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FBI Bureau Supervisor Arrested in Connection with Jan 6th Capitol Riot

51 points| scrum-treats | 2 years ago |nbcnews.com

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[+] paulpauper|2 years ago|reply
still making arrests. What they are doing is reviewing every second of footage they can find, cross referencing every possible angle from video and going through all social media and connections. In days following jan 6th, all social networks and smaller tube sites were harvested for jan 6th footage and stored on database, which is still being reviewed. Looking for distinguishing features like hats, masks, etc.

here you can see the cap matches

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvKfSYdXoAAYdU9.png

https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-560w,f...

[+] boeingUH60|2 years ago|reply
American democracy remains strong. Turns out that if you try to subvert it, the law will ram you like a trailer.
[+] im3w1l|2 years ago|reply
> “Yeah, f--- them! Yeah, kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!”

So he was so stupid that he did the agent provocateur thing without being one?

[+] aww_dang|2 years ago|reply
The NYT, WashPo and other mainstream outlets claim that the alleged presence of agent provocateurs is either a, "right-wing conspiracy theory" or a, "alt-right conspiracy theory". Take your pick of scare words.

Would they lie?

[+] Gibbon1|2 years ago|reply
Imagine blowing your government pension over this.
[+] dragonwriter|2 years ago|reply
Not the first government employee, including law enforcement or military members, arrested in connection with it.
[+] WeylandYutani|2 years ago|reply
So the US has decided that it is a riot now not a coup attempt? Can't handle the truth?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Spanish_coup_d%27%C3%A9...

Nobody in Spain denies this. Wonder why America is different.

[+] DoItToMe81|2 years ago|reply
Peacefully occupying a building and leaving on your own accord is not a coup. If you think this is comparable to armed groups lead by the military occupying parliament and threatening to murder the people inside if demands are not met, I have no idea what to say.
[+] aww_dang|2 years ago|reply
From your linked article, first paragraph:

>Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero led 200 armed Civil Guard officers into the Congress of Deputies during the vote to elect a President of the Government. The officers held the parliamentarians and ministers hostage for 18 hours, during which time King Juan Carlos I denounced the coup in a televised address, calling for rule of law and the democratic government to continue. The royal address fatally undermined the coup. Though shots were fired, the hostage-takers surrendered the next morning without killing anyone.

I really do not see the equivalence here at all. Only through a highly partisan stretch could a professional gymnast make this leap.

[+] noduerme|2 years ago|reply
Living in Bend does weird things to people.
[+] nova22033|2 years ago|reply
> FBI says former agent arrested over Jan. 6 called officers Nazis and encouraged mob to ‘kill ’em’

Why did you change the title?

[+] scrum-treats|2 years ago|reply
To be more reportative and less emphatic, I suppose.

Nevertheless, you are correct. The headline does read that a former FBI supervisor named Jared L. Wise called Capitol police officers "Nazis" and encouraged the mob [ of actual Nazis... ] to "kill 'em."

The article goes on to state that "Federal authorities have arrested at least 1,000 people in connection with the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, including multiple current and former law enforcement officers. Shortly after the attack, a top FBI official warned that many within the bureau were 'sympathetic' to the mob."

According to DOJ[1], the FBI's major priorities are to:

- Protect the United States from terrorist attack. [FAIL: Jan 6th Capitol riot]

- Protect the U.S. against foreign intelligence, espionage, and cyber operations. [FAIL: Russian and Chinese espionage + cyber operations]

- Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes. [FAIL: [2]]

- Combat significant cybercriminal activity. [FAIL: [2]]

- Combat public corruption at all levels. [FAIL: Russian and Chinese espionage + cyber operations; Facebook + Cambridge Analytica]

- Protect civil rights. [FAIL: Jan 6th Capitol riot]

- Combat transnational criminal enterprises. [FAIL: Trump family; Epstein]

- Combat significant white-collar crime. [FAIL: Trump family]

- Combat significant violent crime. [FAIL: Jan 6th Capitol riot]

[1]https://www.justice.gov/doj/organization-mission-and-functio...

[2]https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-scrambles-assess-damage-...