Posted on 01/15/2021 10:52:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
“There’s no specific credible threats at this point in time. There’s just this raised level of tension. And so we’re raising our security level. And we’re doing it across the country,” Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said on CNN’s “New Day.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray told Vice President Mike Pence in a briefing on Thursday that the bureau was seeing an “extensive amount of concerning online chatter” of potential threats before and during the inauguration.
“We’re concerned about the potential for violence at multiple protests and rallies planned here in D.C. and in state capitols around the country in the days that come that could bring armed individuals within close proximity to government facilities and officials,” Wray said.
Security fencing surrounds the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)
National Guard soldiers maintain a watch over the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 14, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Cuccinelli, who was at the briefing, said he agreed “there is a good deal of online chatter” regarding both Washington and state capitols, though no specific state capitols have been mentioned or identified.
At this point in time, officials are not raising the terrorism threat level, but are taking a number of actions to try to be ready if a threat does manifest.
“We’ve prepared our own civilian law enforcement around the country to be ready to assist state and local allies to the extent they call on us to do so. We are prepositioning people on alert statuses around the country so that we can respond more quickly,” said Cuccinelli, a former Virginia attorney general.
During a separate appearance on Fox News’ “Mornings with Maria,” Cuccinelli said officials expect “a safe, smooth inauguration, and nothing has happened to change that,” including the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.
“While it has raised attention to the security around the inauguration, this planning has been going on across the U.S. Government with state and local partners since last May. It is a very secure event. We are prepared for orders of magnitude or sorts of problems that happened on January 6th, and that was before January 6th,” he said. “So America can be very confident this is going to be a safe, smooth inauguration and transition of power.”
FBI: “Nooooo! They’re supposed to listen to USSS! Send in the patsy!”
They’ll do something stupid, just watch.
So why do they need 25,000 National Guard in D.C.?
I would take what the FBI says with a grain of salt. They have a history of “lack of candor”.
Biden needs an audience!
Ein reich, ein volk, ein furher moment for the left.
That’s why
Then again, Trump is still President, so he would have had to authorize it.
When you understand that the FBI performs the same basic role as the KGB did (that is - protecting the organs of state and its elites from all threats, including political ones - all of their actions will make sense.
At this point in time, officials are not raising the terrorism threat level
Literally and technically true, but the militarization of space in DC says otherwise.
They are putting on a show and blaming the need on threats of violence from Trump supporters. Narrative, narrative, narrative. "Russian wanted Trump to win" they told us. "Russia hacked the DNC server," they told us. "Credible evidence the Trump campaign colluded with Russians," they told us. The latest one is that Trump supporters organized a violent hit on the capitol building. That's a lie too.
The Fey Wray is chock FULL of “chatter”.
Did FBI, CIA, DHS or any police agencies have a handle on Inauguration Day 2017??
https://www.facebook.com/sherry.ferge/videos/10224736021048591
DOJ and FBI always hyper-react to non left-wing “threats”, just like they did with Waco and Ruby Ridge.
Our governmental workforce has been systematically pack with political hacks and jobs-worths for decades.
Yet we are living in a time that daring to wear a Trump hat has become a capital offense.
While we remain disapointed of the outcome, is it possible that God is telling us not to place our trust in politicians?
Our fight is not carnal but spiritual in bringing down strongholds.
Our victories are not rooted in politicians.
Perhaps this was Gods message.
Time is short. Seek Him while He can still be found. For soon there will be a famine of hearing by the Word of God.
“While we remain disappointed of the outcome, is it possible that God is telling us not to place our trust in politicians?”
Neither.
Phony "servants" projecting phony fear.
How...phony.
By all means..... hide your garage pulls.
They need 25,000 National Guard troops because the Dems are 1. Scared of what they realize they have created.
2. To establish a nationwide sense of “fear,” which they can use as a basis for possibly establishing a state of martial law.
3. To establish a nationwide sense of “fear,” that will enable them to begin the dismantling of the Constitution.
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