WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement agencies failed to correctly analyze a wide range of intelligence showing the potential for violence on Jan. 6, 2021, Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee concluded in a report released Tuesday.
That post was one of many alluding to the potential for violence leading up to Jan. 6.
"What was shocking is that this attack was essentially planned in plain sight in social media," Peters said in an interview, "And yet it seemed as if our intelligence agencies completely dropped the ball."
According to the report, similar streams of intelligence continued to flood federal agencies tasked with keeping watch for violent activity.
"On the contrary, these threats were made openly, often in publicly available social media posts, and FBI and I&A were aware of them."
Persons:
Sen, Gary Peters, Parler, …, Peters
Organizations:
Senate Homeland Security, FBI, Department of Homeland Security's, of Intelligence, Capitol, U.S . Capitol Police, Washington Metropolitan Police, Washington Field Office, DHS National Operations Center
Locations:
WASHINGTON, Washington