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Report: DHS Division Failed To Analyze Intelligence Ahead Of Capitol Violence

Posted on AllSides May 18th, 2021
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Homeland Security, Capitol Chaos

For months, officials have been saying the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of a classic intelligence failure. Now key officials are questioning whether that was the case.

A report written by the former head of intelligence at the New York Police Department, Mitch Silber, and titled Domestic Violent Extremism and the Intelligence Challenge makes clear that officials at the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies had collected plenty of intelligence leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol. What they failed to do...

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https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997553438/report-dhs-division-failed-to-analyze-intelligence-ahead-of-capitol-violence

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