FBI, Capitol Police Shrugged Off ‘Credible Threats’ Before Jan. 6, Says Watchdog
The FBI and Capitol Police were able to identify the culprits “credible threats” According to a government watchdog agency, they and other agencies failed in their obligations to share information with partners up to January 6, 2021.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a nonpartisan agency. Congress worksOn Tuesday, a 122-page report was released by the. It concerns security measures taken before the day (more than two years ago) when a crowd of people entered Capitol and disrupted lawmakers who were trying to confirm President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.
GAO reports that investigators were able to track individuals of concern through human source reporting, investigations and observed activity.
The 10 federal agencies identified “potential threats” GAO reports that violence was detected before January 6th, according to the FBI and Capitol Police “credible threats,” Which the watchdog agency defines “specific and actionable threats, such as threats that prompted action by law enforcement agencies to conduct investigations or modify security measures.”
Capitol Police was established on January 5, 2021. “received a tip regarding plans to block and confront Democratic members of Congress from entering the Capitol through the tunnel system via the basement of the Library of Congress,” GAO.
“Further, Capitol Police personnel identified a group’s intentions to form a perimeter around the Capitol complex on the morning of January 6,” The GAO report also adds. “As a result, Capitol Police deployed a Civil Disturbance Unit platoon one hour earlier than originally planned to increase the security presence at locations identified in the credible threat.”
The FBI is a part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis. “did not consistently follow agency policies or procedures for processing tips or potential threats because they did not have controls to ensure compliance with policies,” GAO. The Capitol Police, which is the watchdog, adds. “did not share threat products with its frontline officers.”
GAO made 10 recommendations for five agencies (including the FBI and Capitol Police) to strengthen weaknesses. “internal control deficiencies related to processing or sharing information.”
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An FBI spokesperson pointed the Daily Wire to a letter by Larissa Knapp, executive assistant director for the FBI’s national security branch, to the GAO saying the bureau accepted the watchdog’s recommendations.
The FBI “was not aware of actionable intelligence indicating that a large mob would storm the Capitol building. It is worth emphasizing that the findings of the GAO do nothing to dispute that assertion,” She stressed.
The Daily Wire reached out to Capitol Police as well for comments.
J. Thomas Manger, Chief Police, said in a letter sent to GAO that Capitol Police is drafting a new policy which will include guidance on sharing threat information agency-wide.
GAO claims it interviewed officials, reviewed agency threat materials, but didn’t examine any threat information that was under investigation or facing prosecution. Tuesday’s release is unclassified information from a January sensitive report. It is the seventh report in a series that GAO put together and centers on January 6, 2021.
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