'The intelligence was there': Law enforcement warnings abounded in the runup to Jan. 6

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NEW: A bulletin from a private intelligence firm sent to law enforcement specifically warned that Trump's supporters planned a Jan. 6 "insurrection"

'The intelligence was there': Law enforcement warnings abounded in the runup to Jan. 6
Newly available documents mirror a flood of public red flags about the gathering danger posed by the outer fringes of the Trump movement.
politico.com
7:14 AM · Oct 7, 2021

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/law-enforcement-warnings-january-6-515531

Newly available documents mirror a flood of public red flags about the gathering danger posed by the fringes of the Trump movement.

“WSFC IAs [Washington State Fusion Center intelligence analysts] have also noted comments by some Washington State residents planning to travel armed to Washington D.C. for tomorrow’s protests there,” the FBI official wrote. “So, a head’s up that there may be incoming requests for checks should any of them end up in reporting.”

In other words, it was no mystery to the FBI’s Seattle Field Office that people were traveling long distances with weapons to Washington D.C. for Jan. 6 — action that would have all but certainly broken D.C.’s gun laws. An FBI spokesperson told POLITICO that the email did not detail a specific threat or actionable intelligence, and did not comment more broadly beyond that response.

Meanwhile, SITE sent out a flurry of bulletins on Jan. 5 about far-right extremists. One of those bulletins reported that a Proud Boys Telegram channel threatened government officials over the arrest of the group’s leader, Enrique Tarrio.

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