the-law-crashes-down-on-them-11610475743?mod=mw_latestnews

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

30. Which is why they will do their best to make sure that won't happen.

[KS Toronado]

13. Need to arrest & charge all of the trumpig loyalists currently in government with something

that will stick with them for the rest of their miserable lives.

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. And still people claim to be surprised by the violent outburst?

A lot of this is not protected by the First Amendment. Your first, the point of your neighbour's nose and all that.

Still, I'm not sure how many people are quite literally ready to lay down their cushy, First World lives for a "principle" that I bet they can't fully articulate.

[mgardener]

15. Just like 9-11

Failure to act on intelligence.
Both while a Republican was president.

[CaptainTruth]

16. Deja vu: FBI warned Bush admin of 2 Saudi men at a flight school in FL...

...who wanted to learn how to fly a large commercial airliner but had no interest in learning how to take off or land. A hijack/crash plot was suspected.

They were 2 of the 9/11 hijackers.

Once again, FBI reports serious actionable intelligence to a Republican administration, the administration ignores it, & disaster occurs.

Anyone else seeing a pattern?

[BusyBeingBest]

17. I'd been reading RW blog comments on it for weeks. Tree of Liberty Must

Be Watered and all that crap. This event was especially meaningful for all the dead-enders who are the most emotionally attached to Daddy Don and couldn't let him go, and/or were the most motivated to finally find a release for their anger. Think about how motivated you'd have to be to spend buttloads of money and take time off work to go to this--are you just going to be satisfied with another regular Trump rally, turn around and go home, after all that money and trouble?

No, this time Trump, Cruz, Hawley, Boebert, Brooks, etc. wound them up, told them they were the last guardians of the Republic, and then gave them a target. They were directed to release that pent-up anger and crazy--down the street toward the public figures whom they've hated for years.

When you see Trump supporters saying that it had to be Antifa causing the violence because his rallies weren't violent, well...this is the first time they'd been to a rally and then immediately mobilized to unleash their crazy.

[Wawannabe]

18. Oh what a day it will be, when the author of the war message

Is revealed... all we can do is stay tuned.

And maybe start a pool?? 🤔

[ecstatic]

19. These domestic terrorist groups and militias were allowed to grow, completely unchecked by trump's

FBI. I still can't get over the fact that trump is STILL in the White House, knowing the threat he poses. Nothing has changed. The threat has not decreased. He still wants to install himself, as do the traitorous rethugs who are STILL in Congress.

[Bluethroughu]

20. Accountability for Everyone!

Police active or retired, prison.

Military active or retired, prison.

Government office holders inciting or there, prison.

Grandmas or grandpas, prison.

Moms, dads, brothers, sisters every participant, prison.

Accountability for every single traitor will help us heal.

[Solly Mack]

24. Stop them now and stop them cold or it will get worse.

Mass arrests, to include any and all, inside and outside of government, who engages in, or enables, promotes, foments, and supports insurrection against the government.

Yes, it's distasteful. Yes, it's a damn shame. But if it is not stopped now, more people will die because more and more attacks will take place.

Millions of Americas are suffering from a Trump/GOP fed mass delusion and they are engaging in insurrection because of it.

They have completely separated from reality and their instability makes them a danger to everyone else. As they have shown time and time again. Armed assaults on state buildings, attempts to kidnap a Governor, engaging in insurrection at the Capitol.

Trump suffers from the same delusions and the same break with reality. He is just as dangerous as his followers.

Republicans have Qanon believers in their ranks who are being enabled by the malignant opportunists within their ranks.

The few - very few - republicans who understand how bad it is have no real power to stop anything.

Some of the so-called seemingly (now) reasonable ones are only hoping to mitigate damage to themselves more than anything.

There is no kumbaya way out of this.

Healing can come later - if there is a later.

Right now, stop the insurrectionists. Stop ALL of them.

[Marrah_Goodman]

25. Biden cannot, must not, let this go

Otherwise it will get worse.

[world wide wally]

26. I have yet to hear even one reason WHY they feel they need Trump to be President.

Seems only because he says he wants to be and they are little sheep people.

[onlyadream]

28. Oh, I hear it all the time

He loves this country. He's done so much for this country. Just so freaking ignorant.

[onlyadream]

27. I remember 9/11 thinking

how much worse it could have been. The buildings weren't filled to capacity, and it was still kind of early in the morning. I have that same feeling now. One wrong turn, one Senator heading down the hall to the bathroom, or something. This whole thing could have gone way more sideways than it did. Some seemed like they were playing some kind of prank (the guy taking the podium). And then there were some in that crowd that wanted blood. If AOC was walking down the hall, they would have handcuffed her and dragged her out. People get taken up with the crowd and hanging a person they hate could very well have happened.

[appalachiablue]

29. kick, no time for wimps, shirkers