The Lawfare Podcast What We've Learned About Security and Intelligence Failures on Jan. 6
Mar 24, 2023
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Misidentification
- The FBI mistakenly raided a woman's home in Alaska, believing she stole Nancy Pelosi's laptop.
- Simple open-source research and facial recognition could have prevented this.
Information Sharing Failures
- Information sharing failures plagued multiple agencies, especially the Capitol Police.
- These failures involved poor communication within agencies and between them.
Impact of Floyd Protests
- The 2020 Floyd protests affected the government's approach to January 6th.
- Agencies were hesitant to be perceived as overreacting or taking sides.