FBI and intel agencies hand over first documents to lawmakers ahead of Capitol attack hearings next week
Updated 12:43 PM ET, Fri February 19, 2021
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Washington (CNN)House investigators have received the first batch of documents they requested from the FBI and intelligence agencies as part of their ongoing probe into security failures around the January 6 US Capitol attack, according to an official from one of the committees investigating the matter.
The FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center provided materials in response to a detailed request from January 16 made by four House committees that are conducting a joint investigation of the events surrounding the attack. The review is focused on three main questions: what did federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies know before, during and after the attack? How did foreign adversaries seek to exploit the event? And
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Top Pentagon officials delayed recommending two female U.S. military generals for four-star promotions, waiting until after the 2020 presidential election last November, over fears that the Trump administration would replace them with its own, likely male, candidates.
Last year, former defense secretary Mark T. Esper and the then-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, had decided to promote Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost of the Air Force and Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson of the Army to elite, four-star general commands, the New York Times reported, but they worried that “the Trump White House would replace them with its own candidates before leaving office.”
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Along with Ruah directing the episode, Gerald McRaney is also returning as Admiral Kilbride. Viewers will remember the character of Hollace Kilbride from the last time he was on the show in October 2019, on NCIS: LA s Season 11 s Episode 3, titled Hail Mary . The episode saw Callen and Sam (LL Cool J) as Kilbride s security and protection detail while he carried out an operation to find a missing Naval intelligence officer. Will he come to Callen s rescue this time after the NCIS agent gets detailed wrongfully?
Admiral Kilbride and Agent Callen in the episode Hail Mary (CBS)
But before we run too far with speculations, fans can find comfort in knowing there s an equally power-packed action awaiting in tonight s Episode 10 that kicks off the new time slot for the show. Titled The Frogman s Daughter the episode picks up right where we left off with Sam s daughter Kam (Kayla Smith) getting kidnapped. This happens after she led citywide protests and Sam refuses to stop at anything
February 15, 2021
The Biden administration is planning to use the full force of the federal government in pursuit of a new war. Its target? American citizens.
This countering “domestic violent extremism” effort, declared in the wake of the latest Capitol riot, represents the real-world counterpart to the corporate media rhetoric about the need to “deprogram,” “de-ba’athify,” and drone the Deplorables.
If this is a dangerous political witch hunt masquerading as a national security imperative, it should disturb every American. Half of the country could potentially be ensnared as would-be if not actualterrorists.
In a little-discussed Jan. 22 press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki asserted “[the] assault on the Capitol … underscored what we have long known: The rise of domestic violent extremism is a serious and growing national security threat.” Consequently, the administration plans a three-part response: