The Other Side Of January 6th
So I've watched every last minute of the "January 6th Committee" on prime time t.v. here thus far. IMO they have done an extremely thorough job at fleshing out with a fine tooth comb not only the events of January 6 from an insider point of view, but the chronology of events leading up to that national embarrassment as well.
I don't think the democrat led committee will ever get the scalp they have so longed for through two impeachments, and now this; but I believe they have shown very clearly that Donald Trump's self absorbed narcissism runs so deep as to be borderline sociopathic, that he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants, and we already knew that he'll throw even his most loyal supporters (see Vice Prestident Mike Pence) under the bus the first time they dare say no to him.
Like I said, they're not going to get the man on any criminal charges, there is too much that goes into the vague realms of state of mind. But, I do wish there were some mechanism here based on a Japanese like idea of public shame, where once triggered, the guilty party is hereby the object of national shame. Deep shame would follow someone who abused their power such as he did for the rest of his life, with zero chance of ever getting near a lever of power ever again, not even dog catcher.
Having said all that, and to the title of this thread, there is a whole other side of January 6th that this committee will not ever touch with even the proverbial ten foot pole. That's because the real mission of this committee is less about what happened that day, and more about finally getting the scalp of "Orange Jesus", they're blinded by their hatred of him so much, that they're perfectly will to totally ignore the other side of "how do we make it so this never happens again!"
Here's a good brief synopsis of what I'm pointing to. The committee has left no stone unturned in showing how blatant the signals were weeks ahead of time that something bad was going to happen that day, hell I even half expected some shit to go down, so as Leonard Cohen put it "Everybody Knows":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn6I3DL57sI
But here's the glaring omission, the prancing naked emperor so to speak. Where was the beefed up security to be ready for what they knew was coming? How else do you "make it so that this never happens again"? You beef up security accordingly. Obviously.
But not to these people.
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It also says intelligence leaders kept seasoned analysts from assessing Jan. 6-related threat reports and that leaders “essentially dismantled” a unit that analyzes online posts.
In the run-up to Jan. 6, online message boards and social media platforms brimmed with violent messages directed towards lawmakers on Jan. 6 as users stated their intentions to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The number of online threats exploded when then-President Donald Trump tweeted on Dec. 19, 2020 about protesting on Jan. 6: “Be there, will be wild!” Post after post by extremists called for murdering legislators by name, as well as blanket killings. TikTok users in late December 2020 called for snipers to gun down police on Jan. 6, and to “storm the capital building,” and “hang” politicians. All of this and more was in the possession of the Capitol Police’s intelligence division, according to emails reviewed by POGO and sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they said they fear retaliation.
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The Capitol Police has also noted that their organization was not alone in failing to contemplate a large-scale attack on Congress, although it is the only US law enforcement agency with a singular mission to protect the Capitol and federal lawmakers.
The Capitol Police “expected and planned for violence from some protesters with ties to domestic terrorist organizations,” according to a previous statement, “but nobody in the law enforcement or intelligence communities imagined, on top of that threat, Americans who were not affiliated with those groups would cause the mayhem to metastasize to a volume uncontrollable for any single law enforcement agency.”
But given the vast number of public online posts focused on violently attacking Congress that were in possession of the Capitol Police, critics say more imagination was needed. “There should be people in the Capitol Police who think the unthinkable,” said Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) last December.
Amid all the finger-pointing, it’s clear that the Capitol Police failed in the run-up to Jan. 6. But the public still does not have a full answer why.
https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2...n-6-blame-game
So the committee is hyper interested in any every minute facet of January 6 that can be pinned of Trump, but the interest level doesn't even blip the meter on the big security "blunder".
They're not at all interested in this kind of thing either:
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The U.S. Capitol Police has suspended six officers with pay for their actions on Jan. 6, when a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of President Biden's Electoral College victory, according to a department statement.
An additional 29 officers remain under investigation as part of the department's ongoing probe into the events that unfolded that day.
"The investigation into the January 6 attack remains under investigation. Our Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating the actions of 35 police officers from that day. We currently have suspended six of those officers with pay," the department said in a statement.
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Videos from the day of the attack appear to show some officers escorting rioters inside the building. In one video, USCP officers can be seen opening barricades allowing the mob to enter the Capitol complex without resistance.
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurre...-capitol-riots
There's also some video available that is also of zero interest to the committee. This one's a doozy!
https://knightspirit.com/home/bridgi...used-in-court/
This one is special in its own right:
https://www.newsy.com/stories/video-...o-help-others/
And finally:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sRVN_mVBng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnbtC3R4NxA
Nothing to see here folks, move along, just keep your eyes fixed solely on one man...