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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 10:07 PM Jan 2021

No effort to explain the January 5th Capitol "tours" is "the dog that didn't bark".

Sherlock Holmes, in "The Adventures of Silver Blaze", shrewdly deduced that a horse had been stolen by someone familiar to the household since the dog which was "on guard" did not bark at the thief. A "negative fact" was used to lead to prove a positive fact.

I have not heard or read ANY explanation, good or otherwise, of why several Republican Representatives conducted groups of unknown persons on a tour through the Capitol the day before a mob invaded the building and some of them appeared to know where certain offices were and how to access concealed passageways. These "tour guides" should be required to provide names and contact info for everyone in their tour group as a BEGINNING of the thorough investigation of them and their staff. If they will not consent to searches of their offices, phones and other digital devices, warrants should be sought.

Anyone with an innocent explanation would have certainly come forward with it by now.

The dogs haven't barked.

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No effort to explain the January 5th Capitol "tours" is "the dog that didn't bark". (Original Post) Atticus Jan 2021 OP
Exactly right. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2021 #1
Since there are no names, pressure cannot be applied. Sneederbunk Jan 2021 #2
There's got to be video...there are cameras all over the pl. CanonRay Jan 2021 #3
Looks like,not only a few freshmen members. safeinOhio Jan 2021 #4
I think when it is all flushed out that the q twins and several others will also be flushed demtenjeep Jan 2021 #5
A very good point. RockRaven Jan 2021 #6
There are cameras everywhere in the Capitol bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #7
Cameras And Cellular Relays nt smb Jan 2021 #10
Hope they don't destroy the tapes before Biden gets his people in place. blueinredohio Jan 2021 #8
K & R mobeau69 Jan 2021 #9
That silence is the sound of them hiring attorneys ecstatic Jan 2021 #11
Elementary, my dear Atticus. sandensea Jan 2021 #12
The fact that the President was not taken to a secure undisclosed location during the insurrection.. SunSeeker Jan 2021 #13
Great analogy. Sogo Jan 2021 #14
 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
5. I think when it is all flushed out that the q twins and several others will also be flushed
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 10:22 PM
Jan 2021

and we will be outraged by who

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
6. A very good point.
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 10:29 PM
Jan 2021

Usually they scream their innocence (and outrage at being accused) at the top of their lungs.

SunSeeker

(51,571 posts)
13. The fact that the President was not taken to a secure undisclosed location during the insurrection..
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 01:05 AM
Jan 2021

...is another dog that didn't bark.

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