Secret Commandos with Shoot-to-Kill Authority Were at the Capitol
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Source: Newsweek
On Sunday, January 3, the heads of a half-dozen elite government special operations teams met in Quantico, Virginia, to go over potential threats, contingencies, and plans for the upcoming Joint Session of Congress. The meeting, and the subsequent deployment of these shadowy commandos on January 6, has never before been revealed.
Right after the New Year, Jeffrey A. Rosen, the acting Attorney General on January 6, approved implementation of long-standing contingency plans dealing with the most extreme possibilities: an attack on President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, a terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction, and a declaration of measures to implement continuity of government, requiring protection and movement of presidential successors.
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On the morning of January 6, most of these forces staged closer to downtown Washington, particularly after intelligence was received indicating a possible threat to FBI headquarters building or the FBI's Washington Field Office. FBI tactical teams arrived on Capitol Hill early in the day to assist in the collection of evidence at sitesincluding the Republican and Democratic party national headquarterswhere explosive devices were found. FBI SWAT teams and snipers were deployed to secure nearby congressional office buildings. Other FBI agents provided selective security around the U.S. Capitol and protection to congressional members and staff.
The presence of these extraordinary forces under the control of the Attorney Generaland mostly operating under contingency plans that Congress and the U.S. Capitol Police were not privy toadded an additional layer of highly armed responders. The role that the military played in this highly classified operation is still unknown, though FBI sources tell Newsweek that military operators seconded to the FBI, and those on alert as part of the National Mission Force, were present in the metropolitan area. The lingering question is: What was it that the Justice Department saw that provoked it to see January 6 as an extraordinary event, something that the other agencies evidently missed.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-secret-commandos-shoot-kill-authority-were-capitol-1661330
jaxexpat
(6,818 posts)We don't have reporters. We have headline writers. It doesn't make much difference about the content. They can't make complete sentences with parsable text anyway.
bullimiami
(13,084 posts)stopdiggin
(11,295 posts)decided it was a really sh*tty idea in the first place? But, yeah - evidence of this ever having taken place sure is thin.
gab13by13
(21,304 posts)when Nicolle confirms this I will believe it.
rainin
(3,011 posts)that was foiled when SS failed to deliver TFG in person.
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)at the appropriate time when the DNC/RNC bombs were supposed to go off to create chaos and anarchy?
stopdiggin
(11,295 posts)not the least being there hasn't been a whisper of this (including from congressional members or other capital insiders) in all this time. Raises a lot of questions.
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)Not in 1917, not in 1792. It takes leadership for strategy and implementation, enforcement, foot soldiers, all in a mix of coordination.
Don't know what role these forces played. Controlled by acting AG? Don't even know what questions to ask.
bottomofthehill
(8,329 posts)There was a lot of hype at the time but much seemed to thin out after being investigated. I am not saying they were not there, because they were. They were the team that helped secure the Senate. The sad thing was that they were 30 miles away and got there faster than the National Guard who were 20 blocks away at the DC Armory.
Yonnie3
(17,431 posts)This was published on 1/3/22 at 5:00 AM EST more than a year ago.