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#23349199 at 2025-07-19 16:28:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #28455: OBAMAGATE Edition

'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#23349196 at 2025-07-19 16:27:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #28455: OBAMAGATE Edition

D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#23187998 at 2025-06-16 16:07:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #28275: GM Moab Monday Shout Out To No Kings, Ready For Peace With Iran Edition

>>23187994
>>23187989
>>23187984
'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#22960216 at 2025-04-27 11:19:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #28022: Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter Edition

#22844545 at 2025-03-31 03:04:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27895: All Things - ALL THE THINGS - In Due Time Edition

#22816519 at 2025-03-25 01:44:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27866: Signal? OPA!! Canary palm tree? Edition

>>22816517
'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#22816514 at 2025-03-25 01:43:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27866: Signal? OPA!! Canary palm tree? Edition

>>22816512
D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#22778178 at 2025-03-18 02:01:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27823: EBAKE Comfy before Digits Edition

#22728877 at 2025-03-09 05:53:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27767: USA and The World news edition

Brookline PD
@BrooklineMAPD
We are looking to identify this suspect who was seen tagging Tesla vehicles with Elon Musk decals.

When confronted the suspect claimed he has the right to deface the property of others because it's his "free speech."

Contact Detective Ryan McCarthy 617-730-2710 with any info.

https://x.com/BrooklineMAPD/status/1896985826489516309

#22726496 at 2025-03-08 20:59:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27764: Trump's Reset Is Best Reset Ever - REEEEEEESET Edition

Brookline PD
@BrooklineMAPD

We are looking to identify this suspect who was seen tagging Tesla vehicles with Elon Musk decals.

When confronted the suspect claimed he has the right to deface the property of others because it's his "free speech."

Contact Detective Ryan McCarthy 617-730-2710 with any info.

1:07 PM ? Mar 4, 2025
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(These lefties sure are smart)

https://x.com/BrooklineMAPD/status/1896985826489516309

#22620966 at 2025-02-20 20:32:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27639: Votes 51 - 49 KASH CONFIRMED = All Others Pay Edition

REMINDER: LIST of NAMES IN KASH PATEL's BOOK GOVERNMENT GANGSTERS

* Michael Atkinson: Ex-Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

* Lloyd Austin: US Secretary of Defense.

* Brian Auten: FBI official who oversaw the agency's inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election

* James Baker: FBI's former general counsel

* Bill Barr: Attorney general under Trump

* John Bolton: Trump's one-time national security adviser

* Stephen Boyd: Fomer head of legislative affairs at the Justice Department

* Joe Biden: President of the United States

* John Brennan: Former CIA director under President Barack Obama

* John Carlin: Former acting deputy attorney general

* Eric Ciaramella: Former Ukraine director of the National Security Council under Obama

* Pat Cipollone: Former White House counsel under Trump

* James Clapper: Former director of national intelligence during the Obama administration

* Hillary Clinton: Former Secretary of State

* James Comey: Ex-FBI Director

* Elizabeth Dibble: Former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in London.

* Mark Esper: Secretary of Defense under Trump.

* Alyssa Farah Griffin: Former director of strategic communications

* Evelyn Farkas: Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia

* Merrick Garland: U.S. attorney general.

* Stephanie Grisham: Trump's former press secretary

* Kamala Harris: US Vice President

* Gina Haspel: Former CIA director

* Fiona Hill: Former National Security Council official

* Curtis Heide: FBI supervisory agent

* Eric Holder: Attorney general during the Obama administration

* Robert Her: Justice Department special counsel

* Cassidy Hutchinson: Former aide to Trump's ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows

* Nina Jankowicz: Former executive director of the Disinformation Governance Board during the Biden administration

* Samantha Power: Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development under Biden and former ambassador to the United Nations under Obama.

* Bill Priestap: Former assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division.

* Susan Rice: Former national security adviser to Obama.

* Rod Rosenstein: Former deputy attorney general who appointed Mueller to oversee the Trump-Russia investigation.

* Peter Strzok: Former deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division who criticized Trump in private texts with Lisa Page.

* Jake Sullivan: Biden's national security adviser.

* Michael Sussmann: Former Democratic lawyer who was charged with lying to the FBI; and was acquitted in 2022.

* Miles Taylor: Former Department of Homeland Security official during the Trump administration

* Timothy Thibault: Former assistant special agent at the FBI's field office in Washington, D.C.

* Andrew Weissmann: Former DOJ official

* Alexander Vindman: Former Director for European Affairs who testified against Trump during his first impeachment proceeding.

* Christopher Wray: FBI Director

* Sally Yates: Former acting attorney general under Trump

* Lois Lerner: Former director of the Internal Revenue Service under Obama.

* Charles Kupperman: Former deputy national security adviser during Trump's first term.

* Kenneth Mackenzie: Former head of the United States Central Command and retired Marine Corps General.

* Andrew McCabe: Former deputy FBI director during Trump's first term.

* Ryan McCarthy: Former secretary of the Army under Trump.

* Mary McCord: Justice Department's former acting assistant attorney general for national security during the Obama administration.

* Denis McDonough: Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Obama's one-time chief of staff.

* Mark Milley: Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who called Trump "fascist" and said he was "the most dangerous person to this country."

* Lisa Monaco: Deputy U.S. attorney general.

* Sally Moyer: Former supervisory lawyer at the FBI.

* Robert Mueller: Former FBI director and special counsel who investigated links between the Trump campaign and Russia-linked individuals.

* Bruce Ohr: Former associate deputy attorney general who was heavily criticized by Trump and his allies over his contact with the former British spy Christopher Steele, who wrote the so-called Steele dossier..

* Nellie Ohr: Ohr's wife, a former CIA employee who later worked as an independent contractor for Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned the Steele dossier.

* Lisa Page: former FBI lawyer who criticized Trump in text messages with FBI official Peter Strzok.

* Pat Philbin: Former deputy White House counsel under Trump.

* John Podesta: Senior adviser to Biden

#22606061 at 2025-02-18 15:33:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27622: $how US The KASH On This Melania Tuesday For The WIN$ Edition

#22585212 at 2025-02-15 01:37:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27598: CZARS Edition

>>22585206
Military.com reviewed the menus at those kiosks and found that it's virtually impossible for soldiers to stay within healthy nutrition guidelines, with most offerings being heavy in sugar and low in protein. The service's previous top enlisted leader, Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, sought to heavily invest in healthy foods, seeking to feed soldiers more like professional athletes and dramatically expand meal options to include fresh protein shakes. But those efforts never came to fruition after getting snagged in bureaucratic difficulties.

-"Stealing food money from our soldiers is not how we achieve military readiness," Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, whose district includes Schofield Barracks, told Military.com when presented with the numbers. "The fact that at least $151 million was collected from soldiers and not spent on food as required demands not just an immediate investigation, but swift accountability."

Army officials declined to answer detailed, or even broad, questions about how so much money is diverted and how budgets for food are decided. The service also declined to make any senior officials available on the record for interviews.

Maj. Andrea Kelly, an Army spokesperson, told Military.com in a statement the service only uses funds "needed to feed the projected number of meals based on previous head counts," meaning historic attendance at dining facilities dictates how much food is purchased.

In the past, service officials have pointed to a lack of attendance at Army dining facilities, saying resources are continually stripped because of a perception of dwindling interest.

Reports from service members frequently describe undercooked meat, unseasoned meals, a lack of fresh ingredients, and unhealthy menu options. The substandard, and sometimes dangerous, food in turn leads to fewer soldiers using the facilities – a downward spiral that results in even less money being spent on meals.

"The Army should be making improvements," said Rob Evans, the creator of Hots & Cots, a Yelp-style app where soldiers review military housing and dining facilities. "You wouldn't use this logic with recruiting. The Army doesn't take away recruiting resources just because of a bad year."

The issue is not new. In 2020, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, who has since left Congress, pressed then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on the matter during a budget hearing, saying the Army is either "wasting half the food, or the money is not being spent on the soldiers' food and it's being spent on something it's not appropriated for." However, there was seemingly no follow-up to that inquiry, which came just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following is data for the Army's 2024 fiscal year, which ran from October 1 2023 to Sept. 30, 2024. The rounded data shows the total amount of money collected for food from soldiers stationed at each installation against the money ultimately spent on food:

Fort Stewart, Georgia:
Money collected from soldiers: $17 million
Money spent on food: $2.1 million

Fort Drum, New York:
Money collected from soldiers: $18.2 million
Money spent on food: $3.9 million

Fort Carson, Colorado:
Money collected from soldiers: $22 million
Money spent on food: $5 million

Fort Riley, Kansas:
Money collected from soldiers: $19.1 million
Money spent on food: $5.1 million

Fort Bliss, Texas:
Money collected from soldiers: $22 million
Money spent on food: $11 million

Fort Cavazos, Texas:
Money collected from soldiers: $42.5 million
Money spent on food: $11.7 million

Fort Bragg, North Carolina:
Money collected from soldiers: $34.6 million
Money spent on food: $16.6 million

Fort Campbell, Kentucky:
Money collected from soldiers: $18 million
Money spent on food: $5.1 million

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii:
Money collected from soldiers: $14.5 million
Money spent on food: $5.3 million

Fort Wainwright, Alaska:
Money collected from soldiers: $9 million
Money spent on food: $3 million

Fort Richardson, Alaska:
Money collected from soldiers: $7.5 million
Money spent on food: $4 million

https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2025/02/14/over-151-million-taken-soldiers-paychecks-food-costs-spent-elsewhere-army.html

#22579937 at 2025-02-14 05:14:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27592: What Does Tommorow Bring? Edition

>>22579914
>>22579936
>>22579934
D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#22303702 at 2025-01-06 19:02:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27280: Presidential Certification #Trump47 Edition

Army secretary, Pentagon stymied National Guard on Jan. 6; inspector general covered it up, report says

Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight says top members of Jan. 6 Select Committee should face investigation.
The Pentagon dismissed an order from President Donald J. Trump to use the National Guard to ensure safety on Jan. 6, intentionally delayed Guard deployment for hours, lied about it to congressional leaders, and used its own inspector general to cover it all up, a U.S. House report concludes.

After a two-year investigation, the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight put the blame for failure to get National Guard troops to the U.S. Capitol on former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, two Pentagon Army generals, and Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.

"Over the past 24 months of this investigation, my subcommittee staff have faced incredible obstacles in pursuit of the truth; missing and deleted documents, hidden evidence, unaccounted-for video footage, and uncooperative bureaucrats," said U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the subcommittee.

'Incredibly, it would take nearly four years for video footage to emerge of Speaker Pelosi - in a rare moment of true leadership - admitting that she was fully responsible.'

"This report reveals that there was not just one single cause for what happened at the U.S. Capitol on January 6; but it was a series of intelligence, security, and leadership failures at several levels and numerous entities," Loudermilk wrote in the report, set for release on Dec. 17.

"Even amid multiple failures, there were two common elements that significantly contributed to the security issues: an excessive amount of political influence on critical decisions, and a greater concern over the optics than for protecting life and property," Loudermilk wrote.

The Pentagon failures were covered up and made worse by the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, which issued a report "that contains fabricated information, ignores crucial information, fails to interview key individuals, and appears to have collaborated with DoD to portray a false narrative," the report said.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/army-secretary-pentagon-stymied-national-guard-on-jan-6-inspector-general-covered-it-up-report-says

#22205513 at 2024-12-21 17:19:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27171: Operation Donkey Removal Edition

#22205505 at 2024-12-21 17:18:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27171: Operation Donkey Removal Edition

#22181803 at 2024-12-17 18:44:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27147: WORDS MATTER Edition

#22114184 at 2024-12-05 20:34:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27070: Patriots are SELFLESS. Edition

>>22114180
2/2
Robert Her: Justice Department special counsel who investigated Joe Biden's handling of classified government documents.
Cassidy Hutchinson: former aide to Trump's ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who testified to Congress' January 6 select committee about Trump's actions related to the Capitol riot.
Nina Jankowicz: former executive director of the Disinformation Governance Board during the Biden administration.
Lois Lerner: former director of the Internal Revenue Service under Obama.
Charles Kupperman: former deputy national security adviser during Trump's first term.
Kenneth Mackenzie: former head of the United States Central Command and retired Marine Corps General.
Andrew McCabe: former deputy FBI director during Trump's first term.
Ryan McCarthy: former secretary of the Army under Trump.
Mary McCord: the Justice Department's former acting assistant attorney general for national security during the Obama administration.
Denis McDonough: former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Obama's one-time chief of staff.
Mark Milley: former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who called Trump "fascist" and was "the most dangerous person to this country."
Lisa Monaco: deputy U.S. attorney general.
Sally Moyer: supervisory lawyer at the FBI.
Robert Mueller: former FBI director and special counsel who investigated links between the Trump campaign and Russia-linked individuals.
Bruce Ohr: former associate deputy attorney general who was heavily criticized by Trump over his contact with the former British spy Christopher Steele, who wrote the Steele dossier.
Nellie Ohr: Ohr's wife, a former CIA employee who later worked as an independent contractor for Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned the Steele dossier.

Lisa Page: former FBI lawyer who criticized Trump in text messages with FBI official Peter Strzok.
Pat Philbin: former deputy White House counsel under Trump.
John Podesta: senior adviser to Biden, Bill Clinton's former White House chief of staff, former counselor to Obama, and the chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
Samantha Power: administrator of the United States Agency for International Development under Biden and former ambassador to the United Nations under Obama.

Bill Priestap: former assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division.
Susan Rice: former national security adviser to Obama.
Rod Rosenstein: former deputy attorney general who appointed Mueller to oversee the Trump-Russia investigation.
Peter Strzok: former deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division who criticized Trump in private texts with Lisa Page.
Jake Sullivan: Biden's national security adviser.
Michael Sussmann: former Democratic lawyer who was charged with lying to the FBIS and acquitted in 2022.
Miles Taylor: former Department of Homeland Security official during the Trump administration who later wrote an opinion piece criticizing Trump.
Timothy Thibault: former assistant special agent at the FBI's field office in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Weissmann: former DOJ official and former assistant U.S. attorney who served as Mueller's second-in-command during the Russia probe.
Alexander Vindman: former Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council under Trump. Vindman testified against Trump during his first impeachment proceeding.
Christopher Wray: director of the FBI.
Sally Yates: former acting attorney general under Trump and former deputy attorney general under Obama.

#22109061 at 2024-12-05 00:38:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27065: France FALLS! Edition

>>22109027
will be interesting to see how many of them are pardoned
>>22107428 (pb #27063)
KASH's Prosecution list

Michael Atkinson – Former inspector general of the intelligence community

Lloyd Austin – Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden

Brian Auten – Supervisory intelligence analyst, FBI

James Baker – Former general counsel for the FBI and Twitter executive

Bill Barr – Former attorney general under Trump

John Bolton – Former national security adviser under Trump

Stephen Boyd – Former chief of legislative affairs, FBI

Joe Biden – President of the United States

John Brennan – Former CIA director under President Obama

John Carlin – Former DOJ national security division head under Trump

Eric Ciaramella – Former National Security Council staffer

Pat Cipollone – Former White House counsel under Trump

James Clapper – Former director of national intelligence under Obama

Hillary Clinton – Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate

James Comey – Former FBI director

Elizabeth Dibble – Former deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy, London

Mark Esper – Former Secretary of Defense under Trump

Alyssa Farah – Former strategic communications director under Trump

Evelyn Farkas – Former Pentagon official under Obama

Sarah Isgur Flores – Former DOJ communications head under Trump

Merrick Garland – Attorney General under Biden

Stephanie Grisham – Former White House press secretary under Trump

Kamala Harris – Vice President and former presidential candidate

Gina Haspel – Former CIA director under Trump

Fiona Hill – Former National Security Council staffer

Curtis Heide – FBI agent

Eric Holder – Former attorney general under Obama

Robert Hur – Special counsel for Biden document investigation

Cassidy Hutchinson – Former assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows

Nina Jankowicz – Former head of Biden's Disinformation Governance Board

Lois Lerner – Former IRS official under Obama

Loretta Lynch – Former attorney general under Obama

Charles Kupperman – Former deputy national security adviser under Trump

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) – Former CENTCOM commander

Andrew McCabe – Former FBI deputy director

Ryan McCarthy – Former Secretary of the Army under Trump

Mary McCord – Former DOJ national security division head

Denis McDonough – Former Obama chief of staff, current VA secretary

Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) – Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Lisa Monaco – Deputy attorney general under Biden

Robert Mueller – Former FBI director and Russiagate special counsel

Bruce Ohr – Former DOJ official under Obama and Trump

Nellie Ohr – Former CIA employee

Lisa Page – Former FBI counsel

Pat Philbin – Former deputy White House counsel under Trump

John Podesta – Former Obama adviser, current Biden climate adviser

Samantha Power – Former U.N. ambassador under Obama, current USAID administrator

Bill Priestap – Former FBI counterintelligence chief

Susan Rice – Former Obama national security adviser

Rod Rosenstein – Former deputy attorney general under Trump

Peter Strzok – Former FBI counterintelligence agent

Jake Sullivan – National Security Adviser under Biden

Michael Sussman – Former DNC lawyer

Miles Taylor – Former DHS official under Trump

Timothy Thibault – Former FBI agent

Andrew Weissman – Mueller's Russiagate deputy

Alexander Vindman – Former National Security Council official

Christopher Wray – Current FBI director under Trump and Biden

Sally Yates – Former deputy attorney general under Obama

Adam Schiff – Senator-elect and former House Intelligence Committee chairman

https://wokespy.com/incoming-fbi-director-kash-patel-releases-60-deep-state-names-hes-going-after/

#22107648 at 2024-12-04 20:14:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27063: "Iran Iran Iran" Is The New "Russia Russia Russia" Edition

Kash's Prosecution list.

Michael Atkinson - Former inspector general of the intelligence community
Lloyd Austin - Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden
Brian Auten - Supervisory intelligence analyst, FBI
James Baker - Former general counsel for the FBI and Twitter executive
Bill Barr - Former attorney general under Trump
John Bolton - Former national security adviser under Trump
Stephen Boyd - Former chief of legislative affairs, FBI
Joe Biden - President of the United States
John Brennan - Former CIA director under President Obama
John Carlin - Former DOJ national security division head under Trump
Eric Ciaramella - Former National Security Council staffer
Pat Cipollone - Former White House counsel under Trump
James Clapper - Former director of national intelligence under Obama
Hillary Clinton - Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate
James Comey - Former FBI director
Elizabeth Dibble - Former deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy, London
Mark Esper - Former Secretary of Defense under Trump
Alyssa Farah - Former strategic communications director under Trump
Evelyn Farkas - Former Pentagon official under Obama
Sarah Isgur Flores - Former DOJ communications head under Trump
Merrick Garland - Attorney General under Biden
Stephanie Grisham - Former White House press secretary under Trump
Kamala Harris - Vice President and former presidential candidate
Gina Haspel - Former CIA director under Trump
Fiona Hill - Former National Security Council staffer
Curtis Heide - FBI agent
Eric Holder - Former attorney general under Obama
Robert Hur - Special counsel for Biden document investigation
Cassidy Hutchinson - Former assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Nina Jankowicz - Former head of Biden's Disinformation Governance Board
Lois Lerner - Former IRS official under Obama
Loretta Lynch - Former attorney general under Obama
Charles Kupperman - Former deputy national security adviser under Trump
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) - Former CENTCOM commander
Andrew McCabe - Former FBI deputy director
Ryan McCarthy - Former Secretary of the Army under Trump
Mary McCord - Former DOJ national security division head
Denis McDonough - Former Obama chief of staff, current VA secretary
Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) - Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lisa Monaco - Deputy attorney general under Biden
Robert Mueller - Former FBI director and Russiagate special counsel
Bruce Ohr - Former DOJ official under Obama and Trump
Nellie Ohr - Former CIA employee
Lisa Page - Former FBI counsel
Pat Philbin - Former deputy White House counsel under Trump
John Podesta - Former Obama adviser, current Biden climate adviser
Samantha Power - Former U.N. ambassador under Obama, current USAID administrator
Bill Priestap - Former FBI counterintelligence chief
Susan Rice - Former Obama national security adviser
Rod Rosenstein - Former deputy attorney general under Trump
Peter Strzok - Former FBI counterintelligence agent
Jake Sullivan - National Security Adviser under Biden
Michael Sussman - Former DNC lawyer
Miles Taylor - Former DHS official under Trump
Timothy Thibault - Former FBI agent
Andrew Weissman - Mueller's Russiagate deputy
Alexander Vindman - Former National Security Council official
Christopher Wray - Current FBI director under Trump and Biden
Sally Yates - Former deputy attorney general under Obama
Adam Schiff - Senator-elect and former House Intelligence Committee chairman

https://wokespy.com/incoming-fbi-director-kash-patel-releases-60-deep-state-names-hes-going-after/

#22107428 at 2024-12-04 19:22:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27063: "Iran Iran Iran" Is The New "Russia Russia Russia" Edition

KASH's Prosecution list

Michael Atkinson - Former inspector general of the intelligence community
Lloyd Austin - Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden
Brian Auten - Supervisory intelligence analyst, FBI
James Baker - Former general counsel for the FBI and Twitter executive
Bill Barr - Former attorney general under Trump
John Bolton - Former national security adviser under Trump
Stephen Boyd - Former chief of legislative affairs, FBI
Joe Biden - President of the United States
John Brennan - Former CIA director under President Obama
John Carlin - Former DOJ national security division head under Trump
Eric Ciaramella - Former National Security Council staffer
Pat Cipollone - Former White House counsel under Trump
James Clapper - Former director of national intelligence under Obama
Hillary Clinton - Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate
James Comey - Former FBI director
Elizabeth Dibble - Former deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy, London
Mark Esper - Former Secretary of Defense under Trump
Alyssa Farah - Former strategic communications director under Trump
Evelyn Farkas - Former Pentagon official under Obama
Sarah Isgur Flores - Former DOJ communications head under Trump
Merrick Garland - Attorney General under Biden
Stephanie Grisham - Former White House press secretary under Trump
Kamala Harris - Vice President and former presidential candidate
Gina Haspel - Former CIA director under Trump
Fiona Hill - Former National Security Council staffer
Curtis Heide - FBI agent
Eric Holder - Former attorney general under Obama
Robert Hur - Special counsel for Biden document investigation
Cassidy Hutchinson - Former assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Nina Jankowicz - Former head of Biden's Disinformation Governance Board
Lois Lerner - Former IRS official under Obama
Loretta Lynch - Former attorney general under Obama
Charles Kupperman - Former deputy national security adviser under Trump
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) - Former CENTCOM commander
Andrew McCabe - Former FBI deputy director
Ryan McCarthy - Former Secretary of the Army under Trump
Mary McCord - Former DOJ national security division head
Denis McDonough - Former Obama chief of staff, current VA secretary
Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) - Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lisa Monaco - Deputy attorney general under Biden
Robert Mueller - Former FBI director and Russiagate special counsel
Bruce Ohr - Former DOJ official under Obama and Trump
Nellie Ohr - Former CIA employee
Lisa Page - Former FBI counsel
Pat Philbin - Former deputy White House counsel under Trump
John Podesta - Former Obama adviser, current Biden climate adviser
Samantha Power - Former U.N. ambassador under Obama, current USAID administrator
Bill Priestap - Former FBI counterintelligence chief
Susan Rice - Former Obama national security adviser
Rod Rosenstein - Former deputy attorney general under Trump
Peter Strzok - Former FBI counterintelligence agent
Jake Sullivan - National Security Adviser under Biden
Michael Sussman - Former DNC lawyer
Miles Taylor - Former DHS official under Trump
Timothy Thibault - Former FBI agent
Andrew Weissman - Mueller's Russiagate deputy
Alexander Vindman - Former National Security Council official
Christopher Wray - Current FBI director under Trump and Biden
Sally Yates - Former deputy attorney general under Obama
Adam Schiff - Senator-elect and former House Intelligence Committee chairman

https://wokespy.com/incoming-fbi-director-kash-patel-releases-60-deep-state-names-hes-going-after/

>>22107414

#22107393 at 2024-12-04 19:13:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27062: Where Is Hegseth NOW? Edition

KASH's Prosecution list:

Michael Atkinson - Former inspector general of the intelligence community
Lloyd Austin - Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden
Brian Auten - Supervisory intelligence analyst, FBI
James Baker - Former general counsel for the FBI and Twitter executive
Bill Barr - Former attorney general under Trump
John Bolton - Former national security adviser under Trump
Stephen Boyd - Former chief of legislative affairs, FBI
Joe Biden - President of the United States
John Brennan - Former CIA director under President Obama
John Carlin - Former DOJ national security division head under Trump
Eric Ciaramella - Former National Security Council staffer
Pat Cipollone - Former White House counsel under Trump
James Clapper - Former director of national intelligence under Obama
Hillary Clinton - Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate
James Comey - Former FBI director
Elizabeth Dibble - Former deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy, London
Mark Esper - Former Secretary of Defense under Trump
Alyssa Farah - Former strategic communications director under Trump
Evelyn Farkas - Former Pentagon official under Obama
Sarah Isgur Flores - Former DOJ communications head under Trump
Merrick Garland - Attorney General under Biden
Stephanie Grisham - Former White House press secretary under Trump
Kamala Harris - Vice President and former presidential candidate
Gina Haspel - Former CIA director under Trump
Fiona Hill - Former National Security Council staffer
Curtis Heide - FBI agent
Eric Holder - Former attorney general under Obama
Robert Hur - Special counsel for Biden document investigation
Cassidy Hutchinson - Former assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Nina Jankowicz - Former head of Biden's Disinformation Governance Board
Lois Lerner - Former IRS official under Obama
Loretta Lynch - Former attorney general under Obama
Charles Kupperman - Former deputy national security adviser under Trump
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) - Former CENTCOM commander
Andrew McCabe - Former FBI deputy director
Ryan McCarthy - Former Secretary of the Army under Trump
Mary McCord - Former DOJ national security division head
Denis McDonough - Former Obama chief of staff, current VA secretary
Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) - Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lisa Monaco - Deputy attorney general under Biden
Robert Mueller - Former FBI director and Russiagate special counsel
Bruce Ohr - Former DOJ official under Obama and Trump
Nellie Ohr - Former CIA employee
Lisa Page - Former FBI counsel
Pat Philbin - Former deputy White House counsel under Trump
John Podesta - Former Obama adviser, current Biden climate adviser
Samantha Power - Former U.N. ambassador under Obama, current USAID administrator
Bill Priestap - Former FBI counterintelligence chief
Susan Rice - Former Obama national security adviser
Rod Rosenstein - Former deputy attorney general under Trump
Peter Strzok - Former FBI counterintelligence agent
Jake Sullivan - National Security Adviser under Biden
Michael Sussman - Former DNC lawyer
Miles Taylor - Former DHS official under Trump
Timothy Thibault - Former FBI agent
Andrew Weissman - Mueller's Russiagate deputy
Alexander Vindman - Former National Security Council official
Christopher Wray - Current FBI director under Trump and Biden
Sally Yates - Former deputy attorney general under Obama
Adam Schiff - Senator-elect and former House Intelligence Committee chairman

https://wokespy.com/incoming-fbi-director-kash-patel-releases-60-deep-state-names-hes-going-after/

#22096957 at 2024-12-03 01:26:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27050: Who Would Need To Be Pardoned When They Have Done Nothing Wrong? Edition

>>22096948
Kamala Harris: Vice President of the United States and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.
Gina Haspel: former CIA director under Trump.
Fiona Hill: former National Security Council official under Trump specializing in Russia and Ukraine. Hill was one of the officials who testified at Trump's first impeachment proceeding.
Curtis Heide: FBI supervisory agent who was investigated for "not identifying exculpatory information as it pertained to one of the Crossfire Hurricane investigations," referring to the FBI's codename for the 2016 Russia inquiry.
Eric Holder: attorney general during the Obama administration.
Robert Her: Justice Department special counsel who investigated Joe Biden's handling of classified government documents.
Cassidy Hutchinson: former aide to Trump's ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who testified to Congress' January 6 select committee about Trump's actions related to the Capitol riot.
Nina Jankowicz: former executive director of the Disinformation Governance Board during the Biden administration.
Lois Lerner: former director of the Internal Revenue Service under Obama.
Charles Kupperman: former deputy national security adviser during Trump's first term.
Kenneth Mackenzie: former head of the United States Central Command and retired Marine Corps General.
Andrew McCabe: former deputy FBI director during Trump's first term.
Ryan McCarthy: former secretary of the Army under Trump.
Mary McCord: the Justice Department's former acting assistant attorney general for national security during the Obama administration.
Denis McDonough: former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Obama's one-time chief of staff.
Mark Milley: former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who called Trump "fascist" and said he was "the most dangerous person to this country."
Lisa Monaco: deputy U.S. attorney general.
Sally Moyer: former supervisory lawyer at the FBI.
Robert Mueller: former FBI director and special counsel who investigated links between the Trump campaign and Russia-linked individuals.
Bruce Ohr: former associate deputy attorney general who was heavily criticized by Trump and his allies over his contact with the former British spy Christopher Steele, who wrote the so-called Steele dossier..
Nellie Ohr: Ohr's wife, a former CIA employee who later worked as an independent contractor for Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned the Steele dossier.
Lisa Page: former FBI lawyer who criticized Trump in text messages with FBI official Peter Strzok.
Pat Philbin: former deputy White House counsel under Trump.
John Podesta: senior adviser to Biden, Bill Clinton's former White House chief of staff, former counselor to Obama, and the chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
Samantha Power: administrator of the United States Agency for International Development under Biden and former ambassador to the United Nations under Obama.
Bill Priestap: former assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division.
Susan Rice: former national security adviser to Obama.
Rod Rosenstein: former deputy attorney general who appointed Mueller to oversee the Trump-Russia investigation.
Peter Strzok: former deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division who criticized Trump in private texts with Lisa Page.
Jake Sullivan: Biden's national security adviser.
Michael Sussmann: former Democratic lawyer who was charged with lying to the FBI; Sussmann was acquitted in 2022.
Miles Taylor: former Department of Homeland Security official during the Trump administration who later wrote an anonymous opinion piece criticizing Trump. Taylor later admitted to writing the piece.
Timothy Thibault: former assistant special agent at the FBI's field office in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Weissmann: former DOJ official and former assistant U.S. attorney who served as Mueller's second-in-command during the Russia probe.
Alexander Vindman: former Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council under Trump. Vindman testified against Trump during his first impeachment proceeding.
Christopher Wray: director of the FBI.
Sally Yates: former acting attorney general under Trump and former deputy attorney general under Obama. Trump fired Yates weeks into his first term after she refused to enforce his executive order instating an immigration ban on individuals coming from some Muslim-majority countries.

pt2

#21953783 at 2024-11-10 02:03:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26884: Buckle Up, Buttercups Edition

>>21953753
A former aide to the District of Columbia National Guard general who was in command during the 6 January insurrection has accused two top Army officers - including the brother of disgraced Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn - of lying to Congress in an attempt to blame DC national guard officials for delays in response to the worst attack on the Capitol since the 1814 Burning of Washington.

The accusations against General Charles Flynn, who served as the Army's deputy chief of staff for operations on 6 January, and then-Army staff director Lieutenant General Walter Piatt, were laid out in a memorandum authored by Colonel Earl Matthews, who was the top military legal aide to Major General William Walker that day.

The 36-page document, the existence and contents of which were first reported by Politico, is a rebuttal to a report the Defence Department's inspector general issued last month. That report accused General Walker of not immediately following an order to deploy troops to repel the horde of then-president Donald Trump's supporters who'd stormed the Capitol in hopes of preventing congress from certifying President Joe Biden's electoral college victory. General Walker, who since 26 April has served as the House of Representatives' Sergeant-at-Arms, has denied the allegations and called for the report to be retracted.

The memorandum by Col Matthews, a Harvard and Georgetown University-educated lawyer who served in top Pentagon and National Security Council roles during the Trump administration and holds graduate degrees from the National Intelligence University and Army War College, supports Gen Walker's version of events, which match a Defence Department chronology compiled by Army notetakers.

The memorandum alleges that the inspector general's report is "replete with factual inaccuracies" and singles out Generals Flynn and Piatt as "absolute and unmitigated liars" who "repeatedly and deliberately made false statements under oath" during a 15 June appearance before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In his June testimony, Gen Piatt recounted a conversation which he said occurred between then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Gen Walker during a conference call in which Mr McCarthy allegedly ordered him to prepare a "quick reaction force" of soldiers to aide capitol police at 2.30 pm that day.

"Immediately upon hearing the frantic request for assistance, [Mr McCarthy] asked [Gen Walker] how quickly the 40-member QRF could respond; [Gen Walker] stated the QRF could be ready to move in 20 minutes. [Mr McCarthy] directed {Gen Walker] to prepare to move the QRF to the Capitol Building and support the USCP, but to remain at the Armory until he confirmed approval from [Mr McCarthy]," Gen Piatt recalled.

According to Col Matthews - who still serves in the DC National Guard's Office of the Staff Judge Advocate - Gen Piatt's recollection was "drawn from whole cloth and did not occur," and was one of many repeated "false or misleading or statements" he made during his appearance before the committee that day.

