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The Army report said the National Guard "had yet to develop a plan" to support Metropolitan Police officers and Capitol Police officers on January 6.

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington on January 6. AP Photo/John Minchillo Two former top National Guard

In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot.

Spc. Andrew Simmons, and Army Sgt. Adam Priebe, both assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), provide security outside the Shigal Girls School in Kunar Province, Afghanistan while members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar visit the school to check on the status of construction. The members of Company A serve as the PRTs security element and have earned high praise from the PRT commander. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Marasky, U.S. Air Force) Texas natio...

The whole discussion around the recently disclosed Russian hacking – “is it traditional SVR espionage using the cyber domain or is it subversion or is it an act of war?”- is all fascinating and completely misses the two most important points. The first is that from the Russian perspective this is war. As can be seen in the delineations in the table below: Moreover, Russia considers the information domain to consist of two critical components: the technical side (which includes communicati...