Eric Rauchway

Capitol police chief “Sund … unsuccessfully begged military generals for National Guard reinforcements. Though they delayed sending help until it was too late for Sund’s overrun corps, he says that he later discovered that the Pentagon had rushed to send security teams to protect military officials’ homes in Washington, none of which were under attack.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/01/steven-sund-capitol-police-book-jan6/

Ex-Capitol police chief: FBI, DHS, Pentagon failed on Jan. 6

The former chief of the Capitol Police says the government failed to heed clear signs of a violent plot targeting the Capitol, or to quickly mobilize on Jan. 6 to save lives.

The Washington Post
Jan 2, 2023 at 4:45pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadSean FinnertyJan 2, 2023
@rauchway @histodons When you can look at Uvalde police as to having a more rapid response to lethal threats than anything that the White House did that's not failure of the system that's a deliberate choice for violence.