Col Matthews also drew attention to a statement from Gen Flynn's testimony, in which the general told committee members that he directed a group of "40 officers and noncommissioned officers" who "immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, reacquaint them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol".

"[Gen] Flynn's sworn statement is so astounding on its face that it defies reason. If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Col Matthews wrote. He explained that the 154 guard members in question were already on duty, trained to deal with civil disturbances, and were properly outfitted and familiar with Washington, DC, but were delayed only "because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon".

Continuing, Col Matthews also took issue with statements both generals made in written responses to questions from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney on the matter of whether either officer expressed any concern with "optics" - the potential fallout from having images of soldiers in riot gear guarding the Capitol - during the attack.

According to former US Capitol Police chief Steven Sund, Gen Piatt's initial response to his 2.30 pm plea for national guard assistance was: "I don't like the visual of the National Guard standing a police line with the Capitol in the background."

#21943724 at 2024-11-08 17:39:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26872: TGIF We Are The News Edition

>>21943707

Michael Flynn's brother lied to Congress in Capitol riot testimony, ex-aide to top DC national guard general says
The report by a top DC national guard lawyer calls General Charles Flynn an 'absolute and unmitigated liar'

Andrew Feinberg

A former aide to the District of Columbia National Guard general who was in command during the 6 January insurrection has accused two top Army officers - including the brother of disgraced Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn - of lying to Congress in an attempt to blame DC national guard officials for delays in response to the worst attack on the Capitol since the 1814 Burning of Washington.

The accusations against General Charles Flynn, who served as the Army's deputy chief of staff for operations on 6 January, and then-Army staff director Lieutenant General Walter Piatt, were laid out in a memorandum authored by Colonel Earl Matthews, who was the top military legal aide to Major General William Walker that day.

The 36-page document, the existence and contents of which were first reported by Politico, is a rebuttal to a report the Defence Department's inspector general issued last month. That report accused General Walker of not immediately following an order to deploy troops to repel the horde of then-president Donald Trump's supporters who'd stormed the Capitol in hopes of preventing congress from certifying President Joe Biden's electoral college victory. General Walker, who since 26 April has served as the House of Representatives' Sergeant-at-Arms, has denied the allegations and called for the report to be retracted.

The memorandum by Col Matthews, a Harvard and Georgetown University-educated lawyer who served in top Pentagon and National Security Council roles during the Trump administration and holds graduate degrees from the National Intelligence University and Army War College, supports Gen Walker's version of events, which match a Defence Department chronology compiled by Army notetakers.

The memorandum alleges that the inspector general's report is "replete with factual inaccuracies" and singles out Generals Flynn and Piatt as "absolute and unmitigated liars" who "repeatedly and deliberately made false statements under oath" during a 15 June appearance before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In his June testimony, Gen Piatt recounted a conversation which he said occurred between then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Gen Walker during a conference call in which Mr McCarthy allegedly ordered him to prepare a "quick reaction force" of soldiers to aide capitol police at 2.30 pm that day.

"Immediately upon hearing the frantic request for assistance, [Mr McCarthy] asked [Gen Walker] how quickly the 40-member QRF could respond; [Gen Walker] stated the QRF could be ready to move in 20 minutes. [Mr McCarthy] directed {Gen Walker] to prepare to move the QRF to the Capitol Building and support the USCP, but to remain at the Armory until he confirmed approval from [Mr McCarthy]," Gen Piatt recalled.

According to Col Matthews - who still serves in the DC National Guard's Office of the Staff Judge Advocate - Gen Piatt's recollection was "drawn from whole cloth and did not occur," and was one of many repeated "false or misleading or statements" he made during his appearance before the committee that day.

Col Matthews also drew attention to a statement from Gen Flynn's testimony, in which the general told committee members that he directed a group of "40 officers and noncommissioned officers" who "immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, reacquaint them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol".

"[Gen] Flynn's sworn statement is so astounding on its face that it defies reason. If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Col Matthews wrote. He explained that the 154 guard members in question were already on duty, trained to deal with civil disturbances, and were properly outfitted and familiar with Washington, DC, but were delayed only "because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon".

#21882621 at 2024-11-02 16:54:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26796: Time to get Ebake'd Edition

>>21882618
Trump and his soldiers: Here is how some defense leaders expect him to use the military
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If military lawyers interpret the deportation orders - which could involve millions of people - as legal, troops would be mandated to carry them out.

Trump will likely appoint cabinet members fully invested in his agenda who, unlike in his first term, won't push back as former Defense Secretaries Jim Mattis and Mark Esper did.

"He never really understood the role of the military and never understood that their primary oath is to the constitution and not to the president," said Leon Panetta, who served as Defense Secretary and CIA director under Obama.

"What he clearly will do is try to appoint civilians in key positions at the Pentagon, which will give him at least some capability to try to influence what happens with the military," Panetta said.

If those civilian officials issue orders that run counter to their interpretations of the constitution, such as mass deportation, Panetta expects widespread resignations among uniformed leaders.
Refusing to obey

"The military leaders that I know will refuse to obey an order that they believe violates their oath to the constitution," said Panetta, who still consults with officials at the Pentagon. "So, it may well be that we wind up losing a lot of members of the top military leadership if he continues to order them to do things that violate their oath."

Trump flirted with invoking the Insurrection Act in 2020, when protests swept the nation in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. As protesters converged in Washington, D.C., units from the 82nd Airborne moved towards the outskirts of the nation's capital to await orders to move in, according to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

In June 2020, Trump considered deploying troops to American cities to quash the demonstrations.

"If a city or a state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them," he said.

Trump hasn't given up the idea. And now, he says he wouldn't wait for permission from state and local leaders.

"In cities where there's been a complete breakdown of public safety, I will send in federal assets, including the National Guard, until law and order is restored," he said in an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference last year, adding: "We're not supposed to do that."

And at a rally in Davenport, Iowa, in March of last year, Trump said he would intervene to "get crime out of our cities," like New York and Chicago, which he branded "crime dens." Data shows violent crime in urban areas nationwide has dropped from a Pandemic-era peak.

He conceded that "you're supposed to not be involved in that, you just have to be asked by the governor or the mayor to come in."

"The next time," he said, "I'm not waiting."
Following through on threats

Hagel believes Trump will follow through on threats, including a military trial for critics like Cheney and using troops to persecute the "enemy within," a shifting category that has included Democratic lawmakers including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff, who led Trump's first impeachment trial in 2020.

"It's a threat to democracy," said Hagel, a former GOP senator from Nebraska. "It really strikes at the heart of a nation that's ruled by a constitution, that's a nation of laws, when you start using the military for your own personal agendas."

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung defended Trump's description of internal threats.

"President Trump is 100% correct," Cheung said in a statement. "Those who seek to undermine democracy by sowing chaos in our elections are a direct threat."

Asked if he agreed with Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general, that Trump fit the definition of a fascist, Reed demurred only slightly. Kelly, in an interview with the New York Times, also said that Trump had spoken admiringly of Hitler's generals.

"I'm very concerned that he would, regardless of the definition of fascist, act like one," Reed said.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/02/trump-military-second-term/75939448007/
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#21772927 at 2024-10-16 02:07:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26659: Onomatopoeia MARKER? #FLYFALCONFLY ATLANTA Edition

The Army falsely denied for days that Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, the brother of disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn, was involved in a key meeting during its heavily scrutinized response to the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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Charles Flynn confirmed in a statement issued to The Washington Post on Wednesday that he was in the room for a tense Jan. 6 phone call during which the Capitol Police and D.C. officials pleaded with the Pentagon to dispatch the National Guard urgently, but top Army officials expressed concern about having the Guard at the Capitol.
Flynn left the room before the meeting was over, anticipating that then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who was in another meeting, would soon take action to deploy more guard members, he said.
"I entered the room after the call began and departed prior to the call ending as I believed a decision was imminent from the Secretary and I needed to be in my office to assist in executing the decision," Flynn said.

#21663486 at 2024-09-26 22:27:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26529: Why Didn't She Do It?? Edition

>>21663302
Miley and Ryan McCarthy fucked up.
There are others that also conspired, not just those two.

A conspiracy of great proportions.

#21663428 at 2024-09-26 22:18:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26529: Why Didn't She Do It?? Edition

>>21663417
Cont.

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hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate
Rules Committee on the following day and sought Piatt's recollection of events in part because
the optics question had become a topic of concern for the Senate. According to Salesses,
"General Piatt told me yesterday that he did not say anything about optics." Piatt knew Salesses would repeat his false assertion before the Senate committees. Three separate police chiefs, five
D.C. National Guardsmen, at least three additional D.C. government officials, and two Army officers serving as notetakers at the Pentagon all heard Piatt cite the negative optics of uniformed
troops at the Capitol during the election certification as a reason that Piatt could not recommend
to the Secretary of the Army that D.C. National Guard deploy to the Capitol to support the U.S.
Capitol Police as the riot unfolded.
Lieutenant General Piatt also falsely claimed to various congressional committees and the
DoDIG that at roughly 2:25 PM, on January 6, 2021, on a call with D.C. Government officials,
U.S. Capitol Police Chief, Steven Sund, and D.C. Guard leaders, Secretary of the Army Ryan
McCarthy directed Major General Walker to prepare the QRF to move to the Capitol to support
the USCP, but to remain at the Armory until McCarthy gained approval. This is another of Piatt's absolute lies. First, Secretary McCarthy was not a participant on this call, which I personally helped to facilitate and which used a D.C. government phone bridge. District of
Columbia Government and D.C. National Guard personnel were on the call from its outset and
would have heard and remembered McCarthy's participation, yet none do. Indeed, we all say in
sworn testimony that McCarthy was not on the call. Secondly, on a call where I and many others
heard Piatt state that his best military advice to Secretary McCarthy would be for the D.C. Guard
not to deploy to the Capitol, Piatt was after the fact claiming that McCarthy had gone to get
immediate approval for such a deployment.

Lastly, Piatt and Flynn have both steadfastly and falsely claimed during multiple investigations that the QRF was not designed or postured to respond to civil disturbances. This is another lie. The QRF was organized, trained, equipped and postured only to respond to a civil disturbance or riot, which is why both the Acting Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army specifically mentioned this unit in memoranda, and placed tight restrictions on its employment. Piatt knew this. Why would the Secretary of the Army immediately order the 2:25
PM prepositioning of a QRF that Piatt and Flynn say was not equipped to deal with a civil
disturbance situation? Piatt's lies were beginning to conflict with each other.
The extent of General Flynn's duplicity is such that he claims in sworn testimony not to
have even been on a telephone conference call which multiple people have sworn that he was.
On June 15, 2021, in sworn testimony, Flynn declares to the House Oversight and Reform Committee: "I understand claims exist that I participated in the phone call taking place in the
Secretary of the Army's office, I did not." Here Flynn, blatantly lies to a congressional committee. Flynn was an active participant on the call from its beginning to its conclusion. I was
on the 2:30 PM call and spoke to both Piatt and Flynn personally.
When asked by the Select Committee on October 28, 2021, "Did you ever - Did you speak on that call?" Flynn states that he did not. Again, this is a lie. Again, I and multiple
people heard him speak on the call and told the Select Committee so. Four of us are now telling
this subcommittee so under oath. An investigative counsel with the Select Committee personally
told me that numerous individuals had corroborated to the Select Committee that Flynn was on
the 2:30 PM call. The Select Committee knew that General Flynn was being untruthful, but
excused and overlooked his lack of candor because the Select Committee was squarely focused
on matters it believed would embarrass or incriminate President Trump.

#21663302 at 2024-09-26 22:03:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26529: Why Didn't She Do It?? Edition

>>21663223

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13372839/DC-National-Guard-whistleblower-claims-Trump-stripped-commander-chief-powers-January-6.html

EXCLUSIVE DC

National Guard whistleblower claims Trump was stripped of his commander-in-chief powers on January 6
Donald Trump's authority as commander-in-chief was ignored by senior military leadership on January 6, 2021, claims the chief legal advisor for D.C. National Guard on that day.

Colonel Earl Matthews came forward as a whistleblower to the House subcommittee reviewing the January 6 Select Committee's investigation.

He sat down with DailyMail.com two weeks after the public hearing to explain what he saw happen that day.

He claims that Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, and then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, were plotting to disobey any orders handed down by Trump because they 'unreasonably' assumed the then-president was going to break the law and try to use the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

A lot has been made about the breakdown in military and administration communication when it came to the timeline of deploying DCNG to the Capitol.

But Matthews claims senior military leadership was solely focused on getting the heat off of them and putting it back onto Trump.

#21663223 at 2024-09-26 21:55:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26529: Why Didn't She Do It?? Edition

>>21663001 lb.
The Army falsely denied for days that Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, the brother of disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn, was involved in a key meeting during its heavily scrutinized response to the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Charles Flynn confirmed in a statement issued to The Washington Post on Wednesday that he was in the room for a tense Jan. 6 phone call during which the Capitol Police and D.C. officials pleaded with the Pentagon to dispatch the National Guard urgently, but top Army officials expressed concern about having the Guard at the Capitol.

Flynn left the room before the meeting was over, anticipating that then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who was in another meeting, would soon take action to deploy more guard members, he said.

"I entered the room after the call began and departed prior to the call ending as I believed a decision was imminent from the Secretary and I needed to be in my office to assist in executing the decision," Flynn said.

The general's presence during the call - which has not previously been reported - came weeks after his brother publicly suggested that President Donald Trump declare martial law and have the U.S. military oversee a redo of the election. There is no indication that Charles Flynn shares his brother's extreme views or discharged his duties at the Pentagon on Jan. 6 in any manner that was influenced by his brother.

It makes sense that Flynn, as the Army's deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training, would have been involved in the Pentagon response. The D.C. Guard answers to the president, but the president delegates control over the force to the defense secretary and the Army secretary, essentially leaving it to top Army officials to make critical decisions regarding the District's military force. Flynn, however, is not in the chain of command.

Supporters of President Trump crossed barricades and began marching toward the back of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (Video: The Washington Post)
The Army's initial denial of Flynn's participation in the critical Jan. 6 meeting, despite multiple inquiries on the matter, comes as lawmakers demand transparency from the Defense Department in the aftermath of one of Washington's gravest national security failures, which left one police officer and four rioters dead, the Capitol desecrated and the lives of Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress endangered.

The episode highlights the challenge for the Army in having an influential senior officer whose brother has become a central figure in QAnon, the extreme ideology that alleges Trump was waging a battle with Satan-worshiping Democrats who traffic children. Michael Flynn, who previously ran the Defense Intelligence Agency and left the Army as a three-star general, has espoused QAnon messages, and QAnon adherents are among those who have been charged in connection with the attempted insurrection. In November, Trump announced he had pardoned Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

The night before the Capitol siege, Michael Flynn addressed a crowd of Trump supporters at Freedom Plaza near the White House, saying: "This country is awake tomorrow. .?.?. The members, the members of Congress, the members of the House of Representatives, the members of the United States Senate, those of you who are feeling weak tonight .?.?. we the people are going to be here, and we want you to know that we will not stand for a lie."

McCarthy, who left office as the Trump administration concluded Wednesday, said in a Jan. 12 interview with The Post that he was not on the call, implying he could not address whether Flynn was. But he defended Flynn's character, saying he has known him for years.

"Charlie Flynn is an officer of an incredibly high integrity," McCarthy said. "Multiple combat tours. He has buried a lot of people. This guy has given a lot to this country. It is incredibly awkward for this officer every day for what is going on with him and his brother, but he puts his head down in, and he is locked in to serve the Constitution."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/flynn-national-guard-call-riot/2021/01/20/7f4f41ba-5b4c-11eb-aaad-93988621dd28_story.html

#21663011 at 2024-09-26 21:29:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26528: THE HOUR OF OUR TIME Edition

>>21663001
>>21662927
"I received a call directly from the Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy and at that time – at that point he had reviewed our request for the support of D.C. National Guard, and what he relayed to me this phone call was not what I initially thought that he would saying," Contee recounted in his interview. "He did not initially say, 'Yes, you get the National Guard responding and they're going to handle this traffic and crowd management that you asked for that they're going to be responding to handle it.'
"That was not what was stated. What was stated to me was that he was not inclined to fulfill the request with Guardsmen simply because the optics of it was bad," Conte added. "He said that he did not want to have boots on the ground on the – he didn't want to have boots on the ground anywhere near the Capitol is what was stated."
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Loudermilk said he is deeply concerned that Pentagon officials substituted their own personal politics for the president's instructions.
"President Trump directed senior DoD leaders to ensure events on J6 be safe. They ignored his guidance, prioritized optics concerns over security, and pushed a flawed narrative in their IG report," he wrote on the X social platform last week. "The American people deserve the full truth."
Eventually, the Pentagon approved less than 400 DC Guard troops to be used on traffic control. But documents gathered by Loudermilk's team show the DC Guard was told directly by McCarthy it could not use weapons or engage with protesters, a limitation that became magnified when violence broke out.
"DCNG are not authorized to perform any additional tasks or duties not authorized in this memorandum," McCarthy's staff wrote the National Guard commander on Jan. 5, 2021. "In addition, without my personal authorization, the DCNG is not authorized the following: a,) to be issued weapons, ammunition, bayonets, and batons. (Removed body armor and helmets)
"Addition: DCNG Soldiers have the inherent right to self?defense. DCNG Soldiers will store their helmets and body armor within vehicles or buildings in close proximity to their positions. In the event of an elevation of the threat requiring immediate donning of this equipment for self?defense, DCNG leadership will immediately notify the Secretary of Army," that email read
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WalkerOrder.pdf
Subsequently, on the afternoon of Jan. 6 when violence broke out, the Pentagon would eventually deploy hundreds more though it took hours to get them to reach the Capitol, a delay that frustrated Capitol Police.
The DC Homeland Security Coordinator Christopher Rodriguez told the Pentagon inspector general that the same concerns about political optics that nixed troops at the Capitol ahead of time may have factored into the delay on the afternoon of Jan. 6, noting a top Army official used the word "optics" during a call as emergency resources were being urgently sought to quell the violence at the Capitol.
"I do believe it was one of the generals that was on the line from Secretary of Army staff that I referred to," Rodriquez recalled.
When pressed about what he heard on the call, Rodriguez said: "It shocked me quite frankly. And we recognize that we might not be able to get an answer to getting needed support up to the Capitol in a timely fashion"
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#21663001 at 2024-09-26 21:28:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26528: THE HOUR OF OUR TIME Edition

>>21662927
JOHN SOLOMON ARTICLE ON JAN 6TH MENTIONED BY DJT
Bombshell transcripts: Trump urged use of troops to protect Capitol on Jan. 6 , but was rebuffed
Key lawmaker says interviews prove Pentagon wrongly allowed optics to overwhelm security concerns in lead-up to fateful day. The Pentagon's top brass did not comply with Trump's orders because of political concerns and "optics."
https://justthenews.com/accountability/watchdogs/bombshell-transcripts-trump-urged-use-troops-protect-capitol-jan-6-was
hen-President Donald Trump gave clear instructions to Pentagon brass days before the Jan. 6 riots to "do whatever it takes" to keep the U.S. Capitol safe, including deploying National Guard or active-duty troops, but top officials did not comply because of political concerns, according to transcripts of bombshell interviews conducted by the Defense Department's chief watchdog that shine new light on government disfunction ahead of the historic tragedy.
Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, confirmed to the Pentagon inspector general three years ago that during a Jan. 3, 2021, Oval Office meeting Trump pre-approved the use of National Guard or active duty troops to keep peace in the nation's capital on the day Congress was to certify the results of the 2020 election.
Milley's interviews were among several key to transcripts obtained by House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., and shared with Just the News.
"The President just says, 'Hey look at this. It's going to be a large amount of protesters come in here on the 6th, and make sure that you have sufficient National Guard or Soldiers to make sure it's a safe event,'" Milley told the inspector general in one of two interviews he did in spring 2021 during a probe of the Pentagon's response to Jan. 6.
Milley said then-Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, himself a former general, assured Trump there was an adequate safety plan for Pentagon assistance to Washington, D.C. "Miller responds by saying, 'Hey, we've got a plan, and we've got it covered.' And that's about it," Milley recalled.
"Just make sure it's safe"
Milley confirmed a second time during the interviews that Trump was clear in his wishes. "It was just what I just described, which was, 'Hey, I don't care if you use Guard, or soldiers, active-duty soldiers, do whatever you have to do. Just make sure it's safe," the general told the IG.
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The transcripts of Milley's April 8, 2021, and April 16, 2021, interviews confirm reporting by Just the News two years ago that Trump wanted troops to keep the capital city safe.
But other transcripts gathered by Loudermilk during his subcommittee's ongoing probe of Jan. 6 security failures show civilian leadership at the Pentagon admittedly openly they would not comply with Trump's wishes, with some saying they did not like the optics of armed soldiers or Guardsmen roaming the Capitol with weapons during what was supposed to be a peaceful transition of power.
"There was absolutely – there is absolutely no way I was putting U.S. military forces at the Capitol, period," Miller told the inspector general during his March 2021 interview.
Miller said officials instead used an interagency process to devise an alternative plan that would put some DC National Guard troops on the ground in the nation's capitol to direct traffic but not to guard the Capitol, a plan that District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser suggested.
"The operational plan was this, let's take the D.C. National Guard, keep them away from the Capitol. Let's put – the request, it wasn't my request, Bowser and her Metropolitan Police Department were like 'Let's put D.C. National Guard on traffic control points and at the Metro stations to free up credentialed law-enforcement officers that can go out and arrest people,'" Miller explained.
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Miller admitted there was a political calculus to his decision not to deploy troops near or at the Capitol ahead of time for preventative security.
"I hate to use the word optics because it's been used and so prejudicially and negatively. It wasn't the optics. It was like there was would have been huge political consequences that, because that's what I got paid to do. Is I had the factor in the politics of this and that was my concern is the situation does not warrant at this time U.S. military forces," he explained,
Pentagon refused to assist D.C. Police
Former District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee confirmed in his interview that Pentagon officials, specifically Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, resisted his department's initial request around New Year's Eve for troops in advance of Jan. 6, especially if they were to be deployed anywhere near the Capitol.
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#21662528 at 2024-09-26 20:30:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26528: THE HOUR OF OUR TIME Edition

Army now acknowledges the brother of Michael Flynn was a part of Army response to Capitol riot
Washington CNN - normal
The Army is now acknowledging that Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the brother of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, was in the room for one of the key January 6 phone calls in which DC government and US Capitol Police were asking for National Guard troops to quell the unfolding violence at the US Capitol.

The decision-making has come under scrutiny as city and Capitol Police officials have alleged that the Pentagon was slow to respond, while the Pentagon and Army maintain they never denied or delayed requests for the National Guard.

In official timelines released by the Department of Defense in the wake of the riot, Charles Flynn, the deputy chief of staff of the Army, was not listed as participating in any of the calls that day about mobilizing the National Guard to respond to the riot.

The Washington Post was the first to report Flynn's participation in the call.

"I entered the room after the call began and departed prior to the call ending, as I believed a decision was imminent from (then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy) and I needed to be in my office to assist in executing the decision," Flynn said in a statement released to CNN. There was no clear answer about how long Flynn was on the call or whether he contributed to the conversation.

The Washington Post reports that the Army "falsely denied for days that Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn" was involved in the key meetings. One of the officials who was on the call told CNN in the days following the insurrection at the Capitol that Flynn was not on the calls, but the military did not confirm his participation until Wednesday.

There is no indication that Charles Flynn agrees with his brother, who was a vocal adherent of disputing President Joe Biden's victory on behalf of the former president.

Michael Flynn, who was pardoned by Trump, had suggested in an Oval Office meeting that the President should invoke martial law as part of the effort to overturn the election, though others in the room pushed back on the idea, CNN previously reported. At a rally the day before the riot, Michael Flynn urged the crowd to dispute the election results.

"Those of you who are feeling weak tonight, those of you that don't have the moral fiber in your body, get some tonight because tomorrow, we the people are going to be here, and we want you to know that we will not stand for a lie," he said.

The official timeline from the office of then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller listed McCarthy, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, the city's deputy mayor, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Director Christopher Rodriguez, and Metropolitan Police Department leadership as participants on the call. Gen. Walter Piatt, director of the Army staff, was also on the call.

But there was no mention of the involvement of Charles Flynn, a three-star general who has already been approved by Congress for a fourth star. Flynn is responsible for operations, plans and training, but he is not part of the chain of command of the DC National Guard, and he does not have the authority to deploy troops.

The revelation comes as the Department of Defense is already trying to rebut accusations that it denied or delayed the deployment of additional troops as the riot worsened on Capitol Hill, eventually leaving five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. A DC official called the process of calling up more guardsmen "long" and "tortured."

Pentagon officials have repeatedly denied the accusations, insisting there were no intentional delays, though McCarthy on Monday told CNN the response was hampered by an "archaic system."

In the days leading up to January 6, Pentagon officials were sensitive to the deployment of troops on the streets of DC, particularly after the criticism they faced following the Army's response to June's protests. Nevertheless, the Pentagon deployed 340 members of the DC National Guard, asking both the city and the Capitol Police if they needed more troops. Both said no. But as the situation rapidly deteriorated on January 6, now-ousted Capitol Police Chief Stephen Sund and DC officials say military leaders waffled and were overly concerned about the public perception of more troops being deployed on the streets once again.

The open involvement of Charles Flynn, just one day after his brother, Michael Flynn, egged on Trump supports with cries of a stolen election and violent imagery, would have only increased that scrutiny. The elder Flynn was permanently banned from Twitter for promoting QAnon and spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the presidential election.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/michael-flynn-brother-capitol-hill-riot/index.html

#21500656 at 2024-08-29 13:34:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26343: Walls Are Closing In Edition

#21476180 at 2024-08-24 22:16:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26315: THE TRUTH IS COMFY AF Edition

>>21476165

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/michael-flynn-brother-capitol-hill-riot/index.html

Army now acknowledges the brother of Michael Flynn was a part of Army response to Capitol riot
Washington CNN - normal
The Army is now acknowledging that Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the brother of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, was in the room for one of the key January 6 phone calls in which DC government and US Capitol Police were asking for National Guard troops to quell the unfolding violence at the US Capitol.

The decision-making has come under scrutiny as city and Capitol Police officials have alleged that the Pentagon was slow to respond, while the Pentagon and Army maintain they never denied or delayed requests for the National Guard.

In official timelines released by the Department of Defense in the wake of the riot, Charles Flynn, the deputy chief of staff of the Army, was not listed as participating in any of the calls that day about mobilizing the National Guard to respond to the riot.

The Washington Post was the first to report Flynn's participation in the call.

"I entered the room after the call began and departed prior to the call ending, as I believed a decision was imminent from (then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy) and I needed to be in my office to assist in executing the decision," Flynn said in a statement released to CNN. There was no clear answer about how long Flynn was on the call or whether he contributed to the conversation.

The Washington Post reports that the Army "falsely denied for days that Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn" was involved in the key meetings. One of the officials who was on the call told CNN in the days following the insurrection at the Capitol that Flynn was not on the calls, but the military did not confirm his participation until Wednesday.

There is no indication that Charles Flynn agrees with his brother, who was a vocal adherent of disputing President Joe Biden's victory on behalf of the former president.

Michael Flynn, who was pardoned by Trump, had suggested in an Oval Office meeting that the President should invoke martial law as part of the effort to overturn the election, though others in the room pushed back on the idea, CNN previously reported. At a rally the day before the riot, Michael Flynn urged the crowd to dispute the election results.

"Those of you who are feeling weak tonight, those of you that don't have the moral fiber in your body, get some tonight because tomorrow, we the people are going to be here, and we want you to know that we will not stand for a lie," he said.

The official timeline from the office of then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller listed McCarthy, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, the city's deputy mayor, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Director Christopher Rodriguez, and Metropolitan Police Department leadership as participants on the call. Gen. Walter Piatt, director of the Army staff, was also on the call.

But there was no mention of the involvement of Charles Flynn, a three-star general who has already been approved by Congress for a fourth star. Flynn is responsible for operations, plans and training, but he is not part of the chain of command of the DC National Guard, and he does not have the authority to deploy troops.

The revelation comes as the Department of Defense is already trying to rebut accusations that it denied or delayed the deployment of additional troops as the riot worsened on Capitol Hill, eventually leaving five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. A DC official called the process of calling up more guardsmen "long" and "tortured."

Pentagon officials have repeatedly denied the accusations, insisting there were no intentional delays, though McCarthy on Monday told CNN the response was hampered by an "archaic system."

In the days leading up to January 6, Pentagon officials were sensitive to the deployment of troops on the streets of DC, particularly after the criticism they faced following the Army's response to June's protests. Nevertheless, the Pentagon deployed 340 members of the DC National Guard, asking both the city and the Capitol Police if they needed more troops. Both said no. But as the situation rapidly deteriorated on January 6, now-ousted Capitol Police Chief Stephen Sund and DC officials say military leaders waffled and were overly concerned about the public perception of more troops being deployed on the streets once again.

The open involvement of Charles Flynn, just one day after his brother, Michael Flynn, egged on Trump supports with cries of a stolen election and violent imagery, would have only increased that scrutiny. The elder Flynn was permanently banned from Twitter for promoting QAnon and spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the presidential election.

#21402876 at 2024-08-13 03:41:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26229: Musk-Trump MAGA Interview Edition

>>21402873
'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#21377509 at 2024-08-09 03:49:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26199: D's falling Edition

#21144065 at 2024-07-05 19:23:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25915: It Never Gets Easier, You Just Get Better Edition

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'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#21144058 at 2024-07-05 19:21:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25915: It Never Gets Easier, You Just Get Better Edition

#21088267 at 2024-06-26 04:31:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25850: Snek By The Tail Edition

>>21088256
>>21088260
>>21088261
>>21088262
>>21088263
'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#21088262 at 2024-06-26 04:30:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25850: Snek By The Tail Edition

>>21088256
>>21088260
>>21088261

D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#21075966 at 2024-06-24 04:06:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25837: Are We There Yet? Edition

#21047505 at 2024-06-19 02:11:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25807: Late Night Rollin In Edition

>>21047478
>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2024/05/13/kash-patel-senior-military-officials-intentionally-delayed-national-guard-deployment-on-january-6th-n2174165

Ryan McCarthy was where the calls were going. From article one may infer Miley was tugging his pants pocket or the other way around...
Chief of Capitol Police called MG Walker for help...Walker couldn't get McCarthy
yet in it all
CINC authorized it
so
some folks checked out cuz muh optics or other?

#21044559 at 2024-06-18 19:25:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25803: Racine Wisconsin TRUMP RALLY DAY Edition

but PELOSI did Jan 06 all by her self!
What Phone call?!
General who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E._Piatt
and General who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Flynn

and they did not need "permission" to stop the riot?
and they were ready only 2 miles away?
the pentagon did not like the Optics?
and [MAGA] patriots were involved?

'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#21044557 at 2024-06-18 19:25:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25803: Racine Wisconsin TRUMP RALLY DAY Edition

>>21044551
>>21044552
>>21044555
D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#21018581 at 2024-06-13 22:37:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25774: Shill Break Edition

#21018578 at 2024-06-13 22:37:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25774: Shill Break Edition

#21011294 at 2024-06-12 17:23:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25766: Dubs Confirm House votes on holding Garland in contempt #Garland Edition

#20997695 at 2024-06-10 03:55:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25751: Europe vote for anti- e.u parties edition

#20997690 at 2024-06-10 03:54:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25751: Europe vote for anti- e.u parties edition

#20982164 at 2024-06-07 10:24:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25733: Head on a Swivel Edition

#20982162 at 2024-06-07 10:23:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25733: Head on a Swivel Edition

#20938291 at 2024-05-30 14:52:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25680: Rare Bakes Edition

#20900168 at 2024-05-22 15:09:47 (UTC+1)
#25634: Welcome To The Great Awakening Edition

#20900162 at 2024-05-22 15:09:23 (UTC+1)
#25634: Welcome To The Great Awakening Edition

>>20900160
D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#20882208 at 2024-05-18 10:29:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25612: Drug Test Joe Biden Edition

#20882159 at 2024-05-18 10:17:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25611: POTUS is on Fire, Tonight Edition

>>20882151
but PELOSI did Jan 06 all by her self!
What Phone call?!
General who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E._Piatt
and General who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Flynn

and they did not need "permission" to stop the riot?
and they were ready only 2 miles away?
the pentagon did not like the Optics?
and [MAGA] patriots were involved?

'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#20882155 at 2024-05-18 10:16:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25611: POTUS is on Fire, Tonight Edition

>>20882151
D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#20864497 at 2024-05-14 08:41:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25590: Heavy Shilling Throughout the Night Edition

#20847827 at 2024-05-10 18:17:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25569: The Whole World is Watching Edition

#20847821 at 2024-05-10 18:17:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25569: The Whole World is Watching Edition

#20836628 at 2024-05-08 07:56:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25556: Night Vision Edition

#20836624 at 2024-05-08 07:55:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25556: Night Vision Edition

#20836143 at 2024-05-08 04:57:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25555: Quad 5s of Freedom Edition

#20836138 at 2024-05-08 04:57:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25555: Quad 5s of Freedom Edition

#20833927 at 2024-05-07 20:03:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25553: ANONS are selfless, nameless, faceless, fameless, and FEARLESS Edition

>>20833921
D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#20832440 at 2024-05-07 15:05:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25551: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition

>>20832420
but PELOSI did Jan 06 all by her self!
What Phone call?!
General who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E._Piatt
and General who?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Flynn

and they did not need "permission" to stop the riot?
and they were ready only 2 miles away?
the pentagon did not like the Optics?
and [MAGA] patriots were involved?

