Army reservist with security-level clearance among the latest charged in connection with Capitol rio

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: CNN

By David Shortell and Paul P. Murphy, CNN

Updated 9:27 PM ET, Sun January 17, 2021

(CNN)An Army reservist who federal investigators say has secret-level security clearance and a long record of posting his extremist views online was among the latest wave of rioters charged by federal prosecutors in connection with the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

Others charged this weekend include a woman who has been seen in photos brandishing the name plate that had been affixed outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, authorities said, and the mother of a man who was arrested after he was captured in a striking photo on the Senate floor with zip-ties, now herself accused of chasing police officers with zip-ties in her hands.

The details that emerged about the three defendants and others in the newly unsealed court documents provide a clearer scope of the violence inside the Capitol and the potential military-style coordination that took place during the breach of the building. Lawyers for each of them were not listed in an online federal court filing system.

Federal investigators said the Army reservist — Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, of Colts Neck, New Jersey — was described by an informant as "an avowed White supremacist and Nazi sympathizer."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/politics/capitol-riot-latest-charged-army-reservist/index.html

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[Walleye]

1. So we can finally try these terrorists in military tribunals like the right wing wanted after 911

[Me.]

2. And He Was Given Clearance Why

[tblue37]

3. When my son was getting security clearance, they checked into *everything*! There was no

social media to check at the time, but it there had been, they would certainly have examined it carefully.

How does someone like this get a pass?

[Me.]

4. When My Brother & Sister In Law Got Married

everyone on both sides was given a thorough vetting and each time they were given a promotion it happened again. So....they didn't know about his inclinations?

[Angleae]

8. That's for top secret.

For secret clearance all you need basically is to pass a basic background check (criminal history/financial(like insurance companies do)/immigration).

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Probably was given it before tRump ran. . . . nt

[Me.]

7. Still

Even if that's true, he had no business being there

[SunSeeker]

5. Sickening.