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demmiblue

(37,073 posts)
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 11:18 AM Aug 2022

The Secret Service knew about Jan 6 threat. They dismissed it.

In the days before the January 6 attack on the Capitol, documents exchanged between the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies outlined “threats of violence” on the 6th, coming “predominantly from right wing groups” with “plans to bring weapons into the District,” according to documents obtained by CREW. The Secret Service knew that Trump’s supporters would be demonstrating around Freedom Plaza and the Capitol with the intent to cause violence, but the agency does not appear to have taken the threat seriously.

While the Secret Service downplayed threats posed by right-wing extremist groups and Trump’s supporters leading up to January 6, the newly obtained documents reveal just how grave and explicit the threats had actually been.



The National Capital Region Threat Intelligence Consortium (NTIC) disseminated these threats in messages and a conference call on the morning of January 4, providing a clear and prescient warning of the violence to come. NTIC alerted the Secret Service, FBI, Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department among other law enforcement groups of “on-line communications citing violence in DC on 1-6-21,” which included objectives such as “Occupying the Capitol to influence lawmakers to change election results,” “Call to come with guns,” “Be prepared to battle” and “Exercise 2nd Amendment rights.”





Groups identified as coming with a potential to cause violence included the Oath Keepers, the 3%ers and neo-Nazi groups Atomwaffen and Storm Front. In spite of this warning, the Secret Service noted “There is no indication of civil disobedience” stemming from the right-wing extremist groups involved in the riot. Upon learning of the Proud Boys’ intent to arrive in DC on January 6, the Secret Service released an internal memo that disclosed no indication of concern—despite the Proud Boys stating they will turn out in “record numbers.”

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/the-secret-service-knew-about-jan-6-threat-they-dismissed-it/



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The Secret Service knew about Jan 6 threat. They dismissed it. (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2022 OP
Bullshit. They took it seriously. Did nothing because of Trump. bullimiami Aug 2022 #1
Like Trump, they knew they weren't there.... SergeStorms Aug 2022 #8
I had the same reaction MyMission Aug 2022 #25
Tells you all you need to know SledDriver Aug 2022 #10
Truth markodochartaigh Aug 2022 #20
Trump was not their master. He was their patsy. jaxexpat Aug 2022 #27
Oh, I'm sure they knew the threat was serious ... Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #2
Everyone with a tv or Twitter feed knew about threats. AkFemDem Aug 2022 #3
Real-time open source analysis (ROSA) Ponietz Aug 2022 #5
right ?! I feel the same way about the Pentagon staff, if they needed to be told to get off their .. uponit7771 Aug 2022 #11
Hell, even here on DU there were posters warning us to stay away from D.C. on the 6th Wednesdays Aug 2022 #16
The entire system/country is infested with trumpers.-nt CrispyQ Aug 2022 #4
People need to quit saying "dismissed" or "ignored" relayerbob Aug 2022 #6
+1 Meadowoak Aug 2022 #12
I'm curious- James48 Aug 2022 #7
MAGA Drag Queens WA-03 Democrat Aug 2022 #9
I checked jmowreader Aug 2022 #13
It is not the mission of the Secret Service to protect the Capitol or those in Congress. LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #14
I don't think it's their mission to stand around and say nothing either. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #24
yeah. headline kind of an example of climbing aboard stopdiggin Aug 2022 #28
tfg's Secret Service were in on the J6 insurrection, no doubt about it Cozmo Aug 2022 #15
It's beginning to look a lot like treason. Kid Berwyn Aug 2022 #17
And is FoxNews still playing day and night at our military bases? Asking for America. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #23
Carol Leonnig (WaPo) made an interesting comment about the Secret Service recently. Lonestarblue Aug 2022 #18
One of them could be the leak Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #22
I think Carol gets a lot of down-low stuff from certain Secret Service guys FakeNoose Aug 2022 #30
Oath Keepers, Atomwaffen, Storm Front, 3%ers, etc. How could they Ilsa Aug 2022 #19
There needs to be an accounting. People died. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #21
Needs a Congressional Investigation. Then a total rehaul. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2022 #26
Hah! UTUSN Aug 2022 #29

SergeStorms

(19,217 posts)
8. Like Trump, they knew they weren't there....
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 12:36 PM
Aug 2022

as a threat to Trump, they were there to kill members of Congress and Mike Pence.