'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6Part II
At the time, Piatt was the director of Army staff, one of the top generals in the Pentagon, and Flynn was the Army's director of operations. The two men were the highest-ranking Army officials who spoke on the 2:30 call, according to Matthews.

"LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the D.C. National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time," Matthews wrote, adding: "LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good."
Piatt and Flynn suggested instead that Guardsmen take over D.C. police officers' traffic duties so those officers could head to the Capitol, Matthews continues.

In addition to Matthews' memo, POLITICO also obtained a document produced by a D.C. Guard official and dated Jan. 7 that lays out a timeline of Jan. 6. The D.C. Guard timeline, a separate document whose author took notes during the call, also said that Piatt and Flynn at 2:37 p.m. "recommended for DC Guard to standby," rather than immediately deploying to the Capitol during the riot.

Four minutes later, according to that Guard timeline, Flynn again "advised D.C. National Guard to standby until the request has been routed" to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
Everyone on the call was "astounded" except Piatt and Flynn, Matthews wrote.
Both men, however, later denied to Congress that they had said the Guard shouldn't deploy to the Capitol.
In response to a written question from House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in June about whether Piatt advised anyone in the Guard's chain of command not to deploy directly to the Capitol, Piatt wrote, "At no point on January 6 did I tell anyone that the D.C. National Guard should not deploy directly to the Capitol."

That statement, Matthews says in his memo, is "false and misleading."
Walker also testified to Congress in March that Piatt and Flynn expressed concerns about "optics."
Further, Flynn told Maloney that he "never expressed a concern about the visuals, image, or public perception of" sending Guardsmen to the Capitol.
That answer, Matthews says in his memo, is "outright perjury."
Matthews wrote that he and Walker "heard Flynn identify himself and unmistakably heard him say that optics of a National Guard presence on Capitol Hill was an issue for him. That it would not look good. Either Piatt or Flynn mentioned 'peaceful protestors.'"

Flynn's brother, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, promulgated a host of conspiracy theories in the lead-up to Jan. 6 and called for former President Donald Trump to impose martial law. Matthews' memo does not insinuate that Gen. Charles Flynn's actions on Jan. 6 were shaped by his brother, who has been subpoenaed by the select committee, and does not mention Michael Flynn.

The two generals told the House oversight committee that the Guard wasn't ready to respond to the chaos that day, and Flynn testified to the House Oversight Committee in June that a "team of over 40 officers and non-commissioned officers immediately worked to recall the 154 D.C. National Guard personnel from their current missions, reorganize them, re-equip them, and begin to redeploy them to the Capitol." Matthews says that assertion "constituted the willful deception of Congress."

"If it does not constitute the willful and deliberate misleading of Congress, then nothing does," Matthews wrote of Flynn's statement. "Flynn was referring to 154 D.C. Guardsmen who were already on duty, were trained in civil disturbance response, already had area familiarization with Washington, DC, were properly kitted and were delayed only because of inaction and inertia at the Pentagon."

In other words, Matthews indicates, the idea that it took 40 officers to get 154 National Guard personnel ready to go to the Capitol beggars belief.
Every D.C. Guard leader was desperate to get to the Capitol to help, Matthews writes - then stunned by the delay in deployment. Responding to civil unrest in Washington is "a foundational mission, a statutory mission of the D.C. National Guard," his memo notes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

#20827727 at 2024-05-06 15:14:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25545: Got Your GM Bread Right Here Edition

#20827722 at 2024-05-06 15:13:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25545: Got Your GM Bread Right Here Edition

>>20827716
>>20827718
D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
OAN's Taylor Tinsley 4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.
Those testifying Wednesday included:

Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard

Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard

Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard

Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.
Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.
"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."
"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#20824379 at 2024-05-05 19:23:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25541: Fun Is Trolling Edition

A military whistleblower has dropped bombshell allegations about a pre-planned plot to block President Donald Trump from assuming control of the protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
According to the whistleblower, a Washington D.C. National Guard official, Trump was secretly "stripped" of commander-in-chief status on Jan. 6.
According to the Daily Mail, the whistleblower revealed this week that Trump was "stripped" of his military powers and commanders refused to take his orders to deploy soldiers to the Capitol.
Colonel Earl Matthews, who was the chief legal advisor for the D.C. National Guard on the day of the Capitol protests, made the astonishing claim.
The revelation from Matthews came during a "House subcommittee reviewing the January 6 Select Committee's investigation."
In a nutshell, top commanders, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had "plotted" to ignore Trump's orders on Jan. 6.
They claimed that Trump would use his commander-in-chief powers to deploy National Guard troops to disrupt the certification of the votes.
Additionally, the move prevented Trump from deploying troops to take control of any unrest.
The Daily Mail noted:
He claims that Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, and then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, were plotting to disobey any orders handed down by Trump because they 'unreasonably' assumed the then-president was going to break the law and try to use the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
Matthews claims the military leaders preemptively planned to go against Trump's orders on that day.
The colonel told the Daily Mail:
"I think a very plausible argument can be made that through no fault of his own, President Trump's command authority over both the D.C. National Guard and the U.S. Army itself had been surreptitiously curtailed by the senior leadership of the Army on January 6, 2021."

https://slaynews.com/news/whistleblower-exposes-deep-state-plot-block-trumps-military-powers-jan-6/

#20822956 at 2024-05-05 13:43:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25539: Sunday Morning Frog Brigade Edition

D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Testify Over J6 Delay
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Members of the National Guard assist police officers line up as they assist police in dispersing protesters who are gathering at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

OAN's Taylor Tinsley
4:55 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Committee on House Administrations Oversight panel met to hear testimonies from whistleblowers on why it took so long for the National Guard to respond to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.

Lawmakers met for witness testimony in a hearing called "Three Years Later: D.C. National Guard Whistleblowers Speak Out on January 6 Delay" on Wednesday.

Chairman Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) kicked off the hearing by shedding light on a November 2021 report from the Department of Defense's Acting Inspector General. The report detailed the DOD's response to January 6th, claiming that the National Guard was deployed as soon as possible.

However, the Georgia Republican said it took three hours and 19 minutes to deploy troops on January 6th after receiving orders.

Those testifying Wednesday included:
Colonel Earl Matthews - Chief Legal Advisor, D.C. Army National Guard
Command Sergeant Major Michael Brooks - Senior Enlisted Officer, D.C. Army National Guard
Captain Timothy Nick - Aide-de-camp, D.C. Army National Guard
Brigadier General Aaron Dean - Adjutant General, D.C. Army National Guard

In regards to the Inspector General's 2021 report, Loudermilk said the report concludes that the leader of the National Guard response, Maj. Gen. William Walker, received two orders from then U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to deploy troops to the Capitol, once at 4:45 pm and again at 5:00 pm.

"Walker denies that either of these calls took place," Loudermilk said. "Despite the many inconsistencies and contradictions of the DOD's responsibility that day, the select committee on January 6th ignored these discrepancies despite them being shared privately by their own staff and barreled forward with the DOD's side of the story."

The hearing comes after the oversight panel published a never-before released transcribed interview from Trump's former White House deputy chief of staff Anthony Ornato, which showed that the former president offered 10,000 National troops to secure the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D-Washington D.C.), however, rejected the call.

Loudermilk said the now-defunct January select committee withheld Ornato's "critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their predetermined narrative."

Colonel Earl Matthews accused two senior officers of the army, Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt of lying to Congress and federal investigators about why it took so long to deploy the National Guard.

"That DOD IG report is replete with incorrect, false information," Matthews asserted.

The inspector general blamed the delay on lack of coordination but all witnesses said the National Guard was ready, had the DOD told them to go when they were supposed to.

Matthews sent a memo to the House J6 committee as well as a Senate committee accusing the Army officers of misleading Congress after the 2021 report.

Since coming forward, Matthews hasn't been promoted. This comes after a promotion board in November 2022 recommended he was one of the "best qualified" group of Army Reserve colonels to be promoted to brigadier general.

He later filed a complaint alleging retaliation for testifying to Congress and asked for those responsible to be reprimanded.

"If public confidence in the integrity of government operations is to be restored," the complaint said, "he must be made whole and the responsible officials appropriately disciplined."

Also during Wednesday's testimony, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Brooks, said the delay was due to Secretary McCarthy and other officials being more concerned about "optics."

"I have no idea why we never received that order," Brooks said. "All I do know is that they were more concerned with what it would look like with soldiers with the Capitol in the background than protecting the Capitol of the united states."

Loudermilk said the hearing left them with more questions that need to be answered.

https://www.oann.com/newsroom/d-c-national-guard-whistleblowers-testify-over-j6-delay/

#20818177 at 2024-05-04 13:44:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25533: Go Get Yourself Some Cheap Sunglasses Edition

>>20818126
Colonel Earl Matthews came forward as a whistleblower to the House subcommittee reviewing the January 6 Select Committee's investigation.

He sat down with DailyMail.com two weeks after the public hearing to explain what he saw happen that day.

He claims that Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, and then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, were plotting to disobey any orders handed down by Trump because they 'unreasonably' assumed the then-president was going to break the law and try to use the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
A lot has been made about the breakdown in military and administration communication when it came to the timeline of deploying DCNG to the Capitol.
But Matthews claims senior military leadership was solely focused on getting the heat off of them and putting it back onto Trump.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13372839/DC-National-Guard-whistleblower-claims-Trump-stripped-commander-chief-powers-January-6.html

#20818105 at 2024-05-04 13:26:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25533: Go Get Yourself Some Cheap Sunglasses Edition

START THE COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS: DC National Guard Whistleblower Alleges Trump's Commander-in-Chief Powers Were Revoked by Military Brass During January 6 Capitol Riot

According to Colonel Earl Matthews, who testified before Congress in April, US military leaders revoked President Trump's Commander-in-Chief powers that day and refused to move in the National Guard - because it might look bad.

These military leaders should have been arrested and court martialed.

The Daily Mail reported:

Donald Trump's authority as commander-in-chief was ignored by senior military leadership on January 6, 2021, claims the chief legal advisor for D.C. National Guard on that day.

Colonel Earl Matthews came forward as a whistleblower to the House subcommittee reviewing the January 6 Select Committee's investigation.

He sat down with DailyMail.com two weeks after the public hearing to explain what he saw happen that day.

He claims that Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, and then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, were plotting to disobey any orders handed down by Trump because they 'unreasonably' assumed the then-president was going to break the law and try to use the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

A lot has been made about the breakdown in military and administration communication when it came to the timeline of deploying DCNG to the Capitol.

But Matthews claims senior military leadership was solely focused on getting the heat off of them and putting it back onto Trump.

The Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, Matthews claims, was more than happy to lean into this narrative and blame the entire ordeal on the then-president.

But Matthews says that senior military leadership essentially stripped the president of his authority as commander-in-chief by preemptively planning to go against orders because they didn't like the optics of uniformed soldiers at the Capitol.

'I think a very plausible argument can be made that through no fault of his own, President Trump's command authority over both the D.C. National Guard and the U.S. Army itself had been surreptitiously curtailed by the senior leadership of the Army on January 6, 2021,' Matthews told DailyMail.com.

He continued: 'Army leadership had unreasonably anticipated an 'unlawful order' from the President, an order that the President had no plans to issue, and were preemptively seeking to curtail his discretion to issue such an order.'

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/start-court-martial-proceedings-dc-national-guard-whistleblower

#20793674 at 2024-04-29 10:38:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25503: Comfy Space Edition

#20793670 at 2024-04-29 10:38:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25503: Comfy Space Edition

#20776078 at 2024-04-25 12:36:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25482: Lest We Forget Edition

#19474647 at 2023-09-01 23:49:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23917: Still Pushing Mongo IDGAF EDITION

>>19474644
https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/1697487847031513562
Why are the
@USArmy
and
@thejointstaff
so against doing anything about Mike Flynn?

Here's a timeline of 13 months of facts starting with the 2020 election. What does this look like to you?

11/3/20-Trump loses
11/10-Trump decapitates Pentagon-installs Mike Flynn allies Ezra Cohen, Kash Patel, Chris Miller, Anthony Tata, Douglas MacGregor
11/30-Trump releases pardon for Mike Flynn
11/30-(same day) Trump nominates Charles Flynn for 4-star

12/17/20-Mike Flynn proposes "martial law" to rerun elections in swing states
12/18-Mike Flynn meets Trump in WH with Rudy Giuliani, Patrick Byrne, Sidney Powell and others
12/18-Trump tweets "will be wild" about 1/6
12/19-(within hours) Acting
@SecDef
Chris Miller shuts down communications with the Biden transition
12/20-Charles Flynn confirmed by Senate voice vote to 4-star

1/5/21-Mike Flynn gives a speech in front of the Capitol exhorting "digital soldiers" to "sacrifice" the next day and compares non-existent "dead voters" in the 2020 election to dead soldiers in Normandy
1/6-Mike Flynn allies direct assault on the Capitol including Army veterans who previously worked for Mike and/or Charles Flynn in Afghanistan, including convicted Proud Boy leader Joe Biggs and Mike Flynn's PSYOP co-author Boone Cutler
1/6-Charles Flynn hosts a phone call delaying the National Guard for three hours with Lt. Gen. William Piatt,
@SecArmy
Ryan McCarthy & others
1/20-Inauguration Day, the Army changes its story about Charles Flynn's participation on 1/6 and admits he hosted the call after denying it for two weeks
1/25-Trump-appointed Chief of Staff of the Army, James C. McConville announces Charles Flynn's promotion to Commanding General of 100,000 troops
@USARPAC

6/4/21-Charles Flynn promoted to
@USARPAC_CG

11/18-DOD Inspector General report "Finds Pentagon Leaders Acted Appropriately on Jan. 6"
12/6-Col. Earl Matthews of the National Guard, attorney to DC NG commanding general on J6, William Walker, issues a 36-page report calling Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. William Piatt of being 'Absolute liars' and says the IG report is "worthy of the best North Korean or stalinist propaganda"

Thoughts? ?

#18295279 at 2023-02-06 17:02:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22421: Not Muh Jiffy Pop Edition

>>18295240
>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11716303/Pelosi-total-nuclear-meltdown-Jan-6th-Trumps-defense-secretary-charges-new-memoir.html
==Nancy Pelosi had a 'total nuclear meltdown' on January 6th: Trump's defense secretary says Democrat was 'shrieking' about rioters 'taking selfies' and slams 'geriatric' Congressional leaders for 'cowering like frightened children'–

Nancy Pelosi was in a 'state of total nuclear meltdown' on January 6th
Trump's Defense Secretary Christopher Miller charges in new memoir
He uses book to defend actions that day and slam Congressional leaders

Nancy Pelosi was in a 'state of total nuclear meltdown' during the January 6th insurrection, Donald Trump's Defense Secretary Christopher Miller writes in his forthcoming memoir, saying the then-speaker of the House called him 'incoherent' and 'shrieking' about 'a rowdy band of MAGA supporters' who were 'taking selfies' throughout the Capitol.
Miller describes - in gripping detail - the afternoon Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election in his book Soldier Secretary, out Tuesday, and available for pre-order on Amazon and obtained by DailyMail.com.
He was heavily critical of the Congressional leadership at the time - both Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer but also of Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.
He described the lawmakers as 'hyperventilating into the phone' as they demanded to know the status of troops coming to the Capitol.'
'At this point in time, I had been President Donald Trump's Acting Secretary of Defense for approximately two months,' he writes in the introduction to his book.
'I had known when I took the job that it was going to be wild. But I never could have imagined anything like this-getting reamed out by a histrionic Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell as they implored me to send troops to forcibly expel a rowdy band of MAGA supporters, infiltrated by a handful of provocateurs, who were traipsing through the halls of the Capitol, taking selfies, and generally making a mockery of the entire institution.'
He writes in his more than 30 years in the Army: 'I had never seen anyone-not even the greenest, pimple-faced 19-year-old Army private-panic like our nation's elder statesmen did on January 6 and in the months that followed.'
Miller also blasts the leadership for staying in power too long instead of training a new generation of leaders: 'Do I blame a bunch of geriatrics for acting like a bunch of geriatrics? Of course not. But do I judge them for it? You're damned right I do. Most of all, I resent that we are ruled by a bunch of geriatrics that ruthlessly and selfishly maintain their hold on power and refuse to develop the next generation of leader.'
Some of what Miller describes in his book is shown in footage shot by Pelosi's daughter Alexandra Pelosi for a documentary about her mom. She shows the Congressional leaders huddled in a secure location after the Capitol was breached.
Schumer had called then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy at 3 p.m., after the Senate chamber had been breached, to say there were still Senators hiding in their Capitol offices who needed to be evacuated.
Schumer and Pelosi called several officials that day to demand help, including Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.
Miller also was on their call list.
'I'm going to call up the effing secretary of DoD,' Schumer said of Miller, while sitting next to Pelosi. They rang him at 3:44 p.m. on Schumer's flip phone, requesting a 'massive' response.
'Just pretend for a moment it was the Pentagon or the White House or some under entity that was under siege. They can logistically get there as you make the plan,' Pelosi told Miller, as shown in the documentary.
Pelosi ordered him to 'get troops to the Capitol now,' Miller recalled in his book, calling it ironic because of how she and Democrats blasted the use of National Guard troops to quiet the Black Lives Matter protests, which sprang up around the country after the murder of George Floyd.
'As soon as it was her a** on the line, Pelosi had been miraculously born again as a passionate, if less than altruistic, champion of law and order,' Miller writes in his 305-page memoir.
Pelosi's office was broken into by the rioters, who trashed it as they looked for her, shouting her name as they marched through it.
Miller, who was appointed by Donald Trump to oversee the Pentagon after the then-president fired his Defense Secretary Mark Esper, spares no one except Trump in his memoir, which is filled with blunt language, laced with obscenities, and critical of military industrial complex.
Much of it focuses on his 31 years in the military - including his service in Iraq and Afghanistan - but he also talks about his service in the Trump administration, both on the National Security Council and at the Pentagon.

#18089034 at 2023-01-06 16:14:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22172: All Their S6 are Belong to Us Edition

Bannons War Room: no negotiating, McCarthy has to go!A long line of abuses will be the last of the cartel, Cantor, Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy is the last of the cartel.

https://rumble.com/embed/v1zu83u/?pub=4

#18078756 at 2023-01-05 05:12:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22159: Hannity Commits Career Suicide as CA Enacts Foreign Police State Edition

>>18078728
Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy same GOPe RINO Uniparty DNA.

#16567338 at 2022-06-30 19:45:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20962: Proud to be an American! Edition

Michael Flynn's brother was in a key Pentagon meeting during Jan. 6 Capitol siege, despite earlier denials

Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the Army's deputy chief of staff for operations and training - and brother to disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn - did participate in a critical Jan. 6 meeting to discuss deploying the National Guard to the besieged Capitol, The Washington Post reports. The Army had denied several times that Flynn was involved in the conference call at the Pentagon with Washington, D.C., officials and Capitol Police, the Post notes, but both Flynn and the Pentagon confirmed his presence on Wednesday.

During the tense meeting, D.C. officials and the Capitol Police chief had pleaded for the National Guard to help protect and clear the Capitol of violent rioters pushing to keep former President Donald Trump in office, but the Pentagon officials had stalled, worrying about the "optics" of having the National Guard at the Capitol. Charles Flynn told the Post he had "entered the room after the call began and departed prior to the call ending as I believed a decision was imminent" from Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy "and I needed to be in my office to assist in executing the decision." The National Guard arrived at the Capitol three hours after the call.

It made sense for Flynn to be in the meeting, given his position, but "the episode highlights the challenge for the Army in having an influential senior officer whose brother has become a central figure in QAnon, the extreme ideology that alleges Trump was waging a battle with Satan-worshiping Democrats who traffic children," the Post reports. Flynn had also urged Trump to declare martial law and was involved in the Jan. 6 events.

https://news.yahoo.com/michael-flynns-brother-key-pentagon-092419008.html

Plants need water.
Q

#16431339 at 2022-06-11 19:15:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20787: Wizard Edition

Cheney, Milley Say Trump Never Called Pentagon on January 6, Omit that He Approved National Guard in Advance

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said during the January 6 Select Committee hearing on Thursday that then-President Donald Trump did not call the Pentagon to request National Guard troops to address the Capitol attack, but they did not mention Trump had already approved National Guard troops.

During their first hearing on Thursday, the committee aired footage from Milley testifying to the committee that Trump never called the Pentagon that day, although the then-Vice President called several times and gave "very explicit, very direct, unambiguous" orders to deploy the National Guard. The insinuation was that Trump condoned the violence at the Capitol.

Neither Cheney nor Milley ever mentioned that during a January 3, 2021, meeting at the White House, the president said to give D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser the National Guard support she needed, according to then-Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller's testimony under oath to Congress on May 2021.

Miller also testified that on January 5, Trump called him and told him that 10,000 National Guard troops would be needed for the next day.

"I took his comment to mean that a large force would be required to maintain order the following day," Miller said.

In addition, the president, through his defense secretary, had already given the Army secretary the authority he needed to deploy National Guard troops, according to a January 4, 2021, official memo.

The memo, signed by Miller and addressed to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, said, "You are authorized to approve the requested support." The memo laid out some guidelines for that support.

It also made clear that the D.C. National Guard was under the command of the D.C. National Guard commanding general, who was to report to the defense secretary through the Army secretary.

In addition, on January 5, 2021, Bowser acknowledged in a tweet that the D.C. National Guard was supporting the Metropolitan Police Department and that the city was "not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourages any additional deployment without immediate notification to, and consultation with, MPD if such plans are underway":

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/11/cheney-milley-say-trump-never-called-pentagon-january-6-omit-he-approved-national-guard-advance/

#15393858 at 2022-01-17 01:12:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19471: One Bread At A Time Edition

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-reject-federal-help-9c39a4ddef0ab60a48828a07e4d03380
Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob
Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.
Despite plenty of warnings of a possible insurrection and ample resources and time to prepare, the Capitol Police planned only for a free speech demonstration.
Still stinging from the uproar over the violent response by law enforcement to protests last June near the White House, officials also were intent on avoiding any appearance that the federal government was deploying active duty or National Guard troops against Americans.
The result is the U.S. Capitol was overrun Wednesday and officers in a law enforcement agency with a large operating budget and experience in high-security events protecting lawmakers were overwhelmed for the world to see. Four protesters died, including one shot inside the building.
The rioting and loss of control has raised serious questions over security at the Capitol for future events. The actions of the day also raise troubling concerns about the treatment of mainly white Trump supporters, who were allowed to roam through the building for hours, while Black and brown protesters who demonstrated last year over police brutality faced more robust and aggressive policing.
"This was a failure of imagination, a failure of leadership," said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, whose department responded to several large protests last year following the death of George Floyd. "The Capitol Police must do better and I don't see how we can get around that."
Acevedo said he has attended events on the Capitol grounds to honor slain police officers that had higher fences and a stronger security presence than what he saw on video Wednesday.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said that as the rioting was underway, it became clear that the Capitol Police were overrun. But he said there was no contingency planning done in advance for what forces could do in case of a problem at the Capitol because Defense Department help was turned down. "They've got to ask us, the request has to come to us," said McCarthy.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, under pressure from Schumer, Pelosi and other congressional leaders, was forced to resign. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked for and received the resignation of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, Michael Stenger, effective immediately. Paul Irving, the longtime Sergeant at Arms of the House, also resigned.
"There was a failure of leadership at the top," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

#15303019 at 2022-01-03 22:03:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19356: ebake US Army with the Comms Today II Edition

Tyson to invest $355 million in bacon manufacturing plant

10.29.2021 By Ryan McCarthy
BOWLING GREEN, KY. - Tyson Foods announced it will make a $355 million investment to open a 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bowling Green that will focus on Jimmy Dean and Wright Brand bacon products…https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/19939-tyson-to-invest-355-million-in-bacon-manufacturing-plant

#15298127 at 2022-01-03 00:29:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19350: Tiger 2022 Watch Water Fate Seals Edition

Defense Secretary Taking More Authority for Use of DC Guard
30 Dec 2021 Associated Press By Robert Burns

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Thursday it has streamlined the approval process for urgent use of National Guard forces in the District of Columbia, after months of study following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The changes give the defense secretary sole authority to approve requests that would involve D.C. National Guard personnel participating in civil law enforcement or that would require their deployment within 48 hours, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a written statement. That approval authority had previously been delegated to the Army secretary, the service's top civilian official.

The changes are intended to make the Pentagon better prepared to handle urgent requests for law enforcement support by civil authorities. After January's riot, the Pentagon came under criticism by some for a slow response to requests for Guard assistance, although a Defense Department inspector general review concluded that senior defense officials had acted appropriately before and during the riot.

The use of National Guard troops in the nation's capital is complicated by the fact that the usual chain of command headed by a governor does not apply because the district is not a state. Thus, the commanding general of the D.C. Guard reports to the president, although a 1969 executive order delegated control to the secretary of defense, who subsequently further delegated the authority to the Army secretary.

Kirby said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has amended the previous arrangement so the defense secretary is the sole authority for approval in certain circumstances. The Army secretary remains authorized to control Guard operations in the district and to consider district government requests for use of the Guard in the city for non-law enforcement purposes and in nonurgent situations.

Austin said law enforcement activities include crowd control, traffic control, search, seizure, arrest or temporary detention.

It was not immediately clear how this policy change might have affected the response time on Jan. 6, when a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump swiftly and violently overran the Capitol Police, which was assisted by the Metropolitan Police Department, and interrupted the certification of Joe Biden's election victory. Lawmakers ran for their lives as the rioters climbed through broken windows and doors at the Capitol.

Prior to the riot, then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy handled requests for Guard deployments in the district, initially from the commander of the D.C. Guard. McCarthy acted in consultation with more senior Pentagon officials, including Christopher Miller, the acting secretary of defense at the time, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Last spring, Austin ordered a review of how the Defense Department handles requests for support in the National Capital region, including approval authorities, request processes, planning, available forces, command relationships, staff support, and training exercises.

Based on that review, Austin amended the 1969 arrangement for handling certain requests for deployment of the Guard in the district, and he clarified the process by which federal and local agencies request assistance for both preplanned and time sensitive events in the district, Kirby said.

"By clarifying and refining the request process, including outlining the required information needed to assess requests from federal and local partners, the department will be able to respond to requests efficiently, quickly, and effectively," Kirby said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/30/defense-secretary-taking-more-authority-use-of-dc-guard.html

#15023563 at 2021-11-18 01:04:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19007: Broken Old Crow McConnell Should Resign Now Fool Edition

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pentagon-inspector-general-raises-questions-about-former-d-c-guard-commander-s-jan-6-account/ar-AAQPClL

Pentagon inspector general raises questions about former D.C. Guard commander's Jan. 6 account
Dan Lamothe - 1h ago

The D.C. National Guard's commanding general was directed twice by Pentagon leadership to send in troops as violence engulfed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a newly released investigation that appears to undercut the now-retired general's claim that he would have responded to the riot more quickly if Trump administration officials had allowed.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy first notified Maj. Gen. William Walker by phone at 4:35 p.m. that Walker was authorized to send troops to Capitol Hill, and then called the general again "to reissue the deployment order" about 30 minutes after McCarthy "originally conveyed it," an Army witness told investigators with the independent Defense Department Inspector General, according to a newly released report. A timeline of events that day, assembled by the inspector general's office, also indicates separate calls were made.

he investigation's findings bring new scrutiny to Walker, who earlier this year was lauded for his candor in publicly recounting how dysfunction at the Pentagon stalled the National Guard's response as supporters of President Donald Trump brutalized police and panicked lawmakers pleaded for help. Speaking at a joint Senate hearing on March 3, Walker recalled having a quick reaction force (QRF) geared up and said he was frustrated by the speed at which senior defense officials were responding. He told senators it was 5:08 p.m. when he received approval to deploy.

The Capitol was breached at 1:50 p.m.

Three weeks later, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appointed him House sergeant-at-arms, saying Walker was a "leader of great integrity" and that he would be "an important asset to the House, particularly in light of the January 6 insurrection."

Walker did not respond to multiple requests for comment. McCarthy, through a spokesperson, declined to comment. It is unclear from the inspector general's report whether investigators asked Walker about there being two deployment orders from McCarthy. A person close to Walker said the retired general stands by his congressional testimony and disputes that he was told he could deploy forces to the Capitol before 5 p.m. Like others, this person spoke on the condition of anonymity citing the issue's ongoing sensitivity.

A spokesperson for the inspector general's office did not respond to requests for comment.

#15022432 at 2021-11-17 21:49:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19005: Rittenhouse continues with arguments Edition

Pentagon didn't delay sending Guardsmen to Capitol on Jan. 6, report conflicts with Pelosi narrative

Inspector general debunks the narrative that the Pentagon failed to act on the day of the breach.

The Pentagon responded appropriately and in a timely fashion to urgent requests for National Guard assistance on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, according to a Defense Department inspector general report released Wednesday.

"We also determined that DoD officials did not delay or obstruct the DoD's response," reads the report.

The report runs counter to the narrative that was spun, in large part, by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who repeatedly claimed that the Pentagon delayed the dispatch of National Guard troops.

Miller told the John Solomon Reports podcast in an exclusive interview, after the report was released, that it "broke my heart" to see the military, which "responded really with alacrity and professionalism" just "get thrown under the bus by the politicians."

"I was so naive. I couldn't believe it," he also said. "When it comes to national security, I thought we're on the same team. I was really horrified that it had become so partisan."

The report additionally found that former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller and former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy acted reasonably in deploying an additional round of soldiers more than three hours after numerous calls for assistance were fielded from D.C. and federal officials.

Former Department Secretary Miller reacts to IG report

In March, then-Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard Maj. Gen. William Walker testified before the Senate that the Pentagon unnecessarily delayed its response to the request for assistance from the overpowered Capitol Police. Walker asserted that the Pentagon kept help from arriving for hours, when it might have arrived in minutes.

Walker was subsequently interviewed by the inspector general, but the report found no evidence to support the claim.

https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagon-did-not-delay-aid-sending-national-guard-troops-capitol-january-6

#13739742 at 2021-05-24 03:49:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17395: The 'Fabricated Distractions' Edition

>>13739740
10. S.1705 - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
A bill to establish a coordinated Federal initiative to accelerate the research, development, procurement, fielding, and sustainment of artificial intelligence for the economic and national security interests of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (Introduced 05/19/2021) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate - Armed Services
Latest Action: Senate - 05/19/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
11. S.1669 - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the forgiveness or offset of an overpayment of retired pay paid to a joint account for a period after the death of the retired member of the Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] (Introduced 05/18/2021) Cosponsors: (4)
Committees: Senate - Armed Services
Latest Action: Senate - 05/18/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
12. PN461 - 117th Congress (2021-2022) - Gen. Paul J. LaCamera - Army
One nomination, beginning with Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, and ending with Gen. Paul J. LaCamera
Date Received: 04/27/2021 Referred: Armed Services
Latest Action: 05/18/2021 - Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. (All Actions)
13. S.1648 - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the construction of naval vessels in shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (Introduced 05/13/2021) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: Senate - Armed Services
Latest Action: Senate - 05/13/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
14. S.1611 - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the responses of the Department of Defense to sex-related offenses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (Introduced 05/13/2021) Cosponsors: (6)
Committees: Senate - Armed Services
Latest Action: Senate - 05/13/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2525) (All Actions)
15. PN361 - 117th Congress (2021-2022) - Christine Elizabeth Wormuth - Department of Defense
Christine Elizabeth Wormuth, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Ryan McCarthy.
Date Received: 04/15/2021 Referred: Armed Services
Latest Action: 05/13/2021 - Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. (All Actions)
16. EC1044 - Senate Armed Services - 05/13/2021 - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
A communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Housing and Partnerships), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Umatilla Chemical Depot (UMCD) Ammunition Disposal Area (ADA) Cleanup Schedule"; to the Committee on Armed Services.
17. S.1572 - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
A bill to expand child care opportunities for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (Introduced 05/11/2021) Cosponsors: (9)
Committees: Senate - Armed Services
Latest Action: Senate - 05/11/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)

#13620627 at 2021-05-09 15:42:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17248: Happy Mothers' Day!

>>13620536
One by one they fell
Cantor, Ryan, McCarthy

#13597241 at 2021-05-06 15:33:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17219: Promises Made, Promises Kept Edition

Comms? 23 PAIN. Time to WAKE UP?

$2.3 million on travel in 8 months: Trump Navy secretary flew around the world, despite COVID-19

WASHINGTON - Former Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite traversed the globe in his brief tenure under the Trump administration, spending about $2.4 million in air travel, according to figures and documents obtained by USA TODAY.

Braithwaite spent $232,000 the week before President Joe Biden's inauguration to fly to Wake Island, a tiny Pacific atoll, where, according to Navy spokesman Capt. Jereal Dorsey, no sailors or Marines are stationed. The executive director of the government watchdog Project On Government Oversight called the trip "an expensive abuse of power."

