The FBI’s D.C. field office received a failing grade on a 2018 internal assessment of its ability to combat domestic terrorism, NBC reports.
The assessment took place from 2017 through most of 2018, and found that “mechanisms to collect, analyze and share threat intelligence were lacking.”
TPM has reported on the Department of Homeland Security’s lack of preparation for the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt.
But the country’s main federal law enforcement body, the FBI, appears to have also failed to recognize the scale of the planned attack before it took place.
NBC quotes one former FBI official as saying that not enough intelligence analysts were assigned to watch for threats emanating from domestic extremism.
“They had few sources or understanding of the threat in their area of responsibility,” the story reads.
The article also reports that the assessment found fault with the field office’s system of sharing information and intelligence with the Capitol police, which was overwhelmed on Jan. 6 and lacked adequate staffing to prevent Trump supporters from entering the Capitol building.
Capitol police has said that it received no intelligence from the FBI regarding potential far-right threats on Jan. 6.
Agents were dismayed when they discovered the test wasn’t True/False and multiple choice, like the teacher promised. No Fair!!
Shocker. The lengths they went through to deny reality out of fear of CheetoMan is
I hope the one result from this is that law enforcement actually takes domestic terrorism by right wing forces seriously now. They are the biggest threat, and law enforcement in general has been ignoring that. The Biden administration really needs to make it a priority, and make sure they are actually doing something about it like they would about non-white terrorists.
Yeah, but “Defund the Police” is just a catchy phrase. You should be happy to pay more for a failing law enforcement system. Has anyone ever showed you how to put a good spit-shine on a pair of LEO boots, America?
We read of Trump advisors nearly collapsing in a panicked heap upon the floor when facing the prospect of having to enter his office with bad news, or advice that will anger him. Yet many of these people are independently wealthy, with a personal portfolio and assets totaling in the tens or hundreds of millions. Why the hell they just couldn’t say “Eff you, I don’t need your silly, abusive bullshit!” is weird. As if they need the goddamned job that bad, their mortgage payment depends on it. Sheesh.