The Lawfare Podcast

What We've Learned About Security and Intelligence Failures on Jan. 6

Mar 24, 2023
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ANECDOTE

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.
INSIGHT

Information Sharing Failures

  • Information sharing failures plagued multiple agencies, especially the Capitol Police.
  • These failures involved poor communication within agencies and between them.
INSIGHT

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.
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