Braithwaite was Navy secretary, the service's most senior civilian, from May 29 until Biden took office on Jan. 21. During that time, Braithwaite embarked on 22 trips to foreign and domestic destinations - more than any other senior Pentagon civilian - even as the COVID-19 pandemic trimmed the wings of other senior officials, according to two Defense Department officials.

The COVID-19 pandemic, according to the two Defense officials who were not authorized to comment publicly, cut back foreign travel for most senior officials. Some countries limited travel for visiting delegations, making trips less useful, one official said. Domestic travel was also limited, the other official said, to prevent exposure and spread of the virus among troops and officials.

Braithwaite's international travels included Norway, Italy, Greece, Japan and India. His domestic trips included more than $24,000 to attend the Army-Navy football game with his family and more than one visit to Hawaii.

Braithwaite trips from June 2020 to January 2121
Over the same period, then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper and his successor, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, took 15 trips. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy took 17 trips, and Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett recorded 19 trips. McCarthy and Barrett had led their services since 2019. McCarthy's trips cost roughly $900,000 and his family did not accompany him on any trips, said spokeswoman Army Lt. Col. Audricia Harris. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took four trips during Braithwaite's tenure.

Former President Donald Trump nominated Braithwaite for Navy secretary after acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly was forced to resign for his handling of the outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Modly came under criticism from Congress for his $243,000 flight to Guam where he stayed briefly to blast the captain of the stricken ship in an address to the crew.

In a statement, Braithwaite said his trips were necessary to bolster the Navy, citing recent crises it had endured, including, presumably the troubles surrounding the Roosevelt.

"I am extremely proud of the record of accomplishments of Our Sailors and Marines during my tenure as Secretary, especially following such a tumultuous chapter in the Navy's recent history of crisis following crisis as compared to our other services," Braithwaite wrote in an email. "I submit it's impossible to lead men and women deployed around the world from behind a desk in Washington."

Wake Island: 'Where America's Day Really Begins'
Among Braithwaite's travels, his trip to Hawaii and Wake Island in the South Pacific stands out. The Air Force, not the Navy, has administrative control of the Wake Atoll, a string of islands generally not accessible to civilians. Navy F-18 pilots use the strip and ranges nearby for training. It serves chiefly as a refueling stop and emergency landing strip in the middle of the ocean, thousands of miles from Hawaii. Wake, according to a senior Defense Department official, is not a strategic base like Guam, where the Navy and Air Force have extensive facilities.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-3-million-travel-8-100040942.html

#13560783 at 2021-05-02 01:21:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17174: Promises Made, Promises Kept, Patriots United Edition

Army officials reveal new details in Vanessa Guillen case

Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army, doesn't know if there will ever be justice for Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, but he says "it's clear" that the Army let her family down.

"We have to find answers and we will hold people accountable," McCarthy told "20/20."

Watch the full story on "20/20" Friday at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

Guillen was a 20-year-old Houston native who loved to run. She was a small arms repair soldier at Fort Hood, one of the largest military installations in the country, in Killeen, Texas. Her job was to ensure weapons were maintained, and she helped with inventory in the arms room.

On April 22, she was allegedly killed in one such room by another soldier, Spc. Aaron Robinson, who was ranked above her at the time. That night, Robinson picked up his girlfriend, Cecily Aguilar, and together, they allegedly dismembered and buried Guillen's remains near the Leon River in Belton, Texas.

An erroneous alibi
Army investigators first linked Guillen to Robinson because he was the last person known to have seen her alive. They spoke with Robinson multiple times about Guillen's disappearance.

On the night she vanished, three soldiers saw Guillen while they stood by a tree, smoking outside the arms room, Maj. Gen. Donna Martin, the Army's provost marshal, who heads the Army's Criminal Investigation Command, told "20/20."

She said the soldiers told investigators that they saw Guillen at "a time that would've indicated she had left Spc. Robinson's arms room."

"That led us to the parking lot, where they said they saw her walk," she said. "We did a lot of investigation out into the parking lot to see, maybe, if she had been abducted [there]. We brought in search dogs to see if they could catch a scent… But we didn't find anything."

Additionally, there were no cameras near the parking lot or near the arms room to capture Guillen's movements, Martin said.

McCarthy says testimony from those three soldiers threw off the investigation for an entire month.

"They filled out affidavits that said they had seen Vanessa at a different time from when she had actually departed the other arms room. So that gave ... essentially an instant alibi for Spc. Robinson, even though they had not really known the correct time of when she had actually departed and headed to the parking lot," he explained. "The trail went cold for about a month."

While searching Robinson's phone records, investigators found that Robinson had called Aguilar multiple times on the night Guillen vanished. The calls raised suspicion as Robinson initially told investigators he had been with Aguilar all night. Aguilar later changed her story, according to court documents, claiming that she and Robinson went on a drive to look at the stars that night.

On June 30, when investigators found remains near the Leon River, they confronted Aguilar, after which they say she confessed.

According to the criminal complaint against Aguilar, Robinson told her he had bludgeoned Guillen to death with a hammer in the arms room. The complaint details her alleged statements to law enforcement about how she helped him get rid of the body.

Investigators say she told them that she and Robinson used what has been described as a hatchet or an ax to dismember the body and that they then tried to burn the body, but it didn't work. They allegedly buried the remains and returned days later to bury the remains in concrete.

Guillen's suspected killer had an unarmed escort
On the same day that Guillen's remains were found, Robinson was placed in a room under the watch of an unarmed escort.

Robinson "was not detained," Martin explained. "He was not in police custody because of [how] the legal process works." Nevertheless, investigators were suspicious he was involved in Guillen's disappearance.

Investigators at the time already knew that Robinson's phone had pinged late at night in that same area where Guillen's remains were found. His alibi no longer checked out.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/army-officials-reveal-details-vanessa-guillen-case/story?id=72902594

#13560720 at 2021-05-02 01:09:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17174: Promises Made, Promises Kept, Patriots United Edition

OAN Newsroom
Army Investigation Finds Vanessa Guillen Was Sexually Harassed

FILE - In this July 30, 2020, file photo slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen's mother Gloria Guillen, right, joined by Vanessa's sister Lupe Guillen, center, and family attorney Natalie Khawam, speaks as she cries during a news conference on the National Mall in front of Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army said Friday, April 30, 2021, that it has taken disciplinary action against 21 officers and non-commissioned officers at Fort Hood, Texas, in connection with death last year of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, who was missing for about two months before her remains were found. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

UPDATED 4:20 PM PT - Saturday, May 1, 2021
Several Fort Hood leaders are facing disciplinary action after an investigation revealed Vanessa Guillen was sexually harassed before her murder in 2020.

Information released from the investigation on Friday found that before her disappearance and death in April 2020, a supervisor sexually abused the 20-year-old, and while she reported it to the Fort Hood leadership, the incident was never addressed.

More than 21 soldiers have been reprimanded for their roles in the case, including a general and several officers.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has vowed to work to address the failure of leadership at Fort Hood to properly handle sexual harassment allegations.

https://www.oann.com/army-investigation-finds-vanessa-guillen-was-sexually-harassed/

#13428287 at 2021-04-15 03:04:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17009: Moderna's to Die for Reputation, Caught on Camera Edition

Defense Department's 'extremists' happen to look exactly like Trump voters

The Biden administration is on the offensive against extremism. However, it is having trouble defining the term.

The newly installed defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, has signed a memo ordering several "immediate actions," including military-wide "stand downs," to weed out "extremism" in the ranks of the military. Actions also included a review of and update to the DoD's definition of extremism and a review and standardization of the screening questionnaire - "[t]o solicit specific information about current or previous extremist behavior, and to clarify that any demonstrably false answers provided in response could form the basis for punitive action for fraudulent enlistment." Defense officials said the Pentagon is reversing Trump-era policies that banned transgender people from serving in the military. The Pentagon will also issue new rules that will broaden transgender people's access to medical care and cosmetic surgery to imitate members of the opposite sex. Opposition to these policies may be considered extremist.

Democrats are also calling for the vetting of National Guard members. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser said, "When you have Guardsmen and women coming from all over the nation at this time, I do think that it is prudent to make sure that they are being vetted and that anybody who cannot pledge allegiance to their missions, and may be pulled by other views, needs not only to be removed from this duty, they need to be removed from the Guard." Rep. Steve Cohen claimed, "The guard is 90-some-odd-percent male … only about 20 percent of white males voted for Biden. You've got to figure that in the Guard, which is predominantly more conservative - I see that on my social media, and we know it. They're probably not more than 25 percent of the people that are there protecting us who voted for Biden. The other 75 percent are in the class, the large class of folks, who might want to do something." The Associated Press tweeted, "Defense officials tell AP they fear possible inside attack at inauguration and are having National Guard troops in DC vetted."

Throughout the federal government, the consensus is that the greatest threat to the U.S. originates on the right. Former acting secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf stated, "I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years." Former secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy told the Associated Press, "We're continually going through the process, and taking second, third looks at every one of the individuals assigned to this operation." The military has depended upon slides from the New York Police Department Intelligence Bureau that listed about two dozen symbols, ideologies, and memes considered "associated with or appropriated by domestic violent extremism." The list mentioned right-wing items exclusively. There was no mention of Antifa.

Service members are being screened to determine if their political beliefs are considered a threat. NPR reports that "the Marine Corps found 16 cases of substantiated extremism, mostly postings on social media." NPR does not report on the nature of these social media postings.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/defense_departments_extremists_happen_to_look_exactly_like_trump_voters.html

#13423745 at 2021-04-14 14:48:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17003: Every Asset Deployed; Military Is The Only Way Edition

Defense Department's 'extremists' happen to look exactly like Trump voters

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/defense_departments_extremists_happen_to_look_exactly_like_trump_voters.html

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The Biden administration is on the offensive against extremism. However, it is having trouble defining the term.

The newly installed defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, has signed a memo ordering several "immediate actions," including military-wide "stand downs," to weed out "extremism" in the ranks of the military. Actions also included a review of and update to the DoD's definition of extremism and a review and standardization of the screening questionnaire - "[t]o solicit specific information about current or previous extremist behavior, and to clarify that any demonstrably false answers provided in response could form the basis for punitive action for fraudulent enlistment." Defense officials said the Pentagon is reversing Trump-era policies that banned transgender people from serving in the military. The Pentagon will also issue new rules that will broaden transgender people's access to medical care and cosmetic surgery to imitate members of the opposite sex. Opposition to these policies may be considered extremist.

Democrats are also calling for the vetting of National Guard members. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser said, "When you have Guardsmen and women coming from all over the nation at this time, I do think that it is prudent to make sure that they are being vetted and that anybody who cannot pledge allegiance to their missions, and may be pulled by other views, needs not only to be removed from this duty, they need to be removed from the Guard." Rep. Steve Cohen claimed, "The guard is 90-some-odd-percent male … only about 20 percent of white males voted for Biden. You've got to figure that in the Guard, which is predominantly more conservative - I see that on my social media, and we know it. They're probably not more than 25 percent of the people that are there protecting us who voted for Biden. The other 75 percent are in the class, the large class of folks, who might want to do something." The Associated Press tweeted, "Defense officials tell AP they fear possible inside attack at inauguration and are having National Guard troops in DC vetted."

Throughout the federal government, the consensus is that the greatest threat to the U.S. originates on the right. Former acting secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf stated, "I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years." Former secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy told the Associated Press, "We're continually going through the process, and taking second, third looks at every one of the individuals assigned to this operation." The military has depended upon slides from the New York Police Department Intelligence Bureau that listed about two dozen symbols, ideologies, and memes considered "associated with or appropriated by domestic violent extremism." The list mentioned right-wing items exclusively. There was no mention of Antifa.

Service members are being screened to determine if their political beliefs are considered a threat. NPR reports that "the Marine Corps found 16 cases of substantiated extremism, mostly postings on social media." NPR does not report on the nature of these social media postings.

#13349014 at 2021-04-02 22:42:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16911: Terrorism Double Standard Edition

US Air Force Bomber Chief Dismisses Army's Ground-Based Missile Push as 'Expensive' and 'Stupid'

While the US Army tries to edge its way into the hypersonic weapons game with a ground-launched intermediate-range missile, the US Air Force is seeking to defend its turf as the Pentagon's supreme long-range strike service.

The US Army's primary modernization focus is its Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) program, intended to give the Army missile and artillery weaponry capable of surface-to-surface strikes from increasingly long distances. However, the head of the US' bomber fleet let slip earlier this week that he thinks that's a really dumb idea.

"Why in the world would we entertain a brutally expensive idea when we don't, as the [Defense] Department, have the money to go do that?" Gen. Timothy Ray, who leads Air Force Global Strike Command, asked the hosts of the Mitchell Institute's Aerospace Advantage podcast released on Thursday.

"I've had a few congressmen ask me. And you know what? Honestly I think it's stupid," Ray continued, according to Defense News. "I just think it's a stupid idea to go and invest that kind of money that recreates something that the service has mastered and that we're doing already right now. Why in the world would you try that? I try to make sure that my language isn't a little more colorful than it is, but give me a break."

In particular, Ray argued it would be hard to sell regional partners in Europe and Asia on the Army's new weapons, whereas bombers have "a proven capability" to strike targets at extended range.

According to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, the service has already spent $1.3 billion on its LRPF program and he asked lawmakers last month to okay another $1.7 billion for fiscal year 2021, $800 million of which will go towards a ground-launched hypersonic missile battery. In all, the Army foresees spending $10 billion over the next decade on LRPF.

Some of the other weapons developed by the Army for the program have included the M982A1 Excalibur extended range guided artillery shell, with a range of 43 miles, and the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA), the massive mobile cannon that fires it. Many are more recent additions, since their longer ranges potentially violated the terms of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which then-US President Donald Trump allowed to lapse in 2019. The treaty banned American and Russian ground-launched missiles with ranges of between 500 kilometers and 5,500 kilometers (310 to 3,420 miles), which were feared for their ability to conduct a lightning-quick nuclear strike.

Another weapon created under the program include the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), a longer-range missile that will replace the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) fired by the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) platform. The Army is also adapting the US Navy's Tomahawk cruise missile and Standard Missile 6 (SM-6), originally an air defense weapon converted to surface strike.

With such ultra-long ranges, these weapons are expected to rely on "spotter" aircraft, which could be drones but also F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, which have proven in tests to be able to transmit accurate targeting information on enemy positions to HIMARS units.

However, the Marine Corps' long-range fires program has proven no more popular: in December, lawmakers gutted the USMC's budget for developing its own version of the Tomahawk as well as a ground-based version of the Naval Strike Missile. The UMSC is looking to revamp its warfighting doctrine, shifting away from heavy land fighting units and toward a combination of naval units and deployable front-line assets like the HIMARS, which can be flown into forward areas at the start of a conflict and then quickly moved again.

https://sputniknews.com/military/202104021082525108-us-air-force-bomber-chief-dismisses-armys-ground-based-missile-push-as-expensive-and-stupid/

The invitations to attack the US keep going out

#13062497 at 2021-02-27 20:23:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16636: The Dementia Quickening Edition

Army CID Agent Charged with Wife's 2018 Murder near Fort Hood

A Fort Hood, Texas, soldier and agent with Army Criminal Investigation Command has been charged with the 2018 murder of his wife.

Staff Sgt. Lesly J. Lindor is in pre-trial confinement, accused of killing 34-year-old Rachelle Lindor on Sept. 3, 2018, in Harker Heights, Texas, near the base, Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Christopher Grey said in a statement to Military.com.

Initially, the Harker Heights Police Department was the lead investigative agency, with CID agents assisting in the investigation, Grey said.

But during the investigation, CID agents "became suspicious of the cause and manner of death and continued an independent investigation into the death of the accused's spouse," he added.

Army Times reported that Lindor tried to acquire tetrodotoxin a neurotoxin found in puffer fish "for use as a weapon in the months prior to his wife's death."

Grey could not confirm that Lindor tried to acquire the neurotoxin or whether it was used in the murder but said that Lindor is also charged with attempting to violate the Federal Biological Weapons statute.

Fort Hood officials have also charged Lindor with stalking, failure to obey a lawful order, failure to obey a general regulation, dereliction of duty and obstruction of justice, Grey said.

Grey said he could not release the charge sheets against Lindor at this time.

Lindor was placed on administrative duty in October 2018 and assigned to a support unit, Grey said.

"He has not worked any CID investigations since October 2018," he added.

Lindor joined the Army in November 2010 and became an agent in 2017, Grey said.

"It is important to point out the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty," Grey noted.

The Fort Hood murder charge against Lindor is the latest example of violent crime at the Texas post. Over the past eight months, Hood has been in the national spotlight after the tragic death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old 3rd Cavalry Regiment soldier who was allegedly murdered by fellow soldier, Spc. Aaron Robinson.

An independent review of Fort Hood's command climate following Guillen's murder resulted in former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy relieving or suspending 14 leaders on the post.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/26/army-cid-agent-charged-wifes-2018-murder-near-fort-hood.html

#12852794 at 2021-02-07 22:36:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16406: Joe Montana - The Best Is Yet To Come Edition

Fort Hood Restricts Base Access After Shooting Incident

Army officials at Fort Hood, Texas tightened the base's gate security to restrict access after an on-base shooting early Saturday morning.

No one was injured in the shooting, but Fort Hood has suspended its Trusted Traveler Program that allowed military personnel with valid military identification to "escort or vouch for adult passengers … in their vehicle," according to a Fort Hood news release.

The shooting occurred at approximately 12:50 a.m. in a parking lot on base, another news release states.

The shooter is suspected to be a former soldier, who was "socializing with current soldiers when he fired a pistol," according to the release.

"The suspect was immediately disarmed and apprehended without further incident," according to the release that added that the suspect is now in military police custody. "This was an isolated and rapidly resolved incident."

Fort Hood officials say there is "no ongoing threat," but moved Saturday evening to restrict access to the base, according to the release.

Fort Hood's suspension of its Trusted Traveler Program comes one day after officials at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland imposed similar access restrictions after a male with outstanding arrest warrants trespassed onto the base and boarded an Air Force C-40 Clipper aircraft before being apprehended.

"In recent weeks, the III Corps commanding general initiated a review of installation access authorization – entering Fort Hood is a privilege not a right," Fort Hood spokesman Col. Myles Caggins III told Military.com in a statement. "Also, a review of post access policy for former soldiers who were separated for misconduct is underway. Our priority is the safety and security of the soldiers, families, civilians, and community members who work, live, and play at Fort Hood."

Fort Hood became the subject of national news coverage last year following the disappearance and death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, a 3rd Cavalry Regiment soldier who was murdered by a fellow unit member.

Guillen, along with the deaths of other Fort Hood soldiers, prompted then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to order an independent review of the command climate at Hood, which found that the leadership at the base had allowed a culture of sexual harassment and assault to fester. As a result, the Army fired or suspended 14 leaders at the base.

The Army also created a special task force to implement the independent review's 70 recommendations, some of them focused on Hood and others for the entire Army. The task force briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee in a close-door meeting on Thursday.

"It's going to take real leadership to fix the problems at Fort Hood and throughout the Army," committee Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., and ranking member Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said in a joint statement following the hearing.

"What we heard today gives us hope but hope alone isn't enough. We look forward to working with the task force and leadership at DoD to solve these troubling issues once and for all."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/07/fort-hood-restricts-base-access-after-shooting-incident.html

#12747240 at 2021-01-28 22:05:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26273: No Launch For You Musk Edition

US Police Chief Calls for Permanent Fencing Around Capitol Building Amid Security Concerns

In the days since the deadly January 6 Capitol riot, congressional lawmakers and law enforcement officials have been analyzing protocol and raising questions over security plans at the federal building, specifically how best to strengthen measures.

In light of a multitude of security failures that unfolded on January 6, acting US Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman is calling for permanent fencing to be installed around the historic grounds.

In addition to the fencing, Pittman also highlighted in a Thursday statement the importance and necessity of establishing additional security forces near the Capitol to assist Capitol police should a situation occur.

"As I noted earlier this week, even before September 11, 2001, security experts argued that more needed to be done to protect the US Capitol. In fact, a 2006 security assessment specifically recommended the installation of a permanent perimeter fence around the Capitol," Pittman noted.

"In light of recent events, I can unequivocally say that vast improvements to the physical security infrastructure must be made to include permanent fencing, and the availability of ready, back-up forces in close proximity to the Capitol."

At present, three security assessments are being conducted by Capitol police, the agency's inspector general and a third party entity under the orders of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Fencing currently installed near the US Capitol was erected in days after hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the building in a failed effort to stop the electoral certification of the US election, resulting in five deaths, including a Capitol police officer. Much of the 7-foot-high, non-scalable fencing has been topped with razor wire as an added measure for deterrence.

One day after the deadly Capitol riot, the Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy revealed that the fencing would stay in place for at least a 30-day period.

The latest development came as federal officials have warned that individuals emboldened by the violent insurrection may be planning to stage similar attacks in the coming days and weeks. The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning through its National Terrorism Advisory System alerting Americans of a "heightened threat" from possible domestic extremists.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202101281081911907-us-police-chief-calls-for-permanent-fencing-around-capitol-building-amid-security-concerns/

#12725270 at 2021-01-27 01:27:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16245: EBAKE Edition

DC National Guard commander says Pentagon restricted his authority before riot
BY REBECCA KHEEL - 01/26/21 12:16 PM EST

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/535888-dc-national-guard-commander-says-pentagon-restricted-his-authority-before-riot

Pentagon officials restricted the commander of D.C. National Guard's authorities ahead of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, the commander told The Washington Post in an interview published Tuesday.

Normally, a local commander would be able to make decisions on taking military action in an emergency when headquarters approval could take too much time.

But Maj. Gen. William Walker, the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, told the Post the Pentagon took that power away from him ahead of the Capitol riot, which meant he could not immediately deploy troops when the Capitol Police chief called asking for help as rioters were about to breach the building.

"All military commanders normally have immediate response authority to protect property, life, and in my case, federal functions - federal property and life," Walker told the Post. "But in this instance, I did not have that authority."

Instead, Walker needed approval from then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller before deploying troops.

Asked how quickly guardsmen could have arrived at the Capitol, which is two miles from the D.C. National Guard's headquarters, without the higher-level approval, Walker told the Post, "With all deliberate speed - I mean, they're right down the street."

The restriction was placed on Walker after the Guard's heavy-handed and widely criticized response to racial justice protests over the summer. In June, hundreds of guardsmen from around the country poured into the nation's capital at former President Trump's request, despite objections from local authorities.

A National Guard helicopter also hovered low over protesters as a show of force, a move that drew widespread scrutiny and rebuke.

"After June, the authorities were pulled back up to the secretary of defense's office," McCarthy told The Post. "Any time we would employ troops and guardsmen in the city, you had to go through a rigorous process. As you recall, there were events in the summer that got a lot of attention, and that was part of this."

Authorities were pushed back down to Walker ahead of President Biden's inauguration, McCarthy added.

The inauguration saw an influx of roughly 25,000 guardsmen from around the country to create a security zone around the Capitol and National Mall for fear of a repeat of the Jan. 6 insurrection. About 5,000 guardsmen are expected to stay around the Capitol through at least mid-March as the Senate holds Trump's impeachment trial for the charge of inciting the riot.

The House Appropriations Committee was set to receive closed-door testimony Tuesday from McCarthy and Walker as it probes security failures that led to the Capitol riot.

Pentagon officials, local D.C. authorities and the Capitol Police have traded accusations about who is to blame for the Guard's slow response once rioters breached the Capitol. The Pentagon has said Capitol Police denied offers of Guard assistance in the days before the attack. A Pentagon timeline of events says it took roughly an hour and a half to approve the Guard's deployment on Jan. 6 after requests were made by Capitol Police and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D).

Also under scrutiny in the Pentagon's response is the phone call in which then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund requested assistance. Sund previously told the Post that Army staff director Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt said on the call he didn't like the "visual" of the Guard policing the Capitol, a comment Piatt initially denied before backtracking last week.

Walker told the Post there was discussion of optics but said he could not attribute the comments to a particular person.

"There was some talk about optics, but I can't assign that to one person," Walker said. "From the Army leadership, there were quite a few people on the call. … It's clear that somebody talked about the optics. Who said that? I'm not sure."

#12707961 at 2021-01-25 15:58:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16223: The 'It Was Worth It Just To Learn From Sleight Of Hand' Edition

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Washington Post Smears Michael Flynn's Brother For Things He Didn't Do
Margot ClevelandBy Margot Cleveland
JANUARY 25, 2021

As you see, the Post attempts to smear Charles Flynn with his brother's actions, a completely unfair personal attack. Charles Flynn cannot fairly be held responsible for the actions of Michael Flynn, but the Post baselessly connects them in a patent attempt at tarnishing Charles Flynn's reputation. This episode merely again highlights the hackery of the Washington Post and other corporate media outlets.

There is no story here, or rather the only story here is that the integrity-challenged "journalists" at the Post, who brought America the Russia collusion hoax, have no problem attempting to ruin Charles Flynn's career by tying it without any evidence to the choices of his brother, Michael.

Michael Flynn, who stressed that he cannot speak for his brother, was outraged that the media, relying on unnamed sources, would attempt to tarnish their reputations earned through years of difficult public service.

"My brother Charlie and I have fought in every major conflict for the last 40 years. And we served in three of those conflicts at the exact same time. My life, my brother's life, our families' lives have been defined by service to our country," Flynn told The Federalist, also noting "we both have sons who currently serve and who have also served in combat tours."

None of the Qanon conspiracy smear has anything to do with Charles Flynn, whom former Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy described to the Post as "an officer of an incredibly high integrity," and as someone who served "multiple combat tours" and "has buried a lot of people."

While the Post reported McCarthy's comments, that is not enough to excuse the "journalist" hit executed on Charles Flynn. Whether this article will prove a one-off or will instead lay a foundation for a more sprawling narrative as Congress investigates the D.C. riots is yet to be seen.

But one thing the last five years has proven is that the press has perfected the anatomy of a smear and that no one-no matter his service or his sacrifice to this country-will be spared if it furthers a leftist political purpose.
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https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/25/washington-post-smears-michael-flynns-brother-for-things-he-didnt-do/

#12679703 at 2021-01-23 08:03:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16189: The Potential for Our Nation is Boundless Edition

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/embedding-with-pentagon-leadership-in-trumps-chaotic-last-week

Former CIA lawyer - now Vanity Fair "journalist" gets to spend some quality time with Chris Miller, Kash Patel, and Ezra Cohen-Watnick?

…Miller responded. "And [Trump] goes, 'You're going to need 10,000 people.' No, I'm not talking bullshit. He said that. And we're like, 'Maybe. But you know, someone's going to have to ask for it.'" At that point Miller remembered the president telling him, "'You do what you need to do. You do what you need to do.' He said, 'You're going to need 10,000.' That's what he said. Swear to God."

…The day began with a lull. "We had meetings upon meetings. We were monitoring it. And we're just like, Please, God, please, God. Then the damn TV pops up and everybody converges on my office: [Joint Chiefs of Staff] chairman [Mark Milley], Secretary of the Army [Ryan] McCarthy, the crew just converges." And as intelligence started cycling in, things went from watch and see to "a current op." Miller recalled, "We had already decided we're going to need to activate the National Guard, and that's where the fog and friction comes in."

…"The D.C. mayor finally said, 'Okay, I need more,'" Kash Patel would tell me. "Then the Capitol police-a federal agency and the Secret Service made the request. We can support them under Title 10, Title 32 authorities for [the] National Guard. So [they] collectively started making requests, and we did it. And then we just went to work."

Miller and Patel both insisted, in separate conversations, that they neither tried nor needed to contact the president on January 6; they had already gotten approval to deploy forces.

…As for Mike Pence, Miller disputed reports that the vice president was calling the shots or was the one who sent in the Guard. The SECDEF stated that he did speak with Pence-then in a secure location on the Hill-and provided a situation report. Referring to the Electoral College certification that had been paused when the mob stormed the building, Miller recalled Pence telling him, "We got to get this thing going again," to which the defense secretary replied, "Roger. We're moving."

…"When we came in here, they literally expected Ezra and Kash to have blood dripping from their mouths because they just, like, ripped the throat out of a baby," Miller told me as we sat in the living room of his well-appointed Virginia home. "Then all of a sudden, they're like, 'Jeez, they're actually willing to take on the machine.'"

…Ezra Cohen, another of Miller's top confidants, believes that his colleagues' words and deeds may be well and good, but are beside the point: "The president threw us under the bus. And when I say 'us,' I don't mean only us political appointees or only us Republicans. He threw America under the bus. He caused a lot of damage to the fabric of this country. Did he go and storm the Capitol himself? No. But he, I believe, had an opportunity to tamp things down and he chose not to. And that's really the fatal flaw. I mean, he's in charge. And when you're in charge, you're responsible for what goes wrong."

…His promotion was fodder for trolls of every stripe. "To the left I became this horrible person that enabled the president, attacking [Obama officials] and all this other stuff like that," Cohen contended as we sat in his kitchen and later drove through a Chick-fil-A before tooling around northern Virginia. "And then to the crazy people on the right-that are dangerous people that did the horrible, antidemocratic behavior with the Capitol-these nutjobs are saying that I am QAnon."

…For the past year Kash has swung the biggest dick in D.C. because he could just say, 'Oh, I'm going to go to the president.' And we were on emails with him where he's telling four-star generals, 'Hey, this is a White House priority. Don't make me go talk to the president, because I will.' And the generals always rolled over."

…The day before, a Washington Post photographer had captured Michael Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and one of Trump's fringiest allies, walking into the West Wing carrying a piece of paper that included the instruction: "Move Kash Patel to CIA Acting." Sipping an IPA and wearing a baseball cap-bearing the insignia of a British special forces unit-Patel seemed utterly unfazed. He said he'd never met or communicated with the MyPillow guy.

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#12655343 at 2021-01-21 21:16:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16157: God Is Not Just The Spare Tire Edition

>>12655125
>>12655234
>>12655251
>>12655315
>Biden Team not getting much traction at muh Pentagram. cont

In particular, Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist, who Biden has tapped to serve as acting defense secretary until Austin is confirmed, has been helpful.

Joe Francescon, Miller's deputy chief of staff, reached out to Austin's incoming chief of staff, Kelly Magsamen, directly on Jan. 5. Biden and Trump officials, including Austin, Magsamen, outgoing Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, and Norquist, attended a tabletop training exercise last week. Miller was supposed to attend, but instead opted to go on a domestic trip.

Overall, the first transition official said they would give Trump's Pentagon team a "C- or D+" grade for their cooperation.

"Ultimately the level of information that we were given access to was inadequate, I mean just grossly inadequate, particularly in the context of a historically unprecedented set of challenges that the nation is facing," the person said. "It's really quite shocking."

end

#12579997 at 2021-01-18 07:24:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16062: Our Birth Certificates issued under Maritime Law Edition

>>12579929
tyb

FBI vets 25,000 National Guard over fears of insider attack at Biden inauguration
Extra checks are being done to confirm there are no concerns over the thousands of personnel who will be protecting the event.
Monday 18 January 2021 07:01, UK

Fears about a potential insider attack at Joe Biden's inauguration have prompted the FBI to vet all 25,000 National Guard troops who will be on duty.

Officials are taking "second, third looks at every one of the individuals", said US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

Guard members are also getting training on how to identify potential insider threats, but Mr McCarthy said they had not found anything of concern so far.

The National Guard have been arriving in Washington to help protect the event amid concerns there could more violence after the US Capitol riots of two weeks ago.

The number flooding into the city is at least two-and-a-half times that of previous inaugurations.

It comes after the FBI said last week that it had separately identified more than 200 suspects threatening violence at the ceremony and had picked up an "extensive amount of concerning online chatter".

Members of the military are routinely checked for extremist links, but the FBI screening is an extra layer and shows the meticulous planning to secure the event.
MORE AT LINK - https://news.sky.com/story/fbi-vets-25-000-national-guard-over-fears-of-insider-attack-at-biden-inauguration-12191193

#12562098 at 2021-01-17 07:03:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16039: WELCOME TO D5 EDITION

ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses, Trump Remains in Office, Inauguration Cancelled

Joe Biden's Inauguration has been cancelled, President Trump would remain in office and the Chinese Communist Party propaganda media outlets of ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC would soon be off the airwaves according to President Trump.

"I have invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807 (Section 10 U.S. Code 13 251-255) to address the treasonous rebellion conducted by Democrat and Republican lawmakers, CCP Agents (Chinese Communist Party), FBI, Department of Justice, CIA and others to dismantle the United States of America and it's Constitution," President Trump declared on Thursday 14 Jan. "These entities pose a direct threat to national security. I will remain President indefinitely until all domestic enemies are arrested."

President Trump invoked the Insurrection Act after another assassination attempt on him last Sat. morning 9 Jan. According to his Intel, Chinese Communist Party Agents, the FBI, Department of Justice, CIA and others of the Deep State have - with the help of the Main Stream Media - long been planning to dismantle the US and it's Constitution.

