The following report is from Reuters:
The police force that guards the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it has obtained intelligence pointing to a possible plot by a militia group to breach the building on Thursday, an alleged plan with echoes of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
A U.S. Capitol Police statement did not name the organization but called it “an identified militia group.” Authorities have said right-wing extremists were part of a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, interrupting the formal congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory.
Thursday marks the date when some right-wing conspiracy theorists (Qanon for example) have claimed that Trump, defeated by Biden in the Nov. 3 election, will be sworn in for a second term in office.
The U.S. Justice Department has charged more than 300 people with taking part in the Capitol siege in which five people including a police officer were killed. Among those arrested were members of the right-wing groups called the Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and Proud Boys. The Oath Keepers and Three Percenters are armed militia groups.
The United States Capitol Police Department is aware of and prepared for any potential threats towards members of Congress or towards the Capitol complex.
They said in a statement
It said it is working with local, state and federal agencies “to stop any threats to the Capitol,” adding, “We are taking the intelligence seriously.” It did not disclose the nature of the intelligence.
The police statement noted that the department already has made “significant security upgrades” at the Capitol, home to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
There was no indication that the Senate or House would alter their legislative activities on Thursday. The House is aiming to debate and pass a policing reform bill on Thursday. The Senate could be in the midst of a potentially long debate and votes on a COVID-19 aid bill.
On Tuesday, Acting House Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett notified members of Congress of a possible security threat spanning Thursday through Saturday. It referred to “potential protests and demonstration activity surrounding what some have described as the ‘true Inauguration Day.'”
For nearly a century, U.S. presidents have been inaugurated on Jan. 20, including Biden, who took the oath of office on the grounds of the Capitol. Previously, March 4 had been the swearing-in date.
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman testified to Congress on Feb. 25 that Trump supporters who launched the Jan. 6 attack have indicated they want to “blow up” the building and kill members of Congress.
Since Jan. 6, National Guard troops have been dispatched to the Capitol grounds and tall fencing has been erected to extend the security perimeter of the Capitol. Blodgett told lawmakers that the Capitol Police department has “enhanced” its security posture for the coming days.
Congress has held a series of hearings on the Jan. 6 riot and congressional leaders in the coming days are expected to receive recommendations for new, permanent security measures at the Capitol.
The House impeached Trump on Jan. 13 on a charge of inciting an insurrection, focusing on an incendiary speech he made to supporters shortly before the mob converged on the Capitol, though the Senate acquitted him on Feb. 13.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson
Well not anymore in America, nor has been for quite some time.
Notice how the Reuters’ reporter worded this to start the report: “[Capitol Guards have] obtained intelligence pointing to a possible plot by a militia group to breach the building on Thursday…”. This is just more fear and anxiety. Just as the psy-op groups like Qanon spew that Donald Trump will somehow be magically sworn in as President tomorrow, the media comes back with their own fear tactics to “quell dissent.”
It’s a bad thing when the press is no longer free. It’s a nightmare when the press creates the news.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
Fear is the “‘ol reliable” tactic to sell and manipulate anyone. Will there be an attempt on the Capitol tomorrow, or even very soon? Maybe, but maybe not. But that does not matter: as long as they got you in a continuous state fear, doubt, anxiety, confusion – they got you.
This is another key example of the Hegelian Dialectic at work. The media warns of more attacks based off intelligence leaks (so we are told). Qanon says that the growing police state and censorship you see is all apart of the plan, and the “white hats” are busy restoring the constitutional republic. The end result is MORE censorship online (surpassing social media censorship), and MORE military on the streets, and MORE “justifications” to spy and track our every move we make, and so on and so forth.
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Fake intelligence to… you said it brother. Another “justified” reason to further censor and have military on the street corners.