Colossal breakdown: FBI warning not fully shared before Capitol riot; police lacked training, gear Nicholas Wu, Kevin Johnson, Christal Hayes and Matthew Brown, USA TODAY
Capitol riot: FBI s warning not fully shared, police lacked training, gear
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Top Capitol law enforcement officials Tuesday described cascading intelligence breakdowns before the deadly Jan. 6 riots, including failure to adequately distribute an ominous bulletin provided by the FBI the night before warning that protesters were preparing for war.
In the first public testimony from officials tasked with the security strategy, former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund told a joint Senate investigating committee that the FBI report prepared by agents in the bureau s office in Norfolk, Virginia, was received by the police department s intelligence division but was never shared with the agency s command staff.