Of course, none of these treasonous acts have been reported by the corrupt Main Stream Media. Trump had evidence that the MSM was "embedded with CIA and Chinese Communist Party agents whose sole purpose was to direct public opinion toward a Deep State agenda."

During President Trump's four years in office he and what has been referred to as the Alliance have been fighting this Cabal - a Satan worshipping force composed of thirteen Satanist Bloodline families out of Italy, the Vatican, UK Monarchy, British M16, Chinese Communist Party, CIA, FBI, Department of Justice, Antifa, Black Lives Matter and certain Republican and Democratic Lawmakers. Another attempt on his life was the last straw.

Since that Sat. 9 Jan. the US has been under an abbreviated Martial Law with President Trump as Commander in Chief and General Flynn in charge of the Military. As such Trump has signed multiple Executive Orders that among other powers, allowed for Military arrests and Tribunals.

Soon to be acted upon were well over 222,286 sealed indictments against political and global elites filed in federal courts across the nation.

https://operationdisclosure.blogspot.com/2021/01/sealed-indictments-as-of-december-31.html#more

By law with the Insurrection Act in effect, Trump would remain President indefinitely until all domestic enemies were arrested. He would soon take down the Main Stream Media.

"I'm drafting an Executive Order to take the following propaganda media outlets off the airwaves: ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. I am also working with the FCC to pull their licenses. We have evidence that all of these media organizations employ agents of the Chinese Communist Party as well as embedded CIA Agents whose sole purpose is to brainwash, hypnotize and direct public opinion toward certain agendas that support the Left and Deep State. These organizations are a threat to national security and virtually nothing they report is actual news."

It's no small task to take down the Cabal. Military and Special Forces units have been deploying all over the US in 400+ cities. Right now there were over 15,000 troops in DC according to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. Special Forces units have covertly infiltrated Antifa and Black Lives Matter and made silent covert arrests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4_DNABtptU

That same Sat. 9 Jan. POTUS and the Department of Defense postponed the 20 Jan. Presidential Inauguration. Intel sources claimed that if Joe Biden was not inaugurated there were corrupt-FBI plans to help stage Antifa and BLM violence in DC and at the 50 state capitols from Sat 16 Jan. through Wed. 20 Jan. Biden couldn't be inaugurated anyway because of the Insurrection Act that demanded Trump remain in office "until all domestic enemies were arrested."

#12557082 at 2021-01-17 00:39:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16032: The Beginning Of The End Of Evil Edition

US Capitol Police Reportedly Arrest Armed Man Using 'Fake Credentials' to Enter Checkpoint

As President-elect Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated on 20 January next week, the United States capital remains on a high alert following the deadly 6 January Capitol Hill riot. Thousands of National Guard personnel have been deployed to aid local police in protecting the area.

A Virginia man who attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington DC on Friday using fake inaugural credentials has been arrested by US Capitol law enforcement, CNN reported on Saturday.

He was also reportedly in possession of a loaded handgun and over 500 rounds of ammunition, a police report and a law enforcement source told CNN.

Around 6:30 p.m, Wesley Allen Beeler arrived outside a police vehicle checkpoint in his pick-up truck at North Capitol and E Street NE, just north of the Capitol building, according to CNN citing an unnamed source.

The suspect is Wesley Allen Beeler, from Front Royal, Virginia pic.twitter.com/rxYwsGS2E7
- Guy Elster (@guyelster) January 16, 2021

?Beeler, from Front Royal, Virginia, showed officers at the checkpoint an unauthorized inauguration credential. According to the source, police inquired if Beeler was carrying any weapons, who then informed them of the Glock semi-automatic pistol he was carrying in the center armrest of his vehicle.

The handgun was reportedly loaded with 17 rounds of ammunition as well as a round positioned within the chamber, ready for use. According to an incident report provided by the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department, law enforcement retrieved the pistol and 509 rounds of ammunition, shotgun shells, as well as an additional handgun magazine.

This comes as the capital is currently on high alert in the run-up to the 20 January inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has authorized up 21,000 National Guard troops to be deployed from around the US to aid law enforcement with security.

"Right now, we have approximately 7,000 National Guard soldiers and airmen on the ground in support of the lead federal agency, and we are building to 21,000 for the upcoming inauguration", said Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau during an inauguration security briefing with Vice President Mike Pence.

The US Department of Defense at the same time on Friday issued a press release saying that they had given permission for an additional 25,000 "service members to support the Presidential Inauguration National Special Security Event federal law enforcement mission and security preparations, as led by the US Secret Service".

?On 12 January, National Guard personnel were permitted to be armed and were also authorized for the use of deadly force in their support of US Capitol Police in their protection of the Capitol on 20 January, lawmakers, and staff, a bureau media release confirms.

This follows the violent 6 January storming of the Capitol building by supporters of President Trump that saw people five people killed in a failed attempt to overturn the November election result and to stop Congress from formally confirming the Electoral College vote certifying Joe Biden as the new US president.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202101161081790316-us-capitol-police-reportedly-arrest-armed-man-using-fake-credentials-to-enter-checkpoint/

#12554745 at 2021-01-16 22:10:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16029: The Time Is Always Ripe To Do Right Edition

Guardsmen stationed at U.S. Capitol building to get cots
By LARA SELIGMAN and NATASHA BERTRAND 01/16/2021 03:26 PM EST

https://www.politico.com/story/2021/01/16/national-guard-cots-capitol-1526359

The National Guardsmen providing security in the U.S. Capitol ahead of the inauguration are soon getting cots, after images went viral last week of troops sleeping on the floor in the halls of Congress, according to four people familiar with the decision.

Guard spokesman Wayne Hall confirmed Saturday that Federal Emergency Management Agency received a formal request through the D.C. Emergency Operations Center for more than 1,200 cots "to provide comfort for members of the National Guard supporting law enforcement and the upcoming presidential inauguration in D.C."

The Army is coordinating the effort with FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security and the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, said a Guardsman familiar with the planning. Officials will collect cots from National Guard armories in Maryland and Virginia and transport them to the Capitol, the person said.

Many officials believe the cots are unnecessary, but the photos of Guardsmen resting on the floor of the Capitol quickly became a "PR issue," the person said - particularly after more than a dozen House Democrats called Thursday on the Army Secretary to send cots, bedding, shower facilities and other resources.

"Most everyone's opinion is that we honestly don't need them," the person said, noting that "this is one of the nicest napping spots most of us have ever had in uniform."

The cots will arrive Saturday and Sunday, the person said, adding that no costs should be incurred aside from the time and transportation.

A Jan. 15 memo obtained by POLITICO cited guidance from Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville that Guardsmen "who are resting inside the U.S. Capitol Building are to lay on a cot, and not on the ground." The guidance was confirmed separately by a D.C. National Guardsman, who celebrated the news.

"No more cold marble!" the Guardsman said.

A defense official stressed that McConville did not order Guardsmen to rest on cots, rather that he directed the Army to provide the troops "whatever they need to accomplish the mission and to take care of their life support needs."

In a letter to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on Thursday, a group of lawmakers said they were "disappointed" by images posted to social media of soldiers resting in the Capitol Rotunda, the Capitol Visitor Center and elsewhere as thousands of Guardsmen poured into DC to support local law enforcement responding to threats of violence ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration.

"With the uncertainty for needed rest and recoup time in flux, and to ensure that the Guard members are fully able to execute their protection mission, we urge you to make available cots or other equipment to more easily facilitate their ability to rest while they are on Capitol grounds," the lawmakers wrote.

More than 21,000 Guardsmen will be deployed to D.C. by Inauguration Day to support law enforcement responding to the protests.

NG GETTING COTS!!!

#12536027 at 2021-01-15 19:19:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16005: Fencing Around State Capitols? Edition

Frens, need some help with this.
I have trouble with "Before it's news" 's credibility. But I want to believe this article SO badly.
Is this a reputable source in anons' Opinions??
https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2021/01/inauguration-cancelled-trump-remains-in-office-abc-nbc-cbs-fox-cnn-msnbc-to-loose-licenses-3223234.html
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Joe Biden's Inauguration has been cancelled, President Trump would remain in office and the Chinese Communist Party propaganda media outlets of ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC would soon be off the airwaves according to President Trump.
"I have invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807 (Section 10 U.S. Code 13 251-255) to address the treasonous rebellion conducted by Democrat and Republican lawmakers, CCP Agents (Chinese Communist Party), FBI, Department of Justice, CIA and others to dismantle the United States of America and it's Constitution," President Trump declared on Thursday 14 Jan. "These entities pose a direct threat to national security. I will remain President indefinitely until all domestic enemies are arrested."
President Trump invoked the Insurrection Act after another assassination attempt on him last Sat. morning 9 Jan. According to his Intel, Chinese Communist Party Agents, the FBI, Department of Justice, CIA and others of the Deep State have - with the help of the Main Stream Media - long been planning to dismantle the US and it's Constitution.
Of course, none of these treasonous acts have been reported by the corrupt Main Stream Media. Trump had evidence that the MSM was "embedded with CIA and Chinese Communist Party agents whose sole purpose was to direct public opinion toward a Deep State agenda."

During President Trump's four years in office he and what has been referred to as the Alliance have been fighting this Cabal - a Satan worshipping force composed of thirteen Satanist Bloodline families out of Italy, the Vatican, UK Monarchy, British M16, Chinese Communist Party, CIA, FBI, Department of Justice, Antifa, Black Lives Matter and certain Republican and Democratic Lawmakers. Another attempt on his life was the last straw.
Since that Sat. 9 Jan. the US has been under an abbreviated Martial Law with President Trump as Commander in Chief and General Flynn in charge of the Military. As such Trump has signed multiple Executive Orders that among other powers, allowed for Military arrests and Tribunals.
Soon to be acted upon were well over 222,286 sealed indictments against political and global elites filed in federal courts across the nation.
https://operationdisclosure.blogspot.com/2021/01/sealed-indictments-as-of-december-31.html#more
By law with the Insurrection Act in effect, Trump would remain President indefinitely until all domestic enemies were arrested. He would soon take down the Main Stream Media.

"I'm drafting an Executive Order to take the following propaganda media outlets off the airwaves: ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. I am also working with the FCC to pull their licenses. We have evidence that all of these media organizations employ agents of the Chinese Communist Party as well as embedded CIA Agents whose sole purpose is to brainwash, hypnotize and direct public opinion toward certain agendas that support the Left and Deep State. These organizations are a threat to national security and virtually nothing they report is actual news."
It's no small task to take down the Cabal. Military and Special Forces units have been deploying all over the US in 400+ cities. Right now there were over 15,000 troops in DC according to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. Special Forces units have covertly infiltrated Antifa and Black Lives Matter and made silent covert arrests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4_DNABtptU

<Moar at link at the top.>

Other anons' thoughts on this??

#12520186 at 2021-01-14 20:46:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15985: Anons Own The Kitchen Edition

Biden Inaugural: National Guard Troops Authorized to Use Lethal Force as D.C. Turns Into Police State

National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C. for the Biden inaugural in the wake of the storming of the Capitol last week have been authorized to use lethal force, according to a report by U.S. News that cited a Defense Department official. The D.C. National Guard had issued a statement Wednesday that troops under its command had been authorized to carry weapons.

A reported 20,000 troops are being deployed in the nation's capital. Checkpoints have been established. Razor wire topped fencing has been erected around the Capitol and Supreme Court, large swaths of official Washington have been blocked to vehicular traffic. Many Metro stations in downtown D.C. are completely closed. The Washington Monument is closed and the National Mall is set to be closed. Airbnb cancelled all reservations in the D.C. area for the period of the inauguration. Hotels are being pressured to do the same. The message to Americans is stay away from D.C.

Excerpt from U.S. News report:

THE 20,000 NATIONAL Guard troops preparing for pro-Trump demonstrations this weekend in the nation's capital will be armed and permitted to use lethal force, the headquarters overseeing them says, marking a striking escalation in the way authorities there are preparing for repeat violence after last week's deadly mob.

"On January 12, 2021, National Guardsmen were given authorization to be armed in support of the U.S. Capitol Police to protect the U.S. Capitol and individual members of Congress and their staff," according to a statement from the D.C. National Guard, which is commanding Guard forces in the city, including units deployed from six other states, to provide security for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week.

A defense official confirmed the authorization includes permission for Guard troops to use lethal force.

The request came from federal authorities and was approved by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy - who oversees D.C. Guard deployments since the District is not a state - indicating it was not a request from the local government.

More from the D.C. Guard statement issued Wednesday:

"Our objectives are to provide support to local authorities. To date, we are being asked to provide security, crowd management, traffic control, parking coordination, and medical and logistical support. The public's safety is our top priority. Guardsmen are trained in the use of lethal and less-than-lethal force, de-escalation techniques, as well as the use of protective equipment. This is standard for civil disturbance response missions."

The shutdowns and deployments:

"I can honestly say this is the first time I've had to clear a police/national guard checkpoint to get to my office in DC. Security measures are now extensive and span far back from the Capitol."

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/biden-inaugural-national-guard-troops-authorized-use-lethal-force-d-c-turns-police-state/

#12519943 at 2021-01-14 20:29:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15984: The Military Is Strong Edition

#12501810 at 2021-01-13 18:38:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15961: Our Unalterable Resolution Should Be To Be Free Edition

Caught On Video: National Guard Gearing Up With Rifles, Riot Shields At The Capitol

Update (1232 ET): Buzz Feed's Paul McLeod reports, "about 3,000 total national guard troops sheltering in the Capitol right now."

McLeod said guardsmen had to stay in the Capitol building "overnight because there was nowhere to put all 15,000 troops being brought into DC for inauguration from various state national guards (eg New York sent 1,000)"

I'm told there are about 3,000 total national guard troops sheltering in the Capitol right right now. Had to stay here overnight because there was nowhere to put all 15,000 troops being brought into DC for inauguration from various state national guards (eg New York sent 1,000) pic.twitter.com/okRAQozo7U
- Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) January 13, 2021

This is nothing less than a logistical nightmare as thousands of guardsmen had no folding cots to sleep on.

* * *

Update (1208 ET): Moments ago, Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said the National Guard is boosting the numbers of guardsmen around the Capitol complex to more than 20,000.

"With respect to the National Guard, those numbers, the final numbers - because this has been designated as a national special security event, the final numbers will be provided from the United States Secret Service," Contee told reporters. "I think you can expect to see somewhere upwards beyond 20,000 members of the National Guard that will be here in the footprint of the District of Columbia." he said.

This is a substantial increase from over the weekend when 6,000 were deployed. The number was increased to a total of 15,000 on Monday.

Now, more than 20,000 guardsmen are expected to be armed and patrolling the Capitol grounds. It makes us wonder how large is the threat ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan 20.

* * *

Last week, the Associated Press, citing the Secretary of the Army, said National Guard troops in the Washington Metropolitan Area, especially around the Capitol complex, could carry assault rifles and pistols though the decision was under review.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told The AP Friday that the military could let guardsmen carry M-4 rifles or 9 mm Berettas in a few days.

As we come to find out, on Wednesday morning, CNN's Josh Replogle reports that "racks upon racks of rifles and pistols" were unloaded from military vehicles and distributed to troops.

@mkraju Racks upon racks of rifles and pistols. National guard gearing up at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/EzRriokncu
- Josh Replogle CNN (@Joshrepp) January 13, 2021

Dozens of pictures of guardsmen sleeping inside the Capitol were armed with what appears to be M-4 rifles by their sides. This comes after days of unarmed guardsmen seen around the Capitol earlier this week.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/national-guard-troops-stationed-capitol-armed-m-4-rifles-ahead-inauguration-chaos

#12500457 at 2021-01-13 17:05:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15959: It Is Impossible To Conquer A Nation Determined To Be Free! Edition

>>12499501 (lb)
National Guard, DC

I did some digging, please take a look.

According to Army Times
"During a Thursday evening teleconference, McCarthy confirmed that all 6,200 troops are "on a minimum of a 30-day deployment" on Title 32 orders."

National Guard in DC are on 30 day deployment. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy confirmed they are receiving Title 32 orders.
Title 32 means they are considered federal active duty for specific state missions and full-time Guard positions.

In the District of Columbia (DC), the national guard operates under THE PRESIDENT. The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard that reports only to the president. (source wikipedia cuz lazy)
Also noteworthy, the Commanding General of District of Columbia, William J. Walker, has been selected by Trump on January 20 2017.

Sources:
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/01/07/army-secretary-6200-national-guard-troops-to-be-in-dc-area-by-the-weekend/
"During a Thursday evening teleconference, McCarthy confirmed that all 6,200 troops are "on a minimum of a 30-day deployment" on Title 32 orders."

https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/moaa-blog/your-benefits-title-10-vs.title-32-vs.-the-state/
"Under Title 32 […] The governor is the boss even though the state mission is sanctioned and funded by the federal government"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Walker#Military_career
"On January 20, 2017, Walker assumed the role of acting Commanding General, District of Columbia Army and Air National Guard, nicknamed the "Capitol Guardians".
In March 2018, President Donald J. Trump nominated Walker for promotion to Major General and selected him as the Commanding General."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_National_Guard#Unique_law
"The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard that reports only to the president. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard#Territorial_organization
"The state National Guard is organized into units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia, and operates under their respective state or territorial governor, except in the instance of Washington, D.C., where the National Guard operates under the President of the United States or his designee."

#12491369 at 2021-01-13 02:07:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15947: Pessimism Never Won Any Battle Edition

What's the point of quitting a day before you're supposedly leaving? Makes no sense other than forced out

Barrett among six top Air Force officials to step down
By Ellen Mitchell - 01/12/21 07:35 PM EST

Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett will resign from her role ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week, the service announced Tuesday.

Barrett is one of six top Air Force officials to leave prior to the new administration, with a retirement ceremony set for Thursday at Joint-Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., the service said.

Also to depart are Will Roper, assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics; acting Undersecretary Shon Manasco; Comptroller John Roth; General Counsel Thomas Ayres; and John Henderson, assistant secretary of installations, environment, and energy. Their last day will be Jan. 19, a day prior to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony.

The incoming Biden administration has not yet announced who would fill the Air Force's top roles.
The Senate in October 2019 confirmed Barrett as the fourth woman to be the top civilian leading the Air Force after Heather Wilson left to become president of the University of Texas at El Paso.

It is typical for politically appointed officials to step down in the changeover of administrations, but sometimes there are exceptions.

In December, Defense News reported that the Biden administration was considering keeping Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy in his role for the time being, though it is unknown whether a delayed National Guard response to violent riots at the Capitol last week has killed that idea.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/533952-barrett-among-six-top-air-force-officials-to-step-down

#12483228 at 2021-01-12 18:31:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15937: "Impeachment requires 2/3rd vote by the Senate" Edition

==
Pentagon held table-top contingency response exercise on morning of Capitol breach==

The exercise was held at the request of top officials, according to a Pentagon memo.

Pentagon officials held a table-top planning exercise the morning of Jan. 6 to rehearse how the Defense Department might respond to events that day in Washington, D.C., defense officials confirmed. The exercise was held some two hours before Capitol Police ordered the evacuation of the besieged U.S. Capitol complex.

"The table-top was requested by the highest levels inside the Department of Defense," one official said. "The two top guys - Miller and Milley - were part of this." The comment references acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.

Table-top exercises are widely used within the U.S. military and other organizations to simulate emergency situations, and to assign roles and look for gaps in plans and procedures.

The Jan. 6 exercise was held after Miller and Milley examined the Defense Department's plan to support local law enforcement agencies, according to a Pentagon memo.

Miller and Milley requested the exercise at 8:30 a.m., according to a memorandum from Miller's executive secretary, Navy Capt. David Soldow. Three hours later, the exercise commenced.

"1130: [Miller] participates in table-top exercise regarding DoD contingency response options," Soldow wrote in the memo bearing a date with the typographical error of Jan. 00.

Neither the Pentagon official nor Soldow revealed specific details about the exercise. But, the official noted: "You don't need a table-top to see that things went downhill fast."

In the wake of the Capitol siege that resulted in death, injury, arrests, and destruction of property, blame has been cast at various agencies and officials for failing to prevent and repel the violent assault. Steven Sund, who resigned as chief of the Capitol Police shortly after the Capitol breach, has said that his pleas for backup were rebuffed by House and Senate security officials and a Pentagon commander.

"If we would have had the National Guard, we could have held them at bay longer, until more officers from our partner agencies could arrive," Sund told the Washington Post.

But in the days leading up to Jan. 6, Soldow wrote, Sund's agency twice said it did not need help from the National Guard.

On Jan. 3, "DoD confirms with U.S. Capitol Police that there is no request for support," Soldow wrote. On Jan. 4, he added, Capitol Police "confirms there is no requirement for DoD support in a phone call with [Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy]."

https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagon-held-table-top-contingency-response-exercise-morning-capitol-breach

#12482946 at 2021-01-12 18:13:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15936: PeachMint Tuesday Edition

Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett to Resign Before Inauguration

Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett will resign from her post prior to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony next week, according to an announcement.

The Air Force will host a retirement ceremony for Barrett, its fourth female secretary, Thursday at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., the service said in an AF.mil post Tuesday.

The Senate confirmed Barrett to be the 25th Air Force secretary in October 2019, following the departure of Heather Wilson.

President Donald Trump announced via Twitter in May 2019 that Barrett was his pick after Wilson had vacated the job weeks earlier to take a university position in Texas. Barrett had previously been nominated for the job in 2003 but was never confirmed, according to a report from Defense News.

Barrett is the first service secretary to announce her departure. Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, is also expected to step down.

Defense News reported in December that the Biden administration is weighing keeping Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy in his position for at least another year. However, it is unclear whether that is still on the table in the wake of a delayed National Guard response to insurrectionists storming the Capitol last week; the Army secretary plays a major role in authorizing Guardsmen in the District of Columbia since it has no governor.

Service secretaries have typically resigned or offered to leave when a new administration comes in, but there have been exceptions.

Michael Donley, the 22nd Air Force secretary, was nominated by President George W. Bush in June 2008 and confirmed months later. President Barack Obama reappointed him to the position in 2009.

Robert O. Work, the deputy secretary of defense under the Obama administration, attended his retirement ceremony even as he agreed to stay on in an acting capacity under the Trump administration, according to Defense News' Aaron Mehta.

The service noted that Thursday's ceremony will also honor Roper, Air Force Undersecretary Shon J. Manasco, Comptroller John P. Roth, General Counsel Thomas E. Ayres, and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy John W. Henderson.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/12/air-force-secretary-barbara-barrett-resign-inauguration.html

#12467565 at 2021-01-11 18:28:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15917: And Then We Were Again Without A Baker Edition

Army Investigates Fort Bragg Soldier for Attending Rally That Ended in US Capitol Breach

Army officials at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, are investigating a psychological operations captain for her involvement in the Washington, D.C., rally that led to the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol last week.

In the aftermath of the riot, Army officials pledged to investigate whether any soldiers joined hundreds of Trump supporters in pushing past law enforcement officers to enter the Capitol and smash windows, damage offices and force lawmakers to halt their official count of Electoral College votes in order to shelter in place.

"I can confirm our command is investigating the involvement of Capt. Emily Rainey at the Capitol on Jan. 6," Maj. Dan Lessard, a spokesman for 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), said in a statement to Military.com.

Rainey, who is assigned to the 4th Psychological Operations Group at Bragg, told The Associated Press on Sunday that she had a right to attend the rally.

"I was a private citizen and doing everything right and within my rights," Rainey told the AP.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy agreed to a request from Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., for any soldiers suspected in the breach of the Capitol to receive fast-tracked investigation and courts-martial, according to a readout Crow released of his call with McCarthy on Sunday.

Rainey said she led 100 members of Moore County Citizens for Freedom, a self-described nonpartisan network that promotes conservative values, to Washington to "stand against election fraud" and support President Donald Trump, the AP reported. Trump has repeatedly alleged there was widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 election but has not produced proof of his claims.

This is not the first time Rainey has been in the spotlight. In May, she posted a video online of her pulling down caution tape at a playground that was closed under North Carolina's COVID-19 restrictions, the AP reported.

Police in Southern Pines, a community about 30 miles west of Fort Bragg, charged Rainey with damage to personal property over the incident, after letting her off with warnings twice before when she tore down the tape closing off the playground, according to the AP.

Rainey officially resigned her commission as an officer in October and is scheduled to leave the Army in April, Lessard told Military.com.

Rainey said she attended the Trump rally while on leave and didn't advertise that she was an Army officer, the AP reported.

"I told my bosses before I went that I was going, and I told them when I got back," she told the AP, adding that her group did not enter the Capitol and left the city long before the 6 p.m. curfew that was imposed after the riot.

Members of the U.S. military are permitted to take part in political organizations and events while out of uniform, but the Pentagon prohibits active-duty service members from sponsoring partisan organizations.

"It's not clear at this time whether she broke any laws or regulations with her travel to the Capitol," Lessard said in the statement. "That's why we are gathering all of the facts surrounding this case so we can determine whether actions are appropriate."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/11/army-investigates-fort-bragg-soldier-attending-rally-ended-us-capitol-breach.html

#12458027 at 2021-01-11 04:36:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15904: America, Home Of The Free Because Of The Brave Edition

Notice its not the FBI or C_A but the Army..kekeke

Army identifies more possible threats after at least 25 'domestic terrorism' cases opened in connection with US Capitol breach

US Representative Jason Crow (D-Colorado) said he was updated on the status of riot-related prosecutions by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. Rifles, Molotov cocktails, explosives and zip-tie handcuffs were recovered during the arrests, suggesting that "a greater disaster was narrowly averted," Crow said.

Moments ago, I spoke with Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy about the military response to the January 6 Capitol attack and ongoing security measures.

Here are the notes from my call: pic.twitter.com/WB155iJoJn
- Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) January 10, 2021

The Army is aware of additional domestic terrorism threats in the days leading to Biden's January 20 inauguration and is coordinating with local and federal law enforcement agencies on security preparations, Crow said. The congressman added that he's afraid members of the military may be involved in insurrection and he asked McCarthy to review deployments for the inauguration to ensure there are no troops "sympathetic to domestic terrorists."

https://www.news.tl/army-identifies-more-possible-threats-after-at-least-25-domestic-terrorism-cases-opened-in-connectio-64559.html

#12454408 at 2021-01-11 01:15:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15900: DC Troop Movements Edition

Army identifies more possible threats after at least 25 'domestic terrorism' cases opened in connection with US Capitol breach

Prosecutors have opened at least 25 domestic terrorism cases against people who participated in the US Capitol riot, and the Army has identified more potential threats as President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration approaches.

US Representative Jason Crow (D-Colorado) said he was updated on the status of riot-related prosecutions by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. Rifles, Molotov cocktails, explosives and zip-tie handcuffs were recovered during the arrests, suggesting that "a greater disaster was narrowly averted," Crow said.

Moments ago, I spoke with Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy about the military response to the January 6 Capitol attack and ongoing security measures.Here are the notes from my call: pic.twitter.com/WB155iJoJn
- Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) January 10, 2021

The Army is aware of additional domestic terrorism threats in the days leading to Biden's January 20 inauguration and is coordinating with local and federal law enforcement agencies on security preparations, Crow said. The congressman added that he's afraid members of the military may be involved in insurrection and he asked McCarthy to review deployments for the inauguration to ensure there are no troops "sympathetic to domestic terrorists."

https://www.rt.com/usa/512094-capitol-domestic-terrorists-threats/

#12397453 at 2021-01-08 13:44:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15826: Friday DC Follies Edition

Hogan: 'We Were Repeatedly Denied Approval' to Send National Guard to Capitol

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/01/07/hogan-we-were-repeatedly-denied-approval-to-send-national-guard-to-capitol/#

During a press conference on Thursday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said that approval to send the Maryland National Guard to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was "repeatedly denied" and it took an hour and a half before they received approval to send the Guard.

Hogan said, "[L]eaders of Congress were pleading with me, as the governor of Maryland, for assistance from Maryland's National Guard and State Police. I informed [Leader] Hoyer and the other leaders that a force of specially trained riot police, equipped to respond to civil disturbances, along with members of allied and local law enforcement agencies were already en route to the Capitol. I also told them that I authorized the mobilization of the Maryland National Guard and that I was ready, willing, and able to immediately deploy them to the Capitol."

He continued, "However, we were repeatedly denied approval to do so. Under federal law, the mayor of the District of Columbia does not have authority over the Guard, and we must receive approval from the secretary of Defense before we're able to send our Maryland National Guard across the border into the federal city, into the District of Columbia. So, we had a little back and forth trying to get that authorization. In the meantime, we did not hesitate, we continued to mobilize and get ready so that, if and when we finally got that approval, we could immediately move. Approximately an hour and a half later, I got a call on my cell phone from the Secretary of the Army, Ryan McCarthy, who gave us the authority that we needed to be able to move into the city."

Check out the comments!
Another TRAITOR!

#12389531 at 2021-01-08 02:16:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15816: If It Was Easy They Would Have Been Run Out Of DC Long Ago Edition

Military Leaders Say 'Tremendous Confusion' Delayed Response to Capitol Siege

Top defense leaders are pushing back against criticism that they were ill-prepared for Wednesday's massive security lapse at the U.S. Capitol, in which a mob was able to swarm past federal law enforcement personnel and enter the building, leaving the vice president and members of Congress in danger.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy defended the decision to stage a few hundred National Guard members around the city leading up to the breach, citing unclear information about how many protesters would be in Washington, D.C., this week. Intelligence on crowd size, McCarthy said in a Thursday call with reporters, "was all over the board."

"The problem was the range," he said, adding that estimates put the size of the protests anywhere from 2,000 to 80,000 people.

Kenneth Rapuano, assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense, stressed that the Defense Department does not conduct domestic intelligence.

"We are totally reliant on federal, state and local law enforcement," he said. "When we are getting requests for assistance, we are not conducting our own assessments of what different groups in the United States might be doing."

As late as Monday or Tuesday, the Defense Department was informed by local leaders that additional military support was not needed, said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.

President Donald Trump told his supporters to come to the nation's capital on the day lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence would be voting to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory. "Will be wild!" he tweeted.

Trump has disputed Biden's win, alleging without proof that the election was stolen from him. The president addressed his supporters on Wednesday, urging them to march to the Capitol. Once there, they broke down barriers and grappled with federal police to storm the building – something McCarthy said earlier on Thursday that no one had anticipated in their "wildest imagination."

Lawmakers and reporters sheltered in place as Trump supporters walked through congressional buildings, destroying offices, breaking windows and posing with statues. Members of Congress were forced to don protective equipment after Capitol police deployed tear gas to disperse the mob.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/07/military-leaders-say-tremendous-confusion-delayed-response-capitol-siege.html

#12380805 at 2021-01-07 18:57:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15804: Pre-planned Speech Crackdown On Patriots & POTUS Underway Edition

Workers install 7-foot fence around Capitol after siege

A 7-foot-tall fence is being erected around the Capitol following the mayhem unleashed by supporters of President Trump and will remain for the next month, the secretary of the Army said Thursday.

During a press conference with Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser addressing the district's response to the storming of the Capitol, Ryan McCarthy said a fence will be built and additional National Guard troops will arrive in the coming days to bolster law enforcement.

"This morning we began erecting a 7-foot non-scalable fence," McCarthy said. "These personnel and these security measures will be in place for no less than the next 30 days."

He said the barrier would stretch from Constitution Avenue to Independence Avenue to First Street near the pond.

Mobs of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon as congressional members met in a joint session to certify the Electoral College results.

After overrunning security forces, the crowd of protesters entered the Capitol and made their way to the Senate floor, vandalizing congressional offices and sending lawmakers scurrying for safety.

Order was eventually restored, Congress reconvened and the House and Senate voted to certify the results, giving President-elect Joe Biden 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/workers-install-7-foot-fence-around-capitol-after-siege/

#12365143 at 2021-01-07 03:17:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15784: Congress Has Turned It's Back On America Edition

Former SecDef Jim Mattis Denounces Pro-Trump 'Violent Assault' on US Capitol

President Donald Trump's first secretary of defense delivered a sharp rebuke to him Wednesday night, laying responsibility for a siege of the U.S. Capitol at his feet.

"Today's violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule, was fomented by Mr. Trump," Jim Mattis said in a statement provided to Military.com. "His use of the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice."

Mattis, a retired four-star Marine Corps general who led the Pentagon for two years, added that the nation would overcome despite efforts to disrupt a peaceful transfer of power.

"Our Constitution and our Republic will overcome this stain and We the People will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect Union, while Mr. Trump will deservedly be left a man without a country," he said.

His comments came hours after a pro-Trump mob breached thin security at the U.S. Capitol, overrunning House and Senate offices and forcing lawmakers and staff to shelter in place. One individual was fatally shot by police during the siege. As law enforcement personnel struggled to regain control of the building, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced the full activation of the Washington, D.C. National Guard to back up police.

The assault on the Capitol came as Congress convened to formally count electoral votes and declare Democrat Joe Biden the president-elect. House speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that lawmakers would resume counting Wednesday night.

