"the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name,"

[Pete F.]

The FBI knew enough to personally visit the homes of Proud Boys and militants days before 1/6, warning them if they even thought of going to DC they would be immediately arrested.
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[scottw]

they did a fabulous job protecting the Capitol apparently having all of that knowledge beforehand.....

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by scottw

they did a fabulous job protecting the Capitol apparently having all of that knowledge beforehand.....

And yet they were unable to prevent the greatest threat to Democracy since the Civil War.

Obviously they had all of their planning and intelligence apparatus laser focused on a smooth Afghanistan withdrawal.

[Pete F.]

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SUCCEED? I’m sure y'all & Trump media will still insist this was the worst military catastrophe in all history. In fact, it’s on track to be the cleanest, most orderly non-combatant evacuation ever. ISIS-K could mar that but this NEO is working for now

[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnR

And yet they were unable to prevent the greatest threat to Democracy since the Civil War.

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probably fortunate thing that the "armed insurrectionists" were unarmed ...might have lasted more than a couple of hours

I thought we'd have some entertaining public hangings by now...seems like mostly trespassing charges