Whistleblowers Allege Intelligence, Command-and-Control Failures at US Capitol Police, Lawmaker Says

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Several U.S. Capitol Police whistleblowers have exposed what they call intelligence failures leading up to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and problems in the law enforcement agencyโ€™s command structure, an Illinois congressman said.

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), the ranking member of the Committee on House Administration, said whistleblower testimony speaks directly to the need to reform the $460 million police agency with some 2,300 employees.

โ€œWe have heard from several whistleblowers within USCP who fear retribution, and we take seriously the need to protect their identities,โ€ Davis told The Epoch Times in a statement. โ€œMany have brought to light issues with the command-and-control structure of USCP, including the Capitol Police Board.โ€

News of the USCP whistleblowers came shortly after an email surfaced from a former USCP intelligence analyst to senior staff at the agency. The memo by Eric Hoar, dated Jan. 9, 2021, blasted the USCP for failure to share information on threats from groups that talked about attacking the Capitol on January 6.

โ€œWe analysts have been reporting for weeks that patriot groups are commenting on social media their intentions to storm the U.S. Capitol with overwhelming numbers,โ€ Hoar wrote in the email, disclosed byย John Solomon at Just the News.

โ€œI donโ€™t know what was occurring behind the scenes, but I hope that information was briefed with the veracity it deserved and not just a one-time event assessment,โ€ wrote Hoar, who was assigned to the USCP Intelligence and Inter-Agency Coordination Division. He has since left Capitol Police.

Solomonโ€™s report said in the two weeks leading up to January 6, USCP received โ€œdetailed warnings from the FBI, Homeland Security Department, the U.S. Marshals Service and D.C. Metropolitan Police that right-wing extremists were plotting to storm the Capitol and attack lawmakers.โ€

Hoar said he hoped his memo would โ€œprovide insight to help prevent another disaster.โ€

โ€œThe notion that valid intelligence is trumped by optics or political decisions is unacceptable and puts lives in danger,โ€ he wrote.

Byย Joseph M. Hanneman

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