Mattis submitted his resignation to Trump in December 2018, after the president announced plans to withdraw all U.S.-troops from Syria in a move that would leave allies on the ground to fight Islamic State militants unaided.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/06/former-secdef-jim-mattis-denounces-pro-trump-violent-assault-us-capitol.html

#12358972 at 2021-01-06 23:38:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15776: Beating the Pots And Pans Driving The Game Out Edition

https://twitter.com/Q_alitheia2018/status/1346961629435600897

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/more-national-guard-troops-are-activated-as-trump-supporters-force-their-way-into-us-capitol-1.657638

The entire D.C. National Guard was activated Wednesday to help federal law enforcement ward off a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, breaking windows and forcing a halt to proceedings to certify the presidential election results.

Some 1,100 D.C. National Guard troops were quickly mobilized Wednesday afternoon, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said,

An undisclosed number of National Guard troops from at least one other state also were headed to Washington, officials said.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_National_Guard

The Soldiers fought in Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine and Alsace, where they were awarded the Croix de Guerre-one of the highest honors of the French military. The unit was given the "Red Hand" name as an honor, which the 372nd Military Police Battalion, District of Columbia National Guard still uses.

https://dc.ng.mil/About-Us/Heritage/DC-National-Guard-Museum/Exhibits/The-Great-War/#:~:text=The%20Soldiers%20fought%20in%20Meuse,Columbia%20National%20Guard%20still%20uses.

#12298529 at 2021-01-03 21:21:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15700: Gerbil Is Stupid He's In The Wrong Bread Edition

The military would put down Michael Flynn's proposed insurrection

Less than two weeks after being pardoned, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn took to the airwaves to suggest President Trump could impose martial law and deploy the military to re-run the election. Apparently, this proposal intrigued President Trump, who invited Flynn to the White House to hear more. According to most accounts, Trump did not embrace the ideas further, once he heard other advisers and government lawyers argue forcefully against the proposal. But the fact they were ever raised and entertained is extraordinarily alarming.

By expressing these views publicly and in the Oval Office, Flynn tried to give the military the central role in determining the election outcome - a role the Constitution does not assign and that senior military leaders have been at pains to avoid for the past year. Flynn used his own rank and military status to lend credibility to ideas that are manifestly illegal and harmful to the Republic.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville quickly responded by issuing a statement that implicitly disavowed both Flynn and his suggestion of martial law. They stated, "There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election." This statement echoed similar ones that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has been making since the summer. A handful of retired generals and admirals have also criticized Flynn, but the overall response from this group has been muted, perhaps out of fear that such criticism could backfire by goading the President into taking this action precisely because he is being told he should not.

That fear is a reasonable one, but it is also worth noting that public shaming from his peers might help reign in Flynn and his irresponsible comments. Criticism from retired generals helped convince Milley to issue a remarkable public apology after his participation in a photo op with Trump at St. John's Church after police cleared Lafayette Square using pepper spray and force.

Such shaming could also send important signals to the active-duty force. Our research suggests that condemnation by senior military leaders could markedly reduce veteran and military support for calls to invoke the Insurrection Act to overturn the results of the election.

In September and October, NORC conducted a representative survey of 4,500 Americans on our behalf (this data remains proprietary until we complete a book focused on public attitudes about the military). While our questions focused on the use of the Insurrection Act in response to domestic protests in general, they may provide insight to the current situation.

https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2021/01/03/the-military-would-put-down-michael-flynns-proposed-insurrection/

#12096410 at 2020-12-19 22:21:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15444: Q Research General #15444: The Cabal Is Running Out Of Options Ed Edition

>>12096388
> "There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville wrote in a joint statement Friday.

There IS when the president orders it!

#12096388 at 2020-12-19 22:18:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15444: Q Research General #15444: The Cabal Is Running Out Of Options Ed Edition

Army Leaders Join Gen. Milley and Release Statement Saying There Is "No Role" for US Army in Martial Law in Determining Elections

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville released a statement Friday saying they will not participate in a martial law order following the stolen election.

This came after General Michael Flynn suggested President Trump should order the US military to help seize the Dominion voting machines used in this year's fraudulent election for testing.

Newsmax reported:

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's Newsmax TV remarks on President Donald Trump weighing "martial law" and "military capabilities" amid election fraud has forced U.S. Army leaders to issue a statement Friday rejecting that consideration.

"There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville wrote in a joint statement Friday.

The statement echoed one by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley before the election.

This was after General Flynn told Newsmax host Greg Kelly earlier in the week that declaring martial law following the stolen election was an option.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/army-leaders-join-gen-milley-release-statement-saying-no-role-us-army-martial-law-determining-elections/

Foreign insurgency is a whole other story

#12085239 at 2020-12-19 00:30:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15429: Defense Secretary Miller Short Circuits Fake News Edition

>>12085003
"On Friday Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville responded with a statement asserting the military's long-held position against involving in U.S. political decisions.
'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election,' they said."

Because coast to coast election fraud, treason, sedition, and foreign interference… is just political?

#12085003 at 2020-12-19 00:08:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15429: Defense Secretary Miller Short Circuits Fake News Edition

On Friday Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville responded with a statement asserting the military's long-held position against involving in U.S. political decisions.

'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election,' they said.

James Charles McConville (born April 14, 1959) is a United States Army general who serves as the 40th Chief of Staff of the Army. He previously served as the 36th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army from June 16, 2017 to July 26, 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (G1). He assumed his current assignment on August 9, 2019.

McConville was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, and was commissioned as an Aviation officer in the United States Army in 1981. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and was a 2002 National Security Fellow at Harvard University.

McConville's command assignments include Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), where he also served as the Commanding General of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom; Deputy Commanding General (support) of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom; Commander of 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom; Commander of 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); and Commander of C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Light).

McConville's key staff assignments include the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1; Chief of Legislative Liaison; Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army; G-3 for 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); J5 strategic planner for U.S. Special Operations Command; S-3 for 25th Combat Aviation Brigade; S-3 for 5th Squadron, 9th Cavalry; and S-3 for Flight Concepts Division. McConville is a Master Army Aviator qualified in the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, the AH-64D Longbow Apache, the AH-6, AH-1 Cobra and other aircraft. He was nominated for appointment to Vice Chief of Staff of the Army on April 24, 2017.

#12084954 at 2020-12-19 00:04:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15429: Defense Secretary Miller Short Circuits Fake News Edition

On Friday Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville responded with a statement asserting the military's long-held position against involving in U.S. political decisions.

'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election,' they said.

Ryan McCarthy Secretary of the army
McCarthy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history from the Virginia Military Institute. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.A former United States Army Ranger, he served in the 75th Ranger Regiment during the United States invasion of Afghanistan.

Early in his career, McCarthy worked at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He became a professional staff member on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. McCarthy later served as a special assistant to former United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, where he was "the right hand of the Defense secretary with front-office access."

McCarthy joined Lockheed Martin in 2011, where he worked on programs including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. He most recently served as the vice president of the sustainment program for the F-35 program. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated him to become the Under Secretary of the Army. He was confirmed as Under Secretary of the Army by the United States Senate on August 1, 2017, by voice vote.

While Under Secretary, he served as acting Secretary of the Army twice. The first was from August 3 to November 20, 2017. The second was from June 24 to July 15, 2019, while Secretary of the Army Mark Esper was acting as Secretary of Defense.The President nominated McCarthy to become the Secretary of the Army on June 21, 2019.[8] He was confirmed on September 26, 2019 and was sworn in on September 30, 2019 as Secretary of the Army.

In 2020, amid the George Floyd protests, McCarthy activated the D.C. National Guard, which included the use of aviation assets to support local and Federal law enforcement efforts. The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President. The Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard is subordinate solely to the President of the United States. This authority to activate the D.C. National Guard has been delegated, by the President, to the Secretary of Defense and further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. During the protests, McCarthy gave the order to deploy helicopters in response to the protests.On June 2, the Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, ordered an inquiry into the incident, which as of 4 June 2020 is under investigation.

#11950583 at 2020-12-08 18:02:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15256: Eric Swallwell Sleeping With The Enemy Edition

Army secretary announces multiple firings, suspensions after investigation at Fort Hood

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on Tuesday announced the firing and suspension of numerous officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood in a sweeping disciplinary action to address widespread sexual harassment and violence, suicides and murder at the troubled Texas base.

McCarthy said 14 leaders at Fort Hood have been relieved or suspended from their position, a move that comes after an independent review of the base's command was ordered to review years of sexual assault and violence.

"I have determined the issues at Fort Hood are directly related to leadership failures. I am … disappointed that leaders failed to effectively create a climate that treated all soldiers with dignity and respect and have failed to reinforce every ones' obligation to prevent and properly respond to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault," McCarthy told reporters at the Pentagon.

The removals are a direct result of the independent review, released on Tuesday, which scrutinized the base's command climate and culture. McCarthy ordered the look after the discovery of the remains of Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, 20, who went missing in April before her body was discovered in early July.

The Army earlier this year removed Fort Hood's commander, Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt - who was leading the base when Guillen went missing - dropping him down to deputy and barring him from a planned position at another Texas base. But Efflandt has now been relieved altogether, in addition to Col. Ralph Overland and Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Knapp, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment commander and command sergeant major.

McCarthy also directed the suspension of Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Broadwater and Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas C. Kenny, the 1st Cavalry Division commanding general and command sergeant major, pending the outcome of a new Army investigation of the division's command climate and Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program.

The base commander, Lt. Gen. Pat White, was deployed to Iraq for much of the year and will not face any administrative action, McCarthy said.

The service will not release the names of the battalion level and below commanders and leaders who received administrative action, "as matter of policy and to protect individual privacy."

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/529255-army-secretary-announces-multiple-firings-suspensions-after-investigation-at

#11948262 at 2020-12-08 14:00:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15253: Cruz Controlled into Monday Edition

Army to Fire, Suspend Fort Hood Troops Over Violence at Base

WASHINGTON - U.S. Army leaders are expected to fire or suspend a "significant number" of officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, in a dramatic purge to correct a command culture they believe failed to address leadership failures and a pattern of violence that included murders, sexual assaults and suicides, U.S. officials said Monday.

According to officials familiar with the matter, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy will take administrative action that will remove soldiers from their jobs, and likely trigger investigations that could lead to a wide range of punishments. Those punishments could go from a simple letter of reprimand to a military discharge. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss results of an internal review not yet made public.

McCarthy and other senior Army leaders are expected to announce the results of the review on Tuesday. In recent months, they have questioned whether there is a toxic environment at the base, and pledged to hold leaders accountable.

Officials say they expect that Army Lt. Gen. Pat White, the base commander, will not face any administrative action. He was deployed to Iraq as the commander there for much of the year. Others who could face discipline, however, include Army Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, who was left in charge of the base earlier this year when Spc. Vanessa Guillen went missing and was found slain two months later.

Army leaders have already delayed Efflandt's planned transfer to Fort Bliss, where he was slated to take over leadership of the 1st Armored Division. Command of a division is a key step in an Army officer's career.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/12/08/army-fire-suspend-fort-hood-troops-over-violence-base.html

#11722341 at 2020-11-21 06:03:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14963: BIDEN-HARRIS BEG FOR TRANS MONEY Edition

Acting SecDef, service secretaries exposed to COVID-19 after top civilian tests positive

WASHINGTON - A top Pentagon civilian has tested positive for COVID-19 after meeting with a foreign dignitary - who may have also exposed acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller as well as the top civilians from the Air Force, Navy and Army, Defense News has learned.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis met with Miller, the service secretaries and retired Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary for policy, during a Nov. 13 visit to the Pentagon. Upon returning to Vilnius this week, he tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Miller, as well as Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite, who met with Karbolis Nov. 16, have all tested negative and do not plan to self-isolate.

The disease, which has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 Americans, has an incubation period of up to 14 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is unclear when or where Karoblis contracted the disease and whether he was contagious during his visit to the Pentagon.

Photos from the meetings between Karoblis and Department of Defense leaders show those in attendance wearing face masks, although one formal photo shows Miller and Karoblis standing without face coverings.

In response to questions from Defense News about a possible infection, chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said the department learned of Karoblis' positive test Nov. 19 and began testing. Tata tested positive twice and will now isolate at home for 14 days.

"We have and are continuing to conduct further contact tracing of DoD personnel who have had close contact with the Lithuanian delegation or Mr. Tata, and are taking appropriate precautions in accordance with CDC guidelines," Hoffman said. "Additionally, DoD personnel who had contact with the delegation have received or are receiving at this time rapid COVID tests as deemed necessary based on CDC protocols. Additional necessary testing for individuals who had contact with Mr. Tata is ongoing.

"We will report additional positive cases as appropriate."

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/11/19/acting-secdef-service-secretaries-exposed-to-covid-19-after-top-civilian-tests-positive/

#11715191 at 2020-11-20 18:54:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14954: Return of the Comf Edition

Pentagon leader tests positive for COVID-19 after infected foreign official's visit

Senior Defense Department official Anthony Tata tested positive for COVID-19 this week after an infected foreign official toured the Pentagon - hobnobbing with the upper echelons of the US military, including the defense secretary and the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

Tata, a retired Army brigadier general, is the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, one of the top advisers to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller. His illness may hamper implementation of President Trump's remaining policies, which include a troop drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As of Friday, Tata, 61, has held the role just 10 days after being elevated amid a shakeup with Trump's post-election firing of Secretary Mark Esper.

The virus apparently reached the Pentagon during visits from Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis. The dignitary made use of two visits - last Friday and Monday - to greet Miller as well as Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Navy Secretary Ken Braithwaite and Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett. He later tested positive for the serious respiratory bug.

"Minister Karoblis visited the Pentagon on Nov. 13, 2020, where he met with multiple senior leaders, including Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said in a Thursday statement.

"On that day he also met with the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force, and Anthony Tata, Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. On Monday, Nov. 16, the minister met with the Secretary of the Navy. All have been tested since their meetings. As a result of the embassy notification, Mr. Tata was tested today and has tested positive for COVID-19 on two successive tests. He will isolate at home for the next 14 days in accordance with Center for Disease Control protocols."

Miller and the Army, Navy and Air Force secretaries won't quarantine themselves, Hoffman said.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/20/pentagon-official-anthony-tata-tests-positive-for-covid-19/

#11561355 at 2020-11-09 19:52:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14761: Lawsuit Monday Edition

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/11/09/exclusive-esper-on-his-way-out-says-he-was-no-yes-man/

As had long been expected, President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, cutting short what would have otherwise been his final months at the Pentagon, in anticipation of President-elect Joe Biden's transition in January.

Speaking to Military Times in an exclusive interview on Nov. 4, Esper confirmed that he never had any intention of quitting, and though he expected the other shoe to drop, he didn't have a good read on when.

"So what I'm trying to do is, kind of, share my views and perspectives while they're still fresh," he said.

Dubbed "Yesper" by his critics, including the president, he takes umbrage with the idea that he has been anyone's "yes man."
"My frustration is I sit here and say, 'Hm, 18 Cabinet members. Who's pushed back more than anybody?' Name another Cabinet secretary that's pushed back," he said. "Have you seen me on a stage saying, 'Under the exceptional leadership of blah-blah-blah, we have blah-blah-blah-blah?' "

Like retired Marine Gen. James Mattis before him, Esper gave off the distinct aura of someone trying to be the adult in the room, the last line of defense between the world's most powerful military and a commander in chief who saw it as a political bludgeon.

Following his testimony in Trump's impeachment proceedings, concern flared that the administration might try to retaliate against now-retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who had been a Ukraine expert at the National Security Council.
Months after his February testimony, something appeared amiss, as the Army's expected colonel promotion list had still not dropped. Vindman's camp alleged that someone in the chain of command was holding it up, though behind the scenes, both Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Esper had signed off.
"You know, the Army had done all its due diligence on him. He was qualified for promotion. They asked me, you know, what to do," he said. "I said, if he's qualified for promotion, do the right thing, put him on the list. I endorse it. We'll just let the chips fall where they might."

Then he had his first public break with the president, who had ordered active-duty troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to assemble outside the D.C. area in case they were needed to put down violent protests.
"The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," Esper said, strongly countering the president's threatening message. "We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act."

The president was reportedly furious.

"I was really concerned that that continued talk about Insurrection Act was going to take us in a direction, take us into a really dark direction," Esper said. "And I wanted to make clear what I thought about the situation as secretary of defense and the role of the active-duty forces. And to kind of break the fever, if you will, because I thought that was just a moment in history where … if somebody doesn't stand up now and say something and kind of push the pause button, then … it could spiral."

#11127178 at 2020-10-18 01:10:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14230:Seasons Greetings Edition

>>11126724
Just How Close Is General Milley to Stanley McChrystal?

A source who has worked closely with [Ryan] McCarthy told Task & Purpose that he and Milley have a big brother-little brother
relationship, and frequently tease each other (all in good fun, of course).

As a testament to his service, McCarthy was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame on July 10th at Fort Benning. "Induction into this Hall of Fame humbles me," McCarthy said during the ceremony. "And as Gen. Stanley McChrystal taught us, our creed is not a poem, but a promise.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/Ryan-McCarthy-secretary

#11106562 at 2020-10-16 19:59:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14204:No Outside /COMMS/ Ever. Edition

Military suicides were up slightly in the first half of this year

The number of troops taking their own lives has increased slightly so far this year, according to the most recent Defense Department data available, with 12 more service members dying by suicide in the first half of 2020 than had in the same time period in 2019.

DoD reports 306 suicides in the first and second quarters of this year, which represents a 1-percent increase from 2019. But it includes a 4-percent uptick in the period from April to June, as well as a 14-percent spike on the active-duty side.

"The DoD recognizes the potential impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of our Service members and families," according to the 2nd quarter report, released Thursday. "We are closely monitoring potential impacts and proactive steps to mitigate those potential impacts from COVID-19."

Last month, Army officials told the Associated Press that they had experienced a summertime spike in suicides, setting off alarm bells about how the coronavirus pandemic - and the relentless stress of 2020 in general - is affecting troops.

"I can't say scientifically, but what I can say is - I can read a chart and a graph, and the numbers have gone up in behavioral health-related issues," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told AP.

Though DoD will not released 3rd quarter numbers until early next year, an official told CNN earlier this month that that 35 active-duty soldiers died by suicide in July alone, compared to 43 in the previous three months, and 38 in the three before that.

The DoD numbers show 81 Army suicides through June, and 114 through the end of August, CNN reported, up from 88 total during the same eight months in 2019.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/10/16/military-suicides-were-up-slightly-in-the-first-half-of-this-year/

#11055629 at 2020-10-13 20:57:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14140: Amy Barrett Cool Under Pressure Edition

Army Probe into Helicopters Buzzing DC Protesters Now Under Pentagon Review

The Secretary of the Army today said that the Defense Department is now reviewing the investigation into military helicopters that allegedly flew dangerously low over crowds during a June 1 race protest in Washington D.C.

The Army opened an investigation into reports including video footage of Army UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72 Lakota helicopters with medical markings that flew low enough to kick up debris on demonstrators who were defying the District's 7 p.m. curfew.

"The Army has completed its portion of the … investigation," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters during a Monday roundtable at the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting.

The investigation is now with the DoD Inspector General's office for further review, McCarthy said.

"They review these in these cases," McCarthy said. "To my understanding it will be released when it is completed."

McCarthy added that the pending release of the investigation is at the "discretion" of the DoD IG.

The protests in D.C. turned violent late on Sunday May 29, resulting in protestors clashing with law enforcement and National Guard troops. Several monuments were damaged and about five soldiers were hit in the head by flying bricks and other debris, Army officials have said.

"The protest became very violent on Sunday evening, in particular, and it was necessary to bring the support to help local law enforcement and federal law enforcement officials due to the tremendous damage and police officers and Guardsmen being injured," McCarthy told reporters at the roundtable.

The Army's senior leadership authorized the Guard to use helicopters to "observe and report" on demonstrations, Army officials have said.

Army officials have been tight-lipped about the investigation, but Maj. Gen. William Walker, commander of the D.C. National Guard, told reporters in early June that "there was no order" given for helicopters to fly low "to disperse the crowd."

McCarthy stressed that the Army does not "police American streets," but responded to requests for support from federal, state and local law enforcement.

"In the instance of National Guardsmen being called up that are uniquely trained for these types of operations, if we are called, we will … support that to protect federal property and support law enforcement," McCarthy said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/13/army-probe-helicopters-buzzing-dc-protesters-now-under-pentagon-review.html

#11052768 at 2020-10-13 17:24:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14136: POTUS RETWEETS SEAL TEAM 6 STORY EDITION

Deployment demands, training requirements to be reduced, Army leaders announce

The Army secretary started this year's Association of the United States Army with a bang, announcing the service will be reducing the demands of rotational deployments and decreasing requirements for brigade- and battalion-level training.

Events over the past year have taxed the force, including a rapid deployment of paratroopers and air defense artillery to the Middle East during tensions with Iran, an unprecedented global pandemic and nationwide racial justice protests that led to the mobilization of thousands of Army National Guardsmen.

That's on top of the regular rotations of brigade combat teams to Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as training exercises within the United States.

"The first step we are taking is giving time back to unit commanders to invest in their people," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said during the AUSA conference's opening ceremony Tuesday. "We are removing gated training requirements and reducing the demands of rotational deployments."

"We will focus our training on the basics of individual, squad, platoon and company-level training and key leader training while reducing the requirement to conduct brigade and battalion live-fire exercises," McCarthy added. "We will pursue options for brigade combat training centers that are a mix of in-the-box organic battalions, command post exercises and heavy-light rotations."

The efforts are intended to give more time back to units so leaders can invest in their soldiers and families, according to McCarthy. The changes were also alluded to by Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville during an interview with Army Times last week.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/10/13/deployment-demands-training-requirements-to-be-reduced-army-leaders-announce/

#11050885 at 2020-10-13 14:49:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14134: The 9th Circuit Edition

The Army to cut down on rotations to brigade-level training centers to give soldiers more time at home

Moar sensitizing of our troops…

The Army is finally putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to prioritizing people - and according to a new service action plan, that will include fewer combat training center (CTC) rotations and "heel-to-toe deployment rotations" to get soldiers more time at home.

An Army action plan sent out to Army leaders and obtained by Task & Purpose says that the service's focus on readiness has "resulted in an unsustainable operational tempo (OPTEMPO) and placed significant demands on units, leaders, and soldiers and families and stress on the force."

Now the Army is planning to reduce that tempo and coordinate with the Pentagon to decrease "our current continual heel to toe deployment rotations of brigade combat team-sized formations," according to the new plan, signed by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, and Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston.

It will also re-evaluate rotations for brigade combat teams through the Army's combat training centers - the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.; Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La.; and the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-training-rotations-ausa

#11027373 at 2020-10-11 19:52:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research #14104: Anons, Trust Each Other Edition

>>11027340

by: The Associated Press and Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Oct 4, 2020 / 10:55 PM CDT / Updated: Oct 4, 2020 / 06:31 PM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Guard has designated military police units in two states to serve as rapid reaction forces so they can respond quickly to any potential civil unrest around the country, following violent protests that rocked the nation's capital and several states this summer.

Military leaders don't explicitly tie the changes to concerns about possible election-related violence, but the nation is bracing for unrest surrounding the tumultuous presidential campaign, particularly if voting results are not known for days or weeks because of the increase in mail-in ballots.

According to the Guard, about 600 troops - 300 in both Alabama and Arizona - will be ready to deploy within 24 hours if requested by a governor in another state. Guard leaders have also bought more than $200,000 in new protective equipment, and have increased troop training on proper procedures in dealing with protests.

The moves come as Defense Department and National Guard leaders work to address shortfalls that were identified in the military response to the June protests triggered by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Military reviews of the response to the protests found problems with coordination between various state and federal government and law enforcement agencies - which at times slowed down troop movements.

"Coordination and communication were the probably the things that we'll look back on and see very challenging," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said in an interview with The Associated Press. He said that as the protests escalated in D.C., and the call for help went out to governors around the country, 11 states said they were willing to provide support.

"But the problem with that is how quickly can you marshal them together, ensure they have the appropriate training, ensure they have the appropriate equipment, understand the task you're going to give them?"said McCarthy. "It's American streets. It could turn violent. It was an incredibly challenging thing."

Governors can use National Guard troops for a variety of things, ranging from natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires, to assisting with border security and civil unrest. If a governor needs additional help, they can request troops from other state governors through a compact agreement system that details how the forces will be used and what they can and cannot do.

Lt. Gen. Mark Sasseville, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, said the Guard employs a graduated approach, with states using their own troops first, and then, if more help is needed, they request forces from other states within their region. If more support is needed, then governors reach out to states further away.

"That makes sense because typically the states have good relations with the neighboring states," said Sasseville in an interview with The Associated Press. "Speed becomes an element of this discussion."

The problem, however, is that some states couldn't free up troops to send to others because they also were dealing with protests or other emergencies. The Guard's decision to formally designate troops in Alabama and Arizona as quick reaction forces will help because those units have aircraft that will allow them to rapidly deploy to another state within 24 hours of a governor's request.

Guard officials said the forces in Alabama would respond in the eastern half of the country, and those in Arizona would respond in the west, and their deployment window at this point extends through the end of this year.

"A big thing that we've done differently is being able to move faster," said Sasseville, adding that the Guard also had to buy equipment to replace protective gear for some units.

During the June protests, governors used their own Guard troops and, in some cases sought and received forces from other states. At the peak, in early June, there were more than 43,000 Guard forces deployed across 34 states and the District of Colombia to help with civil unrest. That number has now plunged to about 3,200 across 10 states.

In extreme cases, the president can invoke the Insurrection Act and use active duty troops on domestic soil to quell riots or assist law enforcement. President Donald Trump pushed for that to happen, but senior defense and military leaders opposed it.

During the June protests, Defense Secretary Mark Esper drew the ire of the president when he told reporters that the Insurrection Act should be invoked in the United States "only in the most urgent and dire of situations." He added, "We are not in one of those situations now."
https://wgno.com/news/national-guard-taps-military-police-units-to-be-rapid-response-forces-for-civil-unrest/

#10815825 at 2020-09-28 01:29:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13843: Sunday Night We Are The News Is Back Spice Edition

Military suicides up as much as 20% in COVID era

WASHINGTON - Military suicides have increased by as much as 20 percent this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked as service members struggle under COVID-19, war-zone deployments, national disasters and civil unrest.

While the data is incomplete and causes of suicide are complex, Army and Air Force officials say they believe the pandemic is adding stress to an already strained force.

And senior Army leaders - who say they've seen about a 30 precent jump in active duty suicides so far this year - told The Associated Press that they are looking at shortening combat deployments. Such a move would be part of a broader effort to make the wellbeing of soldiers and their families the Army's top priority, overtaking combat readiness and weapons modernization.

The Pentagon refused to provide 2020 data or discuss the issue, but Army officials said discussions in Defense Department briefings indicate there has been roughly a 20 percent jump in overall military suicides this year. The numbers vary by service. The active Army's 30 percent spike - from 88 last year to 114 this year - pushes the total up because it's the largest service. The Army Guard is up about 10 percent, going from 78 last year to 86 this year. The Navy total is believed to be lower this year.

Army leaders say they can't directly pin the increase on the virus, but the timing coincides.

"I can't say scientifically, but what I can say is - I can read a chart and a graph, and the numbers have gone up in behavioral health related issues," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said in an AP interview.

Pointing to increases in Army suicides, murders and other violent behavior, he added, "We cannot say definitively it is because of COVID. But there is a direct correlation from when COVID started, the numbers actually went up."

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/09/27/military-suicides-up-as-much-as-20-in-covid-era/

#10427819 at 2020-08-26 18:35:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13345: Satanic Warfare, Silent, Information Warfare Potus # Bread Edition

Body of missing Fort Hood soldier, 23, is 'found hanging from a tree' after he alleged sexual abuse at troubled base which has now been linked to at least 15 deaths this year alone

Local police said ID found by the body indicates it may be Sergeant Fernandes
He had transferred units after reporting sexual abuse, officials said on Sunday
The disappearance of Fernandes shed light on a string of tragedies that have plagued the Texas Army base; 15 soldiers connected to base have died this year

The body of a missing soldier is believed to have been found about 30 miles from Fort Hood, the Army base in Texas where he was stationed, police said yesterday.

Identification found with the body in Temple, Texas, indicates the man may be missing Fort Hood soldier Sgt. Elder Fernandes, according to a statement from local police. Forensic confirmation is pending.

The disappearance of Fernandes shed light on the string of tragedies and deaths that have plagued the Texas Army base. It follows the deaths of 15 other soldiers connected to Fort Hood this year alone; foul play is suspected in five of them.

The string of disappearances and deaths at the base led the US Army Secretary to launch an investigation into the base last month. At the time, Secretary Ryan McCarthy said that Fort Hood had one of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army.
Temple police received a medical call at 5.36pm saying a male had been seen near some railroad tracks, according to the statement. When officers arrived, they determined the man was dead.

Foul play is not suspected, police said, but the investigation is ongoing. An autopsy has been ordered.

'Our thoughts and prayers are with the Fernandes family during this challenging time,' Temple Police Chief Shawn Reynolds said.
Natalie Khawam, who is representing the Fernandes family, said Army police told family members about the discovery late last night. She said the body was found hanging in a tree.

http://www.mr-mehra.com/2020/08/body-of-missing-fort-hood-soldier-23-is.html

#10373811 at 2020-08-21 19:33:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13275: MAGA INTERSTATE DRAG 9-5-2Q2Q, SHOW YOUR COLORS Edition

Army Asks for Help in a Search for Another Missing Fort Hood Soldier

FORT HOOD, Texas - The U.S. Army is asking for the public's help in a search for another missing soldier in Texas.

Fort Hood officials issued a missing soldier alert Thursday night for Sgt. Elder Fernandes, 23. Police in nearby Killeen said Fernandes was reported missing Wednesday and was last seen or heard from Monday afternoon when his staff sergeant dropped Fernandes off at his home in Killeen.

A police statement described Fernandes as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing 133 pounds (60.33 kilograms) and was last seen wearing black Army physical training shorts and T-shirt with red athletic shoes.

Fernandes is a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with the 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade at the Central Texas Army installation. The missing soldier alert said the Army's main concern was "to ensure his safety and wellbeing.

Tipsters are asked to contact Fort Hood military police at 254-288-1170 or U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command at 254-287-2722.

The disappearance came a year after the disappearance of Pfc. Gregory Morales, 24, a Fort Hood soldier who was reported missing on Aug. 20, 2019. His remains were found June 21 in a field in Killeen, just over 10 miles (16 kilometers) from Stillhouse Hollow Lake. Killeen police are still investigating his death.

Then on July 1, Army officials found human remains subsequently identified as those Pfc. Vanessa Guillén, 20, a Fort Hood soldier who had been missing since April. Her remains were found near the Leon River in Bell County, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Fort Hood. Spc. Aaron Robinson, 20, of Calumet City, Illinois, killed and dismembered Guillén and had the remains disposed of in nearby woods, federal and state investigators said.

Robinson killed himself July 1, the day Guillén's remains were found, officials said. Cecily Aguilar, 22, of Killeen, has been accused of disposing of Guillén's remains for Robinson and has been charged with three federal conspiracy counts related to the soldier's death. She has pleaded not guilty.

Army leaders have delayed the planned transfer of Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, the Fort Hood commander, to a more prestigious assignment at Fort Bliss, Texas, while a team of independent investigators determines if leadership failures contributed to the deaths and disappearances. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has commented that Fort Hood has one of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/21/army-asks-help-search-missing-fort-hood-soldier.html

#10201209 at 2020-08-06 17:39:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13055: School's Out For Summer, School's Out Forevah Edition

#13052
>>10199637 HOLY GUACAMOLE! Former Upstate NY Mayor dead and green
>>10199552 (Fox Live) Pelosi, Schumer hold a press conference
>>10199460 New York Attorney General Letitia James will make a major national announcement (12pm ET).
>>10199432 Top Mueller prosecutor urges DOJ officials to resist Barr investigations
>>10199303 wow: JoeBiden: "Unlike the African-American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community"
>>10199295 LIVE: Homeland Security Head Testifies to U.S. Senate On Protests
>>10199118 Is This The Real Reason For the Plandemic?
>>10199110, >>10199370, >>10199437 planefag reporting
>>10199096 12pm CT: Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is holding a press conference at Fort Hood "to discuss the Army's efforts to address the recent events at Fort Hood."
>>10198993 Mueller pitbull Andrew Weissmann is actively recruiting "whistleblowers" from the Justice Dept. to testify to Schiff & Nadler…
>>10199677 #13052

#13051
>>10198875 State: California voters can 'absolutely trust' mail-in voting system
>>10198853 Los Angeles Mayor Will Shut Off Water And Power At Homes That Throw Large Parties
>>10198669, >>10198727 John Durham set to interview John Brennan: Report
>>10198528 Justice Department Rebukes OIG Probe - Barr Clears FBI of Wrongdoing in 29 Controversial FISA Cases
>>10198523, >>10198540 Disease fear pr0n making the newz. Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Acute flaccid myelitis
>>10198427 Beijing warns of 'measures' If US denies Chinese media visas
>>10198350, >>10198510 General Fynn Case updates
>>10198336, >>10198352 renoting: Julian Assange Ordered To Testify In Seth Rich Laswsuit?
>>10198330, >>10198461, >>10198712 renoting: FBI raided offices of Optima Mgmt Grp in Cleveland OH and in Miami, FL. connected to Ukrainian Oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, owner of Burisma
>>10198307, >>10198312 Mariah Carey's estranged sister Alison is suing their mother for 'forcing her to perform sex acts on strangers when she was 10…
>>10198258, >>10198264, >>10198401 continued Beruit diggz and discussion mini-bun
>>10198247 Andy Ngo: Antifa have gone into residential parts of the city after moving on from attacking federal courthouse.
>>10198229 Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence. 61% polled want the police presence to remain the same.
>>10198215 Madness in Melbourne. suppression strategy in full swing
>>10198913 #13051

Previously Collected Notables
>>10196568 #13048, >>10197321 #13049, >>10198125 #13050
>>10194772 #13045, >>10195043 #13046, >>10195792 #13047
>>10191974 #13042, >>10192778 #13043, >>10193501 #13044
>>10189694 #13039, >>10190430 #13040, >>10191173 #13041

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#10200435 at 2020-08-06 16:11:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13054: We Know Your Dirty Little Secrets, Your Dirty Little Lies Edition

Global Announcements
None at this time.