Let Pence's detail worry about that. Trump's detail could stand down.

The SS is rotten to the core.

jaxexpat

(7,048 posts)
27. Trump was not their master. He was their patsy.
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 02:33 PM
Aug 2022

This whole things smells of the machinations of TPTB for whom the USSS is but a functionary. Thinking they are having some internal squabbles and have yet to agree on the direction of a path forward from the Trump era.

Sky Jewels

(7,312 posts)
2. Oh, I'm sure they knew the threat was serious ...
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 11:31 AM
Aug 2022

but they were pro-coup d'etat and didn't want to mess up the plan to install Dear Leader as Dictator for Life.

Ponietz

(3,167 posts)
5. Real-time open source analysis (ROSA)
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 11:55 AM
Aug 2022

Must be law enforcement jargon for sit on your ass and stare at your cell phone (SOYAASAYCP).

uponit7771

(90,411 posts)
11. right ?! I feel the same way about the Pentagon staff, if they needed to be told to get off their ..
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 12:56 PM
Aug 2022

... asses and do something then we're fucked.

They're 3 miles away from the capital building they could've walked there in an hour and made a difference

Wednesdays

(17,743 posts)
16. Hell, even here on DU there were posters warning us to stay away from D.C. on the 6th
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 01:20 PM
Aug 2022

Because of imminent violence.

relayerbob

(6,582 posts)
6. People need to quit saying "dismissed" or "ignored"
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 12:29 PM
Aug 2022

They were in on it. They were helping it along. If there had been even a hint of a real threat to trump, he would've been removed from DC or at least sent to the underground bunker.

jmowreader

(50,706 posts)
13. I checked
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 01:05 PM
Aug 2022

First, there IS a pro-Trump queen who calls herself “Lady MAGA.” Apparently she went to a Fuentes rally and got booed out of the place. Which…you’d expect.

The group in question is “MAGA Drag the Interstate.” Their activity is primarily forming huge convoys and driving around with Trump flags on their pickups, probably taking up both lanes. But I’d believe they’d have a taste for violence if properly enticed.

Joinfortmill

(14,786 posts)
24. I don't think it's their mission to stand around and say nothing either.
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 02:06 PM
Aug 2022

But then I'm just an old broad. What the hell do I know.

stopdiggin

(11,602 posts)
28. yeah. headline kind of an example of climbing aboard
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:05 PM
Aug 2022

the bandwagon. A more accurate (or relevant) line might have read, "A whole boatload of agencies were aware .." With the SService being nowhere near 'primary' or lead - in either assessment, or prep.

Their 'parent' agency on the other hand ...

Kid Berwyn

(15,597 posts)
17. It's beginning to look a lot like treason.
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 01:22 PM
Aug 2022

The conspiracy seems to have involved a large number of Repuglians.

Lock them up.

Lonestarblue

(10,497 posts)
18. Carol Leonnig (WaPo) made an interesting comment about the Secret Service recently.
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 01:29 PM
Aug 2022

She was on MSNBC and said that the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago would normally have called for advance notice to Trump’s SS detail. Instead, they were given a heads up very close to the FBI arriving. Sounds like the FBI does not trust those agents.

FakeNoose

(33,418 posts)
30. I think Carol gets a lot of down-low stuff from certain Secret Service guys
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:10 PM
Aug 2022

Maybe she's got a close friend or relative in the SS who feeds her stuff? I don't know.
She'll never reveal her source of course.

Ilsa

(61,731 posts)
19. Oath Keepers, Atomwaffen, Storm Front, 3%ers, etc. How could they
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 01:40 PM
Aug 2022

ignore these names unless it was intentional?

Clean up on Aisle SS needed!

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