danger of a whole different magnitude. meanwhile gellman writes the justice department and the fbi are, quote, chasing down the foot soldiers of january 6th but there is no public sign they re building cases against the men and women who sent those foot soldiers. absent consequences they will certainly try again. an unpunished plot is practice for the next one. joining us now is barton gellman staff writer at the atlantic who is the author of today s cover story january 6th was practice. mr. gellman, it is a pleasure to have you here. thank you for terrifying me once again. thank you for making time to be here tonight. thank you for having me on and for reading my stories. i don t want to publish anything else. i only want you to read my stories aloud. anything you publish i will read. i m telling you and i will read them out loud for the most part i will promise you. let me ask you in terms of the elements i chose to read and present on the air let me ask you if i have the imp