Notables are NOT endorsements

#13053
>>10199737, >>10199800 Live stream link for NY AG Letitia James presser RE: "Major National Announcement" - LIVE COVERAGE
>>10200229 The Hill: NY AG LJ files lawsuit to dissolve NRA
>>10200295, >>10200351 Attorney General James Files Lawsuit to Dissolve NRA
>>10199790, >>10199810 News website RBTF, in Belgium, is reporting that a fire has broken out at the WTC building in Brussels
>>10199823 Private School in Richmond, VA (near Robert E Lee statue) says it cannot open, due to threat of violence by BLM rioters
>>10199853 As of this week, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed nearly 400 lawsuits, other legal actions against DJT's admin
>>10199858 Digg: Beirut and Ammonium Nitrate ~ The compound has to be mixed with something in order to be explosive
>>10199903 Homeland Security head testifies to U.S. Senate on protests
>>10200006 Princess Diana's bridesmaid says she spent time on Jeffrey Epstein's island
>>10200014 BREAKING: I (James O'Keefe) have been DENIED my Constitutional right to bear arms
>>10200029 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order granting convicted felons the right to vote
>>10200109 Cops launch probe after WWE legend Marty Jannetty, 60, posts a 'murder confession' on Fakebook
>>10200185, >>10200288 Teachers are declaring schools and themselves as non-essential!
>>10200273 New DJT Twat re: EO w/respect to Payroll Tax Cut, Eviction Protections, Unemployment Extensions, & Student Loan Repayment Options
>>10200326 Trump to sign order in Ohio requiring government to buy US-made essential medicines
>>10199830, >>10199968 Planefag Reports
>>10200391 #13053

#13052
>>10199637 HOLY GUACAMOLE! Former Upstate NY Mayor dead and green
>>10199552 (Fox Live) Pelosi, Schumer hold a press conference
>>10199460 New York Attorney General Letitia James will make a major national announcement (12pm ET).
>>10199432 Top Mueller prosecutor urges DOJ officials to resist Barr investigations
>>10199303 wow: JoeBiden: "Unlike the African-American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community"
>>10199295 LIVE: Homeland Security Head Testifies to U.S. Senate On Protests
>>10199118 Is This The Real Reason For the Plandemic?
>>10199110, >>10199370, >>10199437 planefag reporting
>>10199096 12pm CT: Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is holding a press conference at Fort Hood "to discuss the Army's efforts to address the recent events at Fort Hood."
>>10198993 Mueller pitbull Andrew Weissmann is actively recruiting "whistleblowers" from the Justice Dept. to testify to Schiff & Nadler…
>>10199677 #13052

#10199693 at 2020-08-06 15:09:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13053: Schumer and Pelosi In Full PANIC Mode Edition

Global Announcements
None at this time.

Notables are NOT endorsements

#13052
>>10199637 HOLY GUACAMOLE! Former Upstate NY Mayor dead and green
>>10199552 (Fox Live) Pelosi, Schumer hold a press conference
>>10199460 New York Attorney General Letitia James will make a major national announcement (12pm ET).
>>10199432 Top Mueller prosecutor urges DOJ officials to resist Barr investigations
>>10199303 wow: JoeBiden: "Unlike the African-American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community"
>>10199295 LIVE: Homeland Security Head Testifies to U.S. Senate On Protests
>>10199118 Is This The Real Reason For the Plandemic?
>>10199110, >>10199370, >>10199437 planefag reporting
>>10199096 12pm CT: Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is holding a press conference at Fort Hood "to discuss the Army's efforts to address the recent events at Fort Hood."
>>10198993 Mueller pitbull Andrew Weissmann is actively recruiting "whistleblowers" from the Justice Dept. to testify to Schiff & Nadler…
>>10199677 #13052

#13051
>>10198875 State: California voters can 'absolutely trust' mail-in voting system
>>10198853 Los Angeles Mayor Will Shut Off Water And Power At Homes That Throw Large Parties
>>10198669, >>10198727 John Durham set to interview John Brennan: Report
>>10198528 Justice Department Rebukes OIG Probe - Barr Clears FBI of Wrongdoing in 29 Controversial FISA Cases
>>10198523, >>10198540 Disease fear pr0n making the newz. Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Acute flaccid myelitis
>>10198427 Beijing warns of 'measures' If US denies Chinese media visas
>>10198350, >>10198510 General Fynn Case updates
>>10198336, >>10198352 renoting: Julian Assange Ordered To Testify In Seth Rich Laswsuit?
>>10198330, >>10198461, >>10198712 renoting: FBI raided offices of Optima Mgmt Grp in Cleveland OH and in Miami, FL. connected to Ukrainian Oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, owner of Burisma
>>10198307, >>10198312 Mariah Carey's estranged sister Alison is suing their mother for 'forcing her to perform sex acts on strangers when she was 10…
>>10198258, >>10198264, >>10198401 continued Beruit diggz and discussion mini-bun
>>10198247 Andy Ngo: Antifa have gone into residential parts of the city after moving on from attacking federal courthouse.
>>10198229 Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence. 61% polled want the police presence to remain the same.
>>10198215 Madness in Melbourne. suppression strategy in full swing
>>10198913 #13051

#10199677 at 2020-08-06 15:07:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13052: The Reckoning Begins Edition

final final bun for #13052

ware dat kenny rogers meme?! you gotz ta know when to hold 'em…

#13052
>>10199637 HOLY GUACAMOLE! Former Upstate NY Mayor dead and green
>>10199552 (Fox Live) Pelosi, Schumer hold a press conference
>>10199460 New York Attorney General Letitia James will make a major national announcement (12pm ET).
>>10199432 Top Mueller prosecutor urges DOJ officials to resist Barr investigations
>>10199303 wow: JoeBiden: "Unlike the African-American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community"
>>10199295 LIVE: Homeland Security Head Testifies to U.S. Senate On Protests
>>10199118 Is This The Real Reason For the Plandemic?
>>10199110, >>10199370, >>10199437 planefag reporting
>>10199096 12pm CT: Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is holding a press conference at Fort Hood "to discuss the Army's efforts to address the recent events at Fort Hood."
>>10198993 Mueller pitbull Andrew Weissmann is actively recruiting "whistleblowers" from the Justice Dept. to testify to Schiff & Nadler…

#10199629 at 2020-08-06 15:02:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13052: The Reckoning Begins Edition

notables bun @ 650

>>10199571
>brain starts turning to mush
can relate

#13052
>>10199552 (Fox Live) Pelosi, Schumer hold a press conference
>>10199460 New York Attorney General Letitia James will make a major national announcement (12pm ET).
>>10199432 Top Mueller prosecutor urges DOJ officials to resist Barr investigations
>>10199303 wow: JoeBiden: "Unlike the African-American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community"
>>10199295 LIVE: Homeland Security Head Testifies to U.S. Senate On Protests
>>10199118 Is This The Real Reason For the Plandemic?
>>10199110, >>10199370, >>10199437 planefag reporting
>>10199096 12pm CT: Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is holding a press conference at Fort Hood "to discuss the Army's efforts to address the recent events at Fort Hood."
>>10198993 Mueller pitbull Andrew Weissmann is actively recruiting "whistleblowers" from the Justice Dept. to testify to Schiff & Nadler…

Baking in a bit

#10199096 at 2020-08-06 13:42:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13052: The Reckoning Begins Edition

For new anons who are curious about the impact our research has. Consider this. I made those posts about Fort Hood during last night shift and then myself and other anons looked into and discussed it. Baker elevated it.

Just now:

https://twitter.com/halbritz/status/1291364683220488192

"Today at 12pm CT: Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is holding a press conference at Fort Hood "to discuss the Army's efforts to address the recent events at Fort Hood."

Considering this board is controlled by the DOD I have no doubt they are going to be all over this shit because even a blind man can see there is something very odd going on at that base and has been for a long time.

Something else I just found out Baker that I had no idea about before. Fort Hood has a vast underground tunnel system leading into and out of the base but is controlled not by the base but by a civilian outfit. Video shows a bit about it. Now it makes much more sense why prostitution and trafficking allegations have been made so many times about the base.

#9917008 at 2020-07-10 18:42:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12690: Double O's FTW Edition

Army Investigating Training Materials That Declare 'MAGA' Is 'Covert White Supremacy'

The U.S. Army is officially investigating a handout to personnel at the Redstone Arsenal that was included in a presentation on "Racism and Discrimination" that listed the Trump campaign slogan "MAGA" as "covert white supremacy."

The army is following up on a complaint from Republican Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama, whose district includes Redstone. Brooks believes the handout violates the Hatch Act, which prevents the military from engaging in partisan politics. The congressman sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, copied to Trump, Attorney General William Barr, and others.

Military Times:

[Brooks] "demanded an investigation into Army personnel illegally using federal government resources to distribute racist and partisan political propaganda in direct violation of the federal Hatch Act and any number of military regulations," according to a statement on his website. And he said that the Army must "prosecute and fire" Redstone Arsenal personnel responsible.

Cynthia O. Smith, an Army spokeswoman, said that "as soon as Department of the Army leaders were made aware of these products the Army initiated a 15-6 investigation to determine how this happened. The Army does not condone the use of phrases that indicate political support. The Army is and will continue to remain an apolitical organization."

The program is part of the Army's Project Inclusion listening-tour handouts which, on the surface, appear fairly harmless. But the handout suggests something much different.

Lynchings, hate crimes, the n-word, swastikas and burning crosses are among those things considered "overt white supremacy," according to the handout. "Make America Great Again," "Eurocentric Education," "not challenging racist jokes," and "Celebration of Columbus Day" are among the many phrases and actions considered "covert white supremacy," according to the handout.

Brooks pointed to specific pages in the handouts that were deeply offensive - and frankly stupid.

"Disturbingly, the Army chose Redstone Arsenal as the first location on a tour that will cover all Army 4 star commands," Brooks said in a statement on his website."The illegal, racist and politically partisan material includes a pyramid graphic that claims the following are evidence of "White Supremacy", and, hence, racism."

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/07/10/army-investigating-handout-that-declared-maga-was-covert-white-supremacy-n629596

#9910449 at 2020-07-10 00:19:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12682: [I] 9 Comms: Edition

>>9910379

(cont)

The graphic shown on one of the slides includes a pyramid graphic sourced from Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence that states blackface, swastikas and racist jokes are forms of "overt white supremacy." The graphic includes "MAGA," the "celebration of Columbus Day" and "All Lives Matter" as types of socially acceptable or "covert white supremacy."

"The slides copied from a non-government website– included a word cloud with phrases that were intended to spark conversation; however, the document was predecisional and inappropriate for the discussion. The unapproved pages were in no way used as part of the 'Your Voice Matters' listening tour sessions," Smith said.

The Army did not specifically mention the MAGA phrase in its statement, long used by Trump and his supporters, only saying "the Army does not condone the use of phrases that indicate political support."

"The Army is and will continue to remain an apolitical organization," Smith said.

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on Wednesday, accusing the service of violating the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from certain partisan political activities, and demanded an investigation into the matter.

"Including overtly political materials in the invitation for such an event is completely inappropriate and, in this instance and in my view, illegal," Brooks to wrote McCarthy. "Further, the inclusion of such materials serves only to ostracize segments of the workforce and create racial division, rather than minimize it."

In a statement, the Alabama Republican called for all Army personnel who "drafted, approved or sent this racist and politically partisan email, using government resources" to be prosecuted and fired for "blatantly and illegally injecting themselves into partisan political activities on government time using federal taxpayer money."

All of this comes as Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley are set to testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, where they are likely to face questions over the role of the military during last month's nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd.

#9909336 at 2020-07-09 22:10:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12681: Time to UnMark the Mask Agenda! Edition

WHAT THE AF? Now the fucking U.S. ARMY is getting their fucking talking points from BLM? I'm done!

U.S. Army Message: 'Make America Great Again,' Columbus Day Are Signs of 'White Supremacy'
A U.S. Army email, sent after the Fourth of July to its military and civilian members, included a graphic which claimed saying the phrase "Make America Great Again" is evidence of "white supremacy."

The graphic listed other behaviors it deemed evidence of white supremacy, including, "Celebration of Columbus Day," the "Denial of White Privilege," "Talking about 'American Exceptionalism,'" and saying "There's Only One Human Race."

The email invited "all soldiers and (Department of the Army) Civilian Personnel" to attend the U.S. Army's "Operation Inclusion" seminars on July 8 and 9 at the Redstone Arsenal Army Base in Alabama. The email was sent by Chaney P. Pickard from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Center using an official government email.

The message named the "U.S. Army Equity & Inclusion Agency" and "Assistant Secretary of the Army - Manpower and Reserve Affairs" as authors.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) - who caught wind of the email - blasted the "deeply offensive and racist U.S. Army 'Operation Inclusion'" content and demanded the firing and prosecution of Army personnel who used government resources to distribute political propaganda.

Brooks said the email is in "clear violation" of the Hatch Act, which bans government personnel from engaging in political activity while at work.
The seminars are part of a listening tour for the Army's "Operation Inclusion," led by the U.S. Army's Inclusion Advisory Team.

"Disturbingly, the Army chose Redstone Arsenal as the first location on a tour that will cover all Army 4 star commands," Brooks added.

Brooks has sent a letter to U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, demanding an investigation.

"Numerous Redstone Arsenal employees have expressed outrage to me about the U.S. Army blatantly violating the Hatch Act and, in effect, labeling patriotic Americans 'White Supremacists' and racists if they say or do dozens of things outlined in the U.S. Army email," he said.

Brooks asked McCarthy to answer the following:

1. Who within the Department of the Army is responsible for the creation of the email and document?

2. Who within the Department of the Army approved the email and document?

3. Pursuant to the creation and approval of the document, was there a violation of either the Hatch Act or DoD Directive 1344.10?

4. If a violation of the Hatch Act or DoD Directive 1344.10 is found to have occurred, will those responsible be held accountable for their actions?

5. If it is found that a violation occurred (which seems pretty obvious), how will those federal employees be held accountable for their illegal conduct?

Copies of the letter also went to President Donald Trump, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and Attorney General William Barr, among others.

The Army confirmed it sent out the email but claimed it was sent "in error" and "immediately recalled." The Army has initiated an internal investigation to find out what happened:

On July 6, 2020, a Project Inclusion listening tour handout included two unapproved pages that were sent out in error and immediately recalled. The slides - copied from a non-government website - included a word cloud with phrases that were intended to spark conversation; however, the document was predecisional and inappropriate for the discussion. The unapproved pages were in no way used as part of the 'Your Voice Matters' listening tour sessions.

As soon Department of the Army leaders were made aware of these products the Army initiated a 15-6 investigation to determine how this happened. The Army does not condone the use of phrases that indicate political support. The Army is and will continue to remain an apolitical organization.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/09/army-inclusion-email-claims-saying-make-america-great-again-evidence-white-supremacy/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

#9907333 at 2020-07-09 18:35:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12678: Anons Lurq Outside Public Domain Edition

Army Pulls Handout Listing 'MAGA' as a Sign of White Supremacist Sympathies

The Army has pulled a handout meant to promote meetings on diversity in the ranks that lists President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan as a possible indicator of covert white supremacist sympathies.

In a statement late Wednesday, the Army said that the flyer distributed to troops and contractors at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama was sent out in error, and an Article 15-6 fact-finding investigation had begun to determine how it happened.

Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, demanded that those responsible for distribution of the promotional material be investigated for prosecution under the Hatch Act, limiting the political activities of the military and the civil service.

"U.S. Army personnel have violated the Hatch Act and any number of military regulations by distributing materials that, among other offensive things, labels president Donald Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan or 'Celebration of Columbus Day' as white supremacist," Brooks said in a lengthy release.

"The U.S. Army is not the place for political indoctrination or re-education experimentation," he said, adding that "heads should roll."

The material was meant to promote meetings at Redstone Arsenal as part of the Army's "Project Inclusion," an effort by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Joseph McConville "to improve diversity, equity and inclusion across the force and build cohesive teams."

Project Inclusion involved listening sessions at bases worldwide for troops and civilians on issues such as racial disparities and the Army's move in August to remove photos from officers' promotion boards, according to the service.

The promotional material, sent in emails, included an illustration of a pyramid of phrases labeled "Things To Think About."

Under the heading as indicators of "Overt White Supremacy," the pyramid listed "swastikas," "hate crimes," "The N-word," "Burning Crosses" and "Racial Jokes."

The flyer then said "convert white supremacy" [sic] was suggested by "Make American Great Again;" "Eurocentric Curriculum;" "English-Only Initiatives;" "Bootstrap Theory;" "All Lives Matter;" and such sayings as, "Don't Blame Me. I Never Owned Slaves."

In its statement, the Army did not address how the July 6 handout was put together, but said that it included two unapproved pages and was quickly recalled.

The unapproved pages were copied from a non-government website, the service said, and "included a word cloud with phrases that were intended to spark conversation; however, the document was pre-decisional and inappropriate for the discussion."

"The Army does not condone the use of phrases that indicate political support," according to the statement. "The Army is and will continue to remain an apolitical organization."

However, Brooks charged that the promotional material was intended to damage Trump's re-election campaign. "I aim to get to the bottom of this outrageous propaganda and see that those responsible are appropriately prosecuted and fired," he said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/09/army-pulls-handout-listing-maga-sign-of-white-supremacist-sympathies.html

#9906602 at 2020-07-09 17:29:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12677: Dubs of Kek They Don't Have Suicide Hotline On Speed Dial Edition

U.S. Army Message: 'Make America Great Again,' Columbus Day Are Signs of 'White Supremacy'

A U.S. Army email, sent after the Fourth of July to its military and civilian members, included a graphic which claimed saying the phrase "Make America Great Again" is evidence of "white supremacy."

The graphic listed other behaviors it deemed evidence of white supremacy, including, "Celebration of Columbus Day," the "Denial of White Privilege," "Talking about 'American Exceptionalism,'" and saying "There's Only One Human Race."

The email invited "all soldiers and (Department of the Army) Civilian Personnel" to attend the U.S. Army's "Operation Inclusion" seminars on July 8 and 9 at the Redstone Arsenal Army Base in Alabama. The email was sent by Chaney P. Pickard from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Center using an official government email.

The message named the "U.S. Army Equity & Inclusion Agency" and "Assistant Secretary of the Army - Manpower and Reserve Affairs" as authors.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) - who caught wind of the email - blasted the "deeply offensive and racist U.S. Army 'Operation Inclusion'" content and demanded the firing and prosecution of Army personnel who used government resources to distribute political propaganda.

Brooks said the email is in "clear violation" of the Hatch Act, which bans government personnel from engaging in political activity while at work.

A U.S. Army employee on Monday sent an email invite to likely thousands of military and civilian members for a U.S. Army 'Operation Inclusion' listening tour, which included a graphic that said saying "MAGA" is evidence of white supremacy. The Army says it was "sent in error." pic.twitter.com/NUvm0lMVMh

- Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) July 9, 2020

The seminars are part of a listening tour for the Army's "Operation Inclusion," led by the U.S. Army's Inclusion Advisory Team.

"Disturbingly, the Army chose Redstone Arsenal as the first location on a tour that will cover all Army 4 star commands," Brooks added.

Brooks has sent a letter to U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, demanding an investigation.

"Numerous Redstone Arsenal employees have expressed outrage to me about the U.S. Army blatantly violating the Hatch Act and, in effect, labeling patriotic Americans 'White Supremacists' and racists if they say or do dozens of things outlined in the U.S. Army email," he said.

Brooks asked McCarthy to answer the following:

1. Who within the Department of the Army is responsible for the creation of the email and document?

2. Who within the Department of the Army approved the email and document?

3. Pursuant to the creation and approval of the document, was there a violation of either the Hatch Act or DoD Directive 1344.10?

4. If a violation of the Hatch Act or DoD Directive 1344.10 is found to have occurred, will those responsible be held accountable for their actions?

5. If it is found that a violation occurred (which seems pretty obvious), how will those federal employees be held accountable for their illegal conduct?

Copies of the letter also went to President Donald Trump, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and Attorney General William Barr, among others.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/09/army-inclusion-email-claims-saying-make-america-great-again-evidence-white-supremacy/

#9815843 at 2020-07-01 20:23:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12563: And You're Buying Which Stairway? Edition

Trump Threatens to Veto Defense Bill Over Renaming of Bases

Donald Trump threatened to veto the annual defense authorization bill if bases named in honor of Confederates are renamed. While Pentagon brass have indicated they are open to the idea of renaming bases that honor Confederate soldiers and politicians, Trump has steadfastly resisted the idea.

Last month, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that Trump won't sign any bill that renames bases named for Confederates. "It's a non-starter," she said.

But even many Republicans are onboard the name change train.

Politico:

Nonetheless, the Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to its version of the National Defense Authorization Act proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that would force the Pentagon to remove names, monuments and paraphernalia honoring the Confederacy from military bases over the next three years.

Senior military leaders including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy also expressed openness to renaming the 10 Army bases and facilities named after Confederate leaders, but encountered opposition from the president, who tweeted that his administration "will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations."

Trump has consistently stood with southern traditionalists on the issues of statues and bases. Of course, this has made it easy for liberals to accuse him of being a racist. But Trump has exercised his considerable power as president to preserve the history at stake.

Trump's veto threat, if realized, would represent his latest display of presidential power aimed at protecting tributes to the Confederacy and other memorials complicated by the country's racist past. He issued an executive order last Friday directing the Justice Department to prioritize the prosecution of protesters who damage federal monuments and to limit federal funding for local governments perceived to not be adequately protecting them.

The mania to change history and go after those who stand up to their skewed version of the past will continue until enough people stand in their way and prevent them from succeeding. But the $740 billion defense bill is not the vehicle for either side's argument in this fight. Why can't Warren offer her own bill to rename the bases rather than attach it to vital legislation?

Politically, she knows that it might not pass the Senate. But does she really have to hold a gun to the head of some Republicans by forcing them to accept the base renaming amendment in a defense authorization package? Try for an up or down vote on the base renaming issue by itself.

Either way, it's going to happen. Trump's veto will be overridden by terrified Republicans who don't want to be seen as "racists" for standing against the mob in an election year. And that's a shame - shame for history and America.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/07/01/trump-threatens-to-veto-defense-bill-over-renaming-of-bases-n595054

#9746652 at 2020-06-25 21:43:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12476: Take The Oath WWG1WGA Edition

Army Won't Ban Confederate Flag Displays Without Pentagon Approval

U.S. Army leaders on Thursday announced an effort to reduce racial bias and foster inclusion in the ranks but will not ban the display of the Confederate flag without Pentagon approval.

Sweeping civil unrest across the country in protest of racial injustice has prompted branches of the U.S. military to take steps to root out discrimination and eliminate symbols of racism.

The Marine Corps and Navy have moved to ban the Confederate flag from their installations, but the Army has not taken similar action.

The service has made recommendations on the issue to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and is awaiting his decision, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told defense reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday.

"The secretary of defense wants to make a uniform decision for the policy for the [Defense] Department," McCarthy said.

The Army on Thursday unveiled Project Inclusion, an effort that will focus on taking meaningful steps to eliminate unconscious bias that exists at the institutional level.

In one such change, the service will do away with official photos as a requirement in the promotion board process for officers beginning in August. The Army will also evaluate a similar move for warrant officers and sergeants.

Following weeks of demonstrations to protest racial injustice and police brutality, Army leaders decided to take "a hard look at ourselves and make sure we are doing all that we can to have a holistic effort to listen to our soldiers, our civilians and our families to enact initiatives that promote diversity, equity and inclusion," McCarthy said.

But looming over the Pentagon are decisions on whether to ban the Confederate flag and to rename installations such as Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Benning, Georgia, that bear the names of members of the Confederacy.

McCarthy said in early June that he was open to consider renaming these installations, but President Donald Trump tweeted that his administration would not consider "renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations."

"The commander in chief put out specific guidance related to bases," McCarthy said. "In the Department of Defense, Secretary Esper wants us to look at all of these challenges that are potentially in front of us and have deliberate conversations so we can make the best recommendations possible."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/25/army-wont-ban-confederate-flag-displays-without-pentagon-approval.html

#9577584 at 2020-06-11 20:29:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12258: Board Under Attack, The Hole Runs Deep Edition

U.S. Army Flickr Page Inadvertently Reveals New Hypersonic Weapon Concept

A new hypersonic weapon concept has emerged inadvertently on a social media page managed by U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy that describes a Mach 5-plus projectile with the ability to penetrate into defended airspace and dispense a multi-role loitering air system over a target area.

The concept-labeled as the Vintage Racer Loitering Weapon System-reveals a solution to an operational problem for the Army: When high-speed munitions, such as the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), enter service with the ability to strike targets thousands of kilometers away, how will the Army find the most elusive targets, such as road-mobile launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) or radars for air defense batteries?

The Vintage Racer concept, as revealed so far, suggests it may be possible to launch a hypersonic projectile into a general area without knowing the specific location of the target. As it reaches the target area, the projectile may be able to dispense a loitering air system, which is then uses its own sensors to find and identify the target. If the loitering system also carries a warhead, it may be able to strike the target by itself or transmit the target coordinates to another weapon.

Once the existence of the Vintage Racer concept appeared, a Russian expert on military-political affairs noted such an idea has been discussed as a possibility within the hypersonic weapon community.

"The fear is that [this] hypersonic 'something' might reach the patrol area of road-mobile ICBM launchers [after] penetrating any possible air and missile defense, and then dispense loitering submunitions that will find launchers in the forests," said Dmitry Stefanovitch, an expert at the Moscow-based Russian International Affairs Council.

Only the broadest information about the Vintage Racer weapon is visible on the briefing paper describing the concept.

The image appears in an album of photos from the Association of the U.S. Army convention posted to McCarthy's Flickr account last October. Most of the pictures from the event show McCarthy meeting attendees, giving speeches and receiving informal, standing pitches from industry officials in the exhibit hall.

One picture shows McCarthy standing at a table across from an unidentified industry official in the exhibit hall. The table is covered with multiple objects, including a General Atomics press release, what appears to be a model of the LRHW and a rifled barrel of a 155mm artillery gun with a hole burned through the object.

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/sensors-electronic-warfare/us-army-flickr-page-inadvertently-reveals-new-hypersonic

#9576528 at 2020-06-11 18:47:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12257: Protect The Dough Edition

Senate panel votes to require Pentagon to rename bases named after Confederates

The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would require the Pentagon to rename bases and other assets that are named after Confederate military leaders, a source confirmed to The Hill.

The amendment, offered by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), was approved by voice vote Wednesday during the committee's closed-door markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the source familiar with the situation said. The amendment would give the Pentagon three years to remove the Confederate names.

The news, which was first reported by Roll Call, comes after President Trump said he would "not even consider" renaming Army bases that are named after Confederate officers.

During a briefing Wednesday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany also said Trump would veto the NDAA if the massive policy bill mandated changing the names of the bases.

"These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom," Trump tweeted.

"Therefore, my Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations," he added.

Just two days before Trump's tweets, an Army spokesperson said Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Defense Secretary Mark Esper were "open" to renaming the 10 bases that are named after Confederate military officers.

The bases, which are in Southern states, are Fort Lee, Fort Hood, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, Fort Pickett, Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Rucker and Camp Beauregard.

The Army's Monday position was a reversal from as recently as February, when the service said it had no plans to change the name of any base, including those named after Confederate officers.

The about-face came amid nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died when a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. The officer has since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

The inclusion of the amendment to force the Pentagon to change the base names, coupled with McEnany's veto threat, potentially puts the White House on a collision course with Congress over what's generally considered a must-pass bill. Republicans disinclined to confront the president still have opportunities to strip the amendment if they want, such as when the bill hits the Senate floor as soon as next week.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/502218-senate-panel-votes-to-require-pentagon-to-rename-bases-named-after

#9547266 at 2020-06-09 16:32:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12219: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition

US Army Is Now Considering Renaming Federal Bases That Honor Confederate Leaders

United States Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is reportedly now "open" to changing the names of 10 federal bases named after Confederate leaders of the Civil War.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper is also now amenable to discussing the change, Army spokesman Col. Sunset Belinsky told Politico Monday. As recently as February, military officials told the Army Times that there were "no plans to rename any street or installation, including those named for Confederate generals."

The Army has dismissed the issue in the past, arguing that the bases named after generals like Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood commemorate the individual heroism of soldiers and not that of the Confederacy

https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/09/us-army-considers-renaming-bases-confederate-generals-george-floyd-protests/

#9545697 at 2020-06-09 13:46:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12217: For the Trillionth Time: Freddy Can't Bake Edition

Army to consider changing names of forts named after Confederate generals

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy signaled their willingness to discuss scrapping Confederate names on forts across the country, Army Col. Sunset Belinsky said Monday evening.

They are open to having a bi-partisan dialogue on the renaming bases, according to Belinsky. The Army has 10 posts named after Confederate generals across the south, including major installations at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Benning in Georgia and Fort Hood in Texas.

McCarthy, a former Army Ranger, indicated his willingness to discuss the change after weeks of protests that have spread across the country following the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who pleaded for his life as a white police officer knelt on his neck.

The Army has resisted calls in the past to change names on the installations named after officers who rebelled and fought against the United States in the Civil War.

But times and attitudes are swiftly evolving as the nation heads into its second week of protests following Floyd's death, calls for police reforms grow and locations across the country announce plans to take down or remove Confederate memorials.

McCarthy himself and the military as a whole became embroiled in controversy surrounding police and National Guard response to protesters last week in Washington, DC. McCarthy oversees National Guard units in Washington because it does not have a governor.

McCarthy acknowledged Sunday that National Guard soldiers were involved in the eviction of mostly peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square prior to President Trump's appearance at a nearby church. Esper and Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accompanied Trump.

No Guardsmen used force on the protesters, McCarthy said. Another incident involving National Guard helicopters buzzing protesters in another part of Washington is under investigation, he said. The Pentagon came close to ordering federal troops to confront protesters, according to McCarthy.

The incident prompted several former high-ranking Pentagon officials to warn that the military was being drawn into a politics, risking a constitutional crisis. Former Defense Secretary James Mattis blasted Trump, saying he sought to divide not unite Americans.

Within days, senior military officials acknowledged racial inequities in the military. Before the Lafayette Square incident, USA Today reported that young black airmen were twice as likely to face punishment their white counterparts.

McCarthy acknowledged the racial division in a letter to soldiers and civilians on June 3.

"Our ability to defend this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic, is founded

upon a sacred trust with the American people," McCarthy said. "Racial division erodes that trust."

Last week, the Marine Corps banned the display of the Confederate Battle Flag.

The Navy operates a guided-missile cruiser, the USS Chancellorsville, named after a battle the Confederates won over the United States.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-consider-changing-names-forts-012404219.html

#9538685 at 2020-06-08 23:34:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12208: They Ain't Smart Enough To Run, Bummer Edition

The Army Will Consider Renaming Bases that Honor Confederate Leaders

The Army secretary is open to changing the names of 10 Army bases that were named for Confederate leaders, Military.com has confirmed.

Secretary Ryan McCarthy will consider the changes if he has bipartisan cooperation from leaders at the local and congressional level an Army official told Military.com. Politico first reported the news about renaming the bases Monday.

McCarthy's decision reverses a longstanding Army stance that the base names would not change, even as debate raged about whether they along with statutes and other tributes to Confederate leaders across the country are divisive. Leaders told reporters as recently as February that the base names would not change.

Those debates have reignited though following the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minnesota. Floyd's death has prompted massive demonstrations across the nation as Americans call for an end to racial inequity and police brutality.

The Marine Corps on Friday made official a policy that has been in the works for several months that bans Confederate items on base. The policy gives commanders the authority to check for Confederate items in workspaces, bathrooms, and even front porches on government-run military housing. T-shirts, bumper stickers and mugs with the Confederate flag are now forbidden on base.

"The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremists and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps," Marine officials said on Friday. "This presents a threat to our core values, unit cohesion, security, and good order and discipline. This must be addressed."

The New York Times' editorial board in May two days before Floyd's death called for Army leaders to rename the 10 bases that honor Confederate leaders.

