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Why the FBI is vetting the National Guard ahead of the inauguration Vox.com 1/18/2021 Fabiola Cineas © Brandon Bell/Getty Images As many as 25,000 National Guard soldiers will be tasked with securing Washington, DC, for the inauguration. The FBI is vetting all 25,000 National Guard troops who are tasked with securing the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20, due to fears of a coordinated insider attack, according to the Associated Press. Investigations into the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol have reveale...

“The Army is working with the Secret Service to determine which service members supporting the national special security event for the inauguration require additional background screening,” the Army said in a statement Tuesday.  “Per Department of Defense policy, all service members are trained annually on the Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP), which requires department personnel to report any information regarding known or suspected extremist behavior that could be a threat to the department or the United States.” The Army said that “there is no place for extremism in ...

The move follows a request from a veteran in Congress who asked the Army to review troops and root out those sympathetic to domestic terrorists.

The Army will not grant a lawmaker's request to have the service's CID screen National Guard troops deploying to D.C.

Black legislators said Friday that "curbside warnings" and "stationhouse adjustments" in the NJ legal weed bills were "enhanced stop and frisk."