They include Fort Benning, in Georgia, named for Brig. Gen. Henry Benning – a Georgia lawyer, politician, judge and supporter of slavery. Fort Bragg in North Carolina is named for Gen. Braxton Bragg, who Time noted was admonished even by his strongest supporters for "his quick temper, general irritability, and tendency to wound innocent men with barbs thrown during his frequent fits of anger."

Even before Floyd's killing and the protests that followed, The New York Times opined that the decision to rename the Army bases was long overdue.

"Bases named for men who sought to destroy the Union in the name of racial injustice are an insult to the ideals servicemen and women are sworn to uphold – and an embarrassing artifact of the time when the military itself embraced anti-American values," the editorial board wrote.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/08/army-will-consider-renaming-bases-honor-confederate-leaders.html

#9536996 at 2020-06-08 21:31:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12206: Message For Killary n Co.: Pray for Mil Tribunal before Patriots Edition

Army Leaders Defend National Guard Deployments to D.C., Say Five Guardsmen Injured as Rioters Threw Bricks, Urine

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and commander of the District of Columbia National Guard Army Maj. Gen. William J. Walker defended the use of National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, last week amid criticism from the left over their deployment, during a press briefing on Sunday.

McCarthy said the night of Sunday, May 31, before more National Guardsmen were ordered onto the streets, five D.C. National Guardsmen were injured with bricks and other projectiles, including one who suffered a severe concussion.

"Sunday evening ... we had five soldiers hit in the head with bricks. One of which has a severe concussion, the other four - all five of them were treated at the hospital. One of them ... was sent home," he said, adding that the park in front of the White House got "very violent."

"It got very violent down in the park in particular. [Police said] it was the most violent they'd ever seen it in the city, and we needed to put additional support down there to ensure we could enable peaceful demonstration and prevent another evening like we had Sunday night," he said.

Walker said that protesters on Sunday were "armed with cylinder blocks."

"I had a soldier that had a concussion. There were bags of bricks," he said.

On Monday, he said, they threw frozen water bottles, eggs, and fireworks.

"Eggs and water bottles, we don't know what was in the water bottles. But that was being thrown frozen. So frozen water bottles. So think about a frozen water bottle coming at you as a projectile," he said. He said some of the water bottles contained urine.

"There were also fireworks being thrown at our soldiers and airmen. So I think they displayed enormous courage, discipline, and restraint," he said.

Walker, who is African American, said the D.C. National Guard only had 250 members supporting different law enforcement agencies on Sunday night during the apex of violence in the city:

We went from 250 on Sunday to over 1,500 supporting a variety of different organizations over the course of the week after all of the violence on Sunday evening, as well as the defacing of the Lincoln Monument, the burning of St. John's church, the burning of the technical building in Lafayette Park, the defacing of Veterans Affairs and the Treasury Department, among others, and I think stores were looted down there.

...

Stores were looted. Think about if something were to happen to the Dr. King Memorial. Just let that process, what that might have done to exacerbate the situation. The African American museum. So we were dealing with a thin force already; we had to quickly look bigger than we actually are.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/army-leaders-defend-national-guard-deployments-to-d-c-say-five-guardsmen-injured-as-rioters-threw-bricks-urine/

#9524101 at 2020-06-07 22:07:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12189: Know Justice Edition

>>9523786
You stupid FK …Trump Stopped them from rioting..Then come on this board and talk BULLSHIT…PAY ATTENTION…Notice the Difference between this one and all the others …specially overseas…OR are you to FKing Ignorant to do that…Also NOT even close to the million they bragged about…..Dummy..

Published June 6, 2020 - Updated 2 hours ago

Peaceful Demonstrators Flood DC to Call for Racial Justice

Tens of thousands of people streamed into Washington, D.C., amid heat and humidity Saturday for what might have been the capital's largest protests yet against racism, police violence and the killing of George Floyd.

Video from Chopper4 showed a massive crowd extending for blocks leading up to the White House in the evening.

An estimated 100,000 to 200,000 protesters were expected in D.C., Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/live-updates-day-of-demonstrations-underway-in-dc/2324841/

#9507436 at 2020-06-06 21:35:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/military-pilot-grounded-after-low-flying-helicopter-maneuvers-over-dc-protests

Military Pilot Grounded After Low-Flying Helicopter Maneuvers Over D.C. Protests

Despite according to a prior New York Times report top Pentagon brass initially ordered that National Guard helicopters assist in dispersing protests and riots which overwhelmed streets outside the White House early this week, at least one helicopter pilot has been grounded pending an investigation over low-flying maneuvers.

The Black Hawk helicopter presence created a huge stir among activists nationwide, as footage went viral of the pilots using gusts from the helicopter blades to deter crowds.

The Pentagon had described the "show of force" tactic as a menacing "persistent presence" to dissuade the below throngs amid raging Black Lives Matter protests.

About 10 minutes later, here it goes again. pic.twitter.com/3yoxOAu0uw
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs) June 2, 2020

Reporters and demonstrators alleged that in some locations where the swooping maneuver was made store windows were broken by the severe downdraft along with tree limbs, which in at least one case reportedly hurt a bystander when branches struck the person.

Caught on film were US Army UH-72 Lakota helicopters, as well as UH-60 Black Hawks coming within as little as 100 feet over the crowds.

As The Hill describes Saturday:

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters that the helicopter crew was grounded pending results from an internal investigation, according to local CBS affiliate WUSA9. A Pentagon spokesman told the outlet that the move was standard procedure during such investigations.

The aircraft was one of two Army National Guard helicopters that hovered between 100 and 300 feet above the streets of the District on Monday night, according to an aircraft tracker. Gusts from their helicopter blades were aimed at dispersing crowds of protesters.

#9506915 at 2020-06-06 21:04:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition

This is Mark Esper, the Gulf War Army veteran and defense lobbyist who Trump has tapped to lead the Pentagon
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/photos/this-is-mark-esper-the-gulf-war-army-veteran-and-defense-lobbyist-who-trump-has-tapped-to-lead-the-pentagon/ss-AADmgxs

Mark T. Esper became the acting secretary of defense on Monday after former acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan stepped down from his post, citing family concerns.
Esper is the former secretary of the Army, and was a lobbyist for the weapons manufacturer Raytheon.
Esper attended West Point with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Visit Business Insider's hompage for more stories.
Who is Mark Esper, the man President Donald Trump has tapped to lead the Pentagon after retired Gen. James Mattis' departure in December and Patrick Shanahan's abrupt resignation last week?
Esper comes to the position after the failed nomination of Patrick Shanahan, who Trump had picked to take over after Mattis resigned over Trump's announcement that he would pull troops from Syria. Shanahan withdrew his nomination last week after his confirmation hearing was stalled for months, and in the midst of a potential conflict with Iran.
Esper is the second acting defense secretary in six months, and will leave his post as secretary of the Army. Trump has nominated Ryan McCarthy, the under secretary of the Army to take Esper's place in the Army's top post, according to The New York Times.

#9490420 at 2020-06-05 20:50:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research #12146: Operators active. Pray. Edition

Kinda thought this was worth a Re-Post

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has told the District of Columbia National Guard and guardsmen from other states who have arrived in the nation's capital as backup to not use firearms or ammunition, a sign of de-escalation in the federal response to protests in the city after the killing of George Floyd, according to officials familiar with the decision.

The Department of Defense, led by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, appears to have made the decision without consulting the White House, where President Trump has ordered a militarized show of force on the streets of Washington D.C. since demonstrations in the city were punctured by an episode of looting on Sunday. Trump specifically had encouraged the National Guard to be armed.

Initially, a small group of the guardsmen deployed in the city had been carrying guns while standing outside monuments, but the bulk of the forces, such as those working with federal park police at Lafayette Square in front of the White House, didn't carry firearms out of caution. Now, all of the roughly 5,000 guardsmen who have been deployed or are deploying to Washington, D.C., have been told not to use weaponry or ammunition, according to four officials familiar with the order.

"The whole purpose behind that was a purposeful show of de-escalation," said one U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an order that hasn't been made public yet. "We're here, but we're walking things down."

The White House has not been involved in the decision, a senior administration official said. Trump has encouraged the National Guard to be armed, and wanted them to be as a show of force.

Because the District of Columbia is a special federal jurisdiction without the status of a state, the D.C. National Guard is controlled by the president, who delegated his authority over the forces to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. The District's mayor can request the deployment of the D.C. Guard but doesn't have the power to do so herself or control them once deployed.

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pentagon-disarms-guardsmen-in-D-C-in-signal-of-15320290.php

#9489539 at 2020-06-05 19:55:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12145: One for the History Books Edition

US Army Chopper Crew Grounded After Flying Too Low Over Protesters in Nation's Capital

The crew of a National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter has been grounded after footage was captured of the chopper flying just 50 feet above protesters in Washington, DC - low enough to knock people over and snap tree limbs.

US Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy told reporters on Friday that the crew of a National Guard helicopter had been grounded pending the outcome of a 15-6 investigation into an incident in Washington, DC, earlier this week. He said he could not disclose further information about the chain of command above the crew, due to the nature of the probe.

After the 7 p.m. curfew came and went on Monday, thousands of protesters across the nation's capital were driven from the streets by a bevy of city and federal police, as well as units of the city's National Guard and guardsmen from other states. In one incident captured by multiple reporters and onlookers, helicopters descended below rooftop level to hover just yards above protesters' heads in an effort to intimidate them into leaving.

At least two incidents were reported: one on Judiciary Square, next to several courthouses, and another in Chinatown, and onlookers noted both UH-72 Lakota and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved

https://sputniknews.com/us/202006051079531551-us-army-chopper-crew-grounded-after-flying-too-low-over-protesters-in-nations-capital/

#9485311 at 2020-06-05 15:06:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12140: Light NEVER Yields To Darkness Edition

Pentagon chief Mark Esper risks being sidelined as White House floats replacements
The defence secretary's job is likely safe, but the White House is still looking at options
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy could be next in line if Esper does flame out

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Lara Seligman, Daniel Lippman and Meridith McGraw on politico.com on June 4, 2020
President Donald Trump is unhappy with Pentagon chief Mark Esper. Aides are gossiping about who could replace him. Yet the embattled Defence Secretary may be on his way to a more Trumpian punishment: sidelined within the administration.
Esper's future is in question after he opposed Trump on Wednesday over the president's call to deploy active-duty troops to quash protests taking part throughout the US. In the 24 hours since Esper spoke out, he has met with the president at the White House and has received tepid-at-best endorsements from Trump's team.

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3087775/pentagon-chief-mark-esper-risks-being-sidelined

#9480850 at 2020-06-05 06:12:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12135: Wake Up and Smell the Ashes Edition

>>9479373
Can't the Governor of DC (now the Secretary of the Army - Ryan McCarthy) remove the Mayor?

#9480612 at 2020-06-05 05:55:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12134: The 'Gravey On The Rumble Train' Edition

Can't the Governor of DC (now the Secretary of the Army - Ryan McCarthy) remove the Mayor?

#9458105 at 2020-06-04 01:31:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12105: The 'Seldom Brought Home The Bacon' Edition

'It's a dynamic situation': Esper does about-face on plan to return some 200 troops to home bases from DC after WH visit

Several hundred active-duty troops deployed to the US capital region amid heated protests will remain in the area for another 24 hours in an abrupt reversal of Defense Secretary Mark Esper's earlier plan to send them home.

Esper's u-turn followed a White House meeting and "internal Pentagon discussions" on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported, citing Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who said the decision is meant to ensure law enforcement in the capital have support in case of renewed unrest. It is not clear if the defense secretary spoke with US President Donald Trump.

It is our intent at this point not to bring in active forces, we don't think we need them at this point. But it's prudent to have the reserve capability in the queue, on a short string.

McCarthy added that around 200 soldiers with the 82nd Airborne would remain in the capital region for another 24 hours.

It's a dynamic situation... we're trying to withdraw them and get them back home.

https://www.rt.com/usa/490693-epser-troops-washington-stay/

#9432491 at 2020-06-02 19:24:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12072: This Is Not A Game, Learn To Play The Game Edition

>>9432412

>The head of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. William Walker, is in charge of all military forces activated in the District of Columbia, officials said, an apparent contradiction of comments made Monday by President Donald Trump, who said in a conversation with state governors that he had placed Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley "in charge." Walker, officials said in Tuesday's call, answers to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

Above contradicts this.

The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President.

https://dc.ng.mil/About-Us/#:~:text=This%20authority%20to%20activate%20the,reports%20only%20to%20the%20President.

#9432412 at 2020-06-02 19:19:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12072: This Is Not A Game, Learn To Play The Game Edition

Active-Duty Troops Remain Outside DC as Guard Force Grows

More than 100,000 National Guard troops are now activated for missions across the nation, and the Guard force inside Washington, D.C., to support law enforcement will reach almost 3,000 Tuesday evening as protests continue, the head of the National Guard Bureau said.

Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel said roughly 1,500 additional Guard troops from Indiana, South Carolina and Tennessee are joining the response effort in Washington, reinforcing a fully activated D.C. Guard force and augments from the Utah and New Jersey Guard already on the ground.

"Obviously, this is a very historic response from the National Guard," Lengyel told reporters in a call Tuesday morning.

Monday evening's protests in Washington, D.C. part of a national protest movement following the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white officer in Minneapolis saw "a reduction in violence" from previous nights, Lengyel said, even as an increasing number joined the protest.

Meanwhile, active-duty troops deployed to the region Monday remain outside D.C. and have not yet been ordered to support law enforcement in the district, a senior Pentagon official said.

"There are active-duty forces in the area, placed on a short alert status," the official said.

The official added that the troops are located at bases inside the National Capital Region, but outside the district, awaiting a request for support. Military.com reported Monday that military police from XVIII Airborne Corps had been dispatched from Fort Bragg, North Carolina; it has been reported that the active-duty troops on alert total 200 to 250.

Another senior official indicated that there is significant interest in limiting military protest response to the Guard, avoiding the issue of Posse Comitatus, which prevents Title 10 troops from being used in a domestic law enforcement capacity in most circumstances.

"We really would like to see this stay a National Guard response to the degree that we have to put any uniformed forces against it," the official said.

The head of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. William Walker, is in charge of all military forces activated in the District of Columbia, officials said, an apparent contradiction of comments made Monday by President Donald Trump, who said in a conversation with state governors that he had placed Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley "in charge." Walker, officials said in Tuesday's call, answers to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

No Guard troops were injured in Monday's protests, Lengyel said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/02/active-duty-troops-remain-outside-dc-guard-force-grows.html

#8557103 at 2020-03-25 07:01:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10956: Mitch: Dems Take YES for an Answer, Americans Rejoice!! Edition

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/03/24/three-army-field-hospitals-ordered-to-new-york-washington-states/

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has issued deployment orders to three Army hospital centers, the service said Tuesday afternoon.

#8149052 at 2020-02-15 23:23:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10432: Fresh Toons Edition

#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579, >>8146640 Moar on DJT "authotized" McCabe tweet mispelling
>>8146628 NYC will pay out more than $5.5 MILLION to 352 people in class action against disgraced Brooklyn prosecutor who wiretapped her bf
>>8146664 #10428

#10427
>>8145290 SF Mayor Admits Fling with Ex Homeless Chief and admits to Kickbacks-daily mail
>>8145326, >>8145382 anons on Evergreen = Stem cells
>>8145339, >>8145415 Mike Bloomberg 'wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate', sources close to his campaign tell Drudge-dailymail
>>8145367 The World Bank loses another chief economist- economist-feb 13
>>8145355 Secretary Pompeo remarks at the Munich Security Conference-vid
>>8145432 Operation Rubicon-BND and C_A op to purchase Crypto AG-codenamed MINERVA
>>8145671 PF Reports - SAM074 over Munich
>>8145588 Lisa Page: Is she Going to Testify against BHO. Anon digg on her latest twat.
>>8145631 New Belgian government formation: Justice minister throws in the towel
>>8145688 Facepalm: Hillary's Being Considered as a Dem's Running Mate
>>8145604, >>8145607, >>8145724, >>8145739 Potus Tweet misspellings- help anons
>>8145753 Spanish socialist govt moves to let doctors kill sick patients
>>8145754, >>8145867 What legitimate interest would MiniMike have in Vietnam? Schools and Children?
>>8145833 A UK judge steps down after allegedly sending X-rated texts, porn to a female court worker
>>8145905 #10427

Previously Collected Notables
>>8145198 #10426, >>8145905 #10427
>>8142104 #10422, >>8142886 #10423, >>8143671 #10424, >>8144451 #10425
>>8139060 #10418, >>8139853 #10419, >>8140610 #10420, >>8141362 #10421

Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion

#8148290 at 2020-02-15 21:56:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10431: Better Hire a Taster Edition

#8147486 at 2020-02-15 20:29:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10430: The First President Ever to Win the Daytona 500 Edition

#8146697 at 2020-02-15 18:51:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10429: Mini Mike's VP Says He Didn't Kill Himself Edition

Global Announcements
>>8099282 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
>>8139388 , >>8139368, >>8138996, >>8129996 CM - Thinks he's fixed the issue
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx

Notables
are not endorsements

#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579, >>8146640 Moar on DJT "authotized" McCabe tweet mispelling
>>8146628 NYC will pay out more than $5.5 MILLION to 352 people in class action against disgraced Brooklyn prosecutor who wiretapped her bf
>>8146664 #10428

#10427
>>8145290 SF Mayor Admits Fling with Ex Homeless Chief and admits to Kickbacks-daily mail
>>8145326, >>8145382 anons on Evergreen = Stem cells
>>8145339, >>8145415 Mike Bloomberg 'wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate', sources close to his campaign tell Drudge-dailymail
>>8145367 The World Bank loses another chief economist- economist-feb 13
>>8145355 Secretary Pompeo remarks at the Munich Security Conference-vid
>>8145432 Operation Rubicon-BND and C_A op to purchase Crypto AG-codenamed MINERVA
>>8145671 PF Reports - SAM074 over Munich
>>8145588 Lisa Page: Is she Going to Testify against BHO. Anon digg on her latest twat.
>>8145631 New Belgian government formation: Justice minister throws in the towel
>>8145688 Facepalm: Hillary's Being Considered as a Dem's Running Mate
>>8145604, >>8145607, >>8145724, >>8145739 Potus Tweet misspellings- help anons
>>8145753 Spanish socialist govt moves to let doctors kill sick patients
>>8145754, >>8145867 What legitimate interest would MiniMike have in Vietnam? Schools and Children?
>>8145833 A UK judge steps down after allegedly sending X-rated texts, porn to a female court worker
>>8145905 #10427

#8146664 at 2020-02-15 18:46:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition

#8146634 at 2020-02-15 18:42:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition

Notables
LAST CALL
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579 Moar on DJT McCabe mispelling
#10428

#8146547 at 2020-02-15 18:29:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition

>>8146522
>Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy
>Vindman will not be investigated

The Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is deep state?

#8146522 at 2020-02-15 18:26:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition

Another Piece of Shit Goes Free

U.S Army Won't Investigate Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman

Former National Security Council staff Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman will not be investigated for violating military guidelines over his testimony against President Donald Trump, the Army released Friday.

Politico reported that Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy reported at an event at the National Press Club that Vindman would deal with no disciplinary actions in an event and even downplayed Vindman's removal from the NSC. Vindman had been already planned to return to the Army a couple of months before Trump removed him. Trump, as commander-in-chief, has the final discretion to get rid of individuals from his administration. He also removed Vindman's twin sibling as part of a house cleaning to get rid of Obama-era holdovers at the National Security Council. McCarthy said Vindman would get a "bridging assignment" for the next couple of months.

"Then he will be heading to a senior service college this summer. There's no investigation into him," McCarthy mentioned.

On previous reports, Trump suggested at a press briefing on Tuesday that "the military can handle" Vindman. When asked what he suggested by that, Trump elaborated.

"That's going to be up to the military, we'll have to see, but if you look at what happened, they're going to certainly, I would imagine, take a look at that," Trump said.

Trump continued by stating that Vindman said "very inaccurate things" during his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee concerning the president's July 25th telephone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"It turned out that what he reported was very different," Trump said. "And also, when you look at the person he reports to, said horrible things, avoided the chain of command, leaked, did a lot of bad things. And so, we sent him on his way to a much different location, and the military can handle him anyway they want."
Full Article: https://www.unitedpatriotnews.com/general/u-s-army-wont-investigate-impeachment-witness-alexander-vindman/

Isn't JUSTICE Grand…..Fucken bullshit.

#8146480 at 2020-02-15 18:21:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition

Notables
Anything missed?
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305 PF Reports - A call sign disaeared
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114,>>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as
#10428

#8146291 at 2020-02-15 17:55:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition

#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278 PF Reports - Canadian C-130 headed to land in Miami.
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary
#10428

#8146217 at 2020-02-15 17:46:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition

US Army Refuses to Investigate Treasonous Bastard Alexander Vindman Despite President's Request - Will Move Him to Full-Time Position at Military College

Is there ANYONE in Washington who follows orders from their Commander in Chief?
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Friday there will be no investigation of treasonous bastard Alexander Vindman despite President Trump's announcement that the Pentagon will look into the actions of the former NSC officer.
Vindman was caught repeatedly lying during his testimony before Congress that made him a leftist hero.
Vindman's boss testified that Alexander Vindman was a leaker, a liar who could not be trusted.
But Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told an audience at a the National Press Club that there will be no investigation of Lt. Col. Alex Vindman before he moves to his permanent position at a military college(?) later this year.
The Daily Mail reported:

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into the Army officer who until last week worked at the White House National Security Council and was a key witness in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
McCarthy said Lt. Col. Alex Vindman has been moved to a short-term assignment at Army headquarters until he starts a regularly scheduled stint at a military college later this year.
McCarthy's comments at the National Press Club appeared to put an end to any debate about potential punishment of the officer, who came under fire for raising concerns about Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president.
Vindman was escorted from the White House last week as was his twin brother, Yevgeny, who worked as a lawyer at the NSC and is also a lieutenant colonel.

Here is Secretary Ryan McCarthy today the National Press Club.

http://www.womensystems.com/2020/02/us-army-refuses-to-investigate.html

#7520098 at 2019-12-16 01:32:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9619: Leg Hair Debonair Edition

Another example of Trump using the noise of peach mint to write another EO

Exclusive-Sen. Kevin Cramer: Three Ways to Apply Trump's Executive Order on Regulatory Abuse

Recently, as Democrats and the media obsessed over the impeachment circus, President Donald Trump continued delivering for the American people by signing an executive order to combat bureaucratic abuse and hold federal agencies accountable.

As the president said, "We are reforming the bureaucracy to make it lean, responsive, and accountable. And we are ensuring our laws are enforced fairly." I applaud him for this important work and fulfilling his promise to deliver a better government which serves the American people, not itself.

Throughout my time in public service, I have seen unaccountable bureaucrats attempt to nullify elections by resisting the policies and priorities of elected leaders. As the president pointed out, federal agencies for decades have issued thousands of pages of so-called "guidance" documents: regulations written by unaccountable bureaucrats in the form of commentary on how rules should be interpreted. Bureaucrats interpret these documents as if they are law when, in reality, they have never received a vote or been scrutinized by the public. That is not how the Founders intended our government to be run. As federal departments and agencies begin to implement President Trump's orders, I would like to highlight three examples that deserve action.

The first example is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Water Supply Rule. Over 10 years ago- without noticing it to the public- the USACE issued a memo "to establish new policy" regarding easements to support water storage agreements. This is an important issue to North Dakotans and states across the nation, but this new commentary-turned-guidance transformed into a de-facto policy and an attack on states' water rights. The Corps then proposed a rule solidifying this policy despite the outcry from stakeholders. Fortunately, after I led a bipartisan letter to the Administration, Assistant Secretary RD James and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy placed a temporary hold on the rule to better integrate outside input. The guidance upended a system and resulted in a poorly constructed rule. Neither are law and both should be repealed.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/15/exclusive-sen-kevin-cramer-three-ways-to-apply-trumps-executive-order-on-regulatory-abuse/

#7172859 at 2019-07-25 00:56:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9177: Captain Crumb. Do It Q!! Edition

Thank you to all who attended my @USArmy farewell ceremony today at the Pentagon. I am proud of the work we accomplished to increase the Army's readiness while taking care of Army families along the way. Acting Secretary Ryan McCarthy will do an excellent job leading the service!

https://twitter.com/EsperDoD/status/1154163322427727872
3:55 PM - 24 Jul 2019

#6877925 at 2019-06-30 03:43:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8797: GREATER & UNLIMITEDER Edition

US Army Wants 500,000 Active Troops By 2020, Amid Threats Of War

The US Army wants 500,000 active duty military personnel by 2020, amid threats of war with Iran near the Strait of Hormuz and potential conflict with China across the South China Sea. The service's recruiting goals, however, first reported by Army Times, is facing significant difficulties with unhealthy, ineligible millennials.

"It's a difficult market because it's a very healthy job market," said Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. "This environment is as challenging as we've faced- 3.6% unemployment. We have no benchmark historically for the all-volunteer force."

McCarthy told the Times that it would be difficult to reach the recruitment goal by year's end.

"We are on target, but it's close," McCarthy said. "We, statistically, can make it, but we're going to have to run through the finish line- undoubtedly a full sprint."

McCarthy said Army officials are speaking with municipalities across the country to formulate a strategy to enhance recruitment at a local level.

Army officials are shocked that a soaring stock market, booming job market, and low unemployment hasn't translated into higher recruiting numbers.

"That's coupled with all the other factors we talk about all the time: obesity, mental health, challenges with law enforcement," McCarthy said. "Things of that nature that would require waivers."

McCarthy is expected to meet with trainers and NCOs at Army Recruiting Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky, next week to strategize how future recruitment programs can attract more millennials.

"You got to engage kids," McCarthy said. "It's the mentality that a recruiter needs to have to get someone to understand their story - why an opportunity to serve in the US Army would be a great thing."

"It's the lifeblood of our business, and it's something, in particular in the last six months, I've tried to invest more of my time because the first 18 [months] has been predominately modernization and the budget," he added.

President Trump's "America first" foreign policy with interventionists John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, attempting to force regime change in Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and trying to kill a rising power, China, through economic warfare, has led to massive military spending, modernization efforts, and forced the service to increase active duty personnel amid the recent threats of war.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-28/army-wants-500000-active-troops-2020-amid-threats-war

#5827034 at 2019-03-22 16:07:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7454: Bring It Forward Edition

Army plan would tap thousands of mainland soldiers for short-term Pacific rotations

The Army plans to rotate thousands of soldiers from the mainland through short-term Pacific deployments in pursuit of becoming a more expeditionary force, Army officials said Tuesday.

"The forces already assigned will remain assigned," said Gen. Robert Brown, commander of U.S. Army Pacific, referring to the roughly 85,000 soldiers in the theater, primarily stationed in South Korea, Hawaii, Washington and Alaska.

"We will bring forces from [the mainland] over," he said during a media roundtable at U.S. Army Pacific headquarters that included Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Gen. James McConville, vice chief of staff of the Army.

Brown said the number of troops to be tapped annually has not yet been set and would vary depending upon circumstances and the preferences of allies and partner nations hosting the troops.

"It would be a division headquarters and several brigades - you know, 5,000, 10,000 rotating over," he said. "I would hesitate to throw a number out. It'll depend on the scenario. It'll depend on the exercise. There will be a continued focus on the assigned forces staying and the additional forces to come."

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/03/army-plan-would-tap-thousands-of-mainland-soldiers-for-short-term-pacific-rotations/

#4383724 at 2018-12-20 01:29:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5587: Logical Thinking Always Wins Edition

>>4383613

Analysis of Video That Will Get Donald Trump Elected
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qIXXafxCQ
continued

0. illusion of democracy (pic missing) - Obama SOTU I see Holder, Kerry, Roberts, McConnell – the only one not clapping?, Bernie, Warren, Cruz, Gillibrand, Schumer, Ryan, McCarthy, many others not IDd by anon
1. in fact controlled by a small handful (Soros)
2. of global special interests, rigging the system (Hillary)
3. This is reality ($100), you know it, I know it, and pretty much the whole world knows it (globe upside down) … do you see the Global power superimposed upon a flat world map in this picture?
4. The Clinton machine is at the center of this power structure (Hillary /CGI)
5. …seen this first hand in the Wikileaks documents (Assange) …

– to be continued–

#1429772 at 2018-05-16 12:13:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research Board #1793 Could Be ——————— or [xxxxxxx] Edition

>>1429768
The McCarthy link, i found it interesting that McCarthy was the "favorite" and yet we got Ryan. McCarthy is on tap again upon Ryan's departure.

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#113421 at 2022-01-03 03:24:56 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #577: Wendy, Hussein, Gmail Accounts & Moar Edition

General Research #19450 >>>/qresearch/15298127

Defense Secretary Taking More Authority for Use of DC Guard

30 Dec 2021 Associated Press By Robert Burns

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Thursday it has streamlined the approval process for urgent use of National Guard forces in the District of Columbia, after months of study following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The changes give the defense secretary sole authority to approve requests that would involve D.C. National Guard personnel participating in civil law enforcement or that would require their deployment within 48 hours, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a written statement. That approval authority had previously been delegated to the Army secretary, the service's top civilian official.

The changes are intended to make the Pentagon better prepared to handle urgent requests for law enforcement support by civil authorities. After January's riot, the Pentagon came under criticism by some for a slow response to requests for Guard assistance, although a Defense Department inspector general review concluded that senior defense officials had acted appropriately before and during the riot.

The use of National Guard troops in the nation's capital is complicated by the fact that the usual chain of command headed by a governor does not apply because the district is not a state. Thus, the commanding general of the D.C. Guard reports to the president, although a 1969 executive order delegated control to the secretary of defense, who subsequently further delegated the authority to the Army secretary.

Kirby said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has amended the previous arrangement so the defense secretary is the sole authority for approval in certain circumstances. The Army secretary remains authorized to control Guard operations in the district and to consider district government requests for use of the Guard in the city for non-law enforcement purposes and in nonurgent situations.

Austin said law enforcement activities include crowd control, traffic control, search, seizure, arrest or temporary detention.

It was not immediately clear how this policy change might have affected the response time on Jan. 6, when a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump swiftly and violently overran the Capitol Police, which was assisted by the Metropolitan Police Department, and interrupted the certification of Joe Biden's election victory. Lawmakers ran for their lives as the rioters climbed through broken windows and doors at the Capitol.

Prior to the riot, then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy handled requests for Guard deployments in the district, initially from the commander of the D.C. Guard. McCarthy acted in consultation with more senior Pentagon officials, including Christopher Miller, the acting secretary of defense at the time, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Last spring, Austin ordered a review of how the Defense Department handles requests for support in the National Capital region, including approval authorities, request processes, planning, available forces, command relationships, staff support, and training exercises.

Based on that review, Austin amended the 1969 arrangement for handling certain requests for deployment of the Guard in the district, and he clarified the process by which federal and local agencies request assistance for both preplanned and time sensitive events in the district, Kirby said.

"By clarifying and refining the request process, including outlining the required information needed to assess requests from federal and local partners, the department will be able to respond to requests efficiently, quickly, and effectively," Kirby said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/30/defense-secretary-taking-more-authority-use-of-dc-guard.html

#49136 at 2021-01-27 02:25:48 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #227: 180,000 Demand Biden's Crime Family's corruption to be Investigated Edition

DC National Guard commander says Pentagon restricted his authority before riot

Pentagon officials restricted the commander of D.C. National Guard's authorities ahead of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, the commander told The Washington Post in an interview published Tuesday.

Normally, a local commander would be able to make decisions on taking military action in an emergency when headquarters approval could take too much time.

But Maj. Gen. William Walker, the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, told the Post the Pentagon took that power away from him ahead of the Capitol riot, which meant he could not immediately deploy troops when the Capitol Police chief called asking for help as rioters were about to breach the building.

"All military commanders normally have immediate response authority to protect property, life, and in my case, federal functions - federal property and life," Walker told the Post. "But in this instance, I did not have that authority."

Instead, Walker needed approval from then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and then-acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller before deploying troops.

Asked how quickly guardsmen could have arrived at the Capitol, which is two miles from the D.C. National Guard's headquarters, without the higher-level approval, Walker told the Post, "With all deliberate speed - I mean, they're right down the street."

The restriction was placed on Walker after the Guard's heavy-handed and widely criticized response to racial justice protests over the summer. In June, hundreds of guardsmen from around the country poured into the nation's capital at former President Trump's request, despite objections from local authorities.

A National Guard helicopter also hovered low over protesters as a show of force, a move that drew widespread scrutiny and rebuke.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/535888-dc-national-guard-commander-says-pentagon-restricted-his-authority-before-riot

#37691 at 2021-01-07 19:11:56 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #173: Certification Before Declass Edition

#26579 at 2020-12-19 21:16:05 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #121: Guardians of Space Edition

https://twitter.com/Chicken55834223/status/1340403621092069376

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/election-fraud-martial-law-army-no-role/2020/12/19/id/1002337/#

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's Newsmax TV remarks on President Donald Trump weighing "martial law" and "military capabilities" amid election fraud has forced U.S. Army leaders to issue a statement Friday rejecting that consideration.

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's Newsmax TV remarks on President Donald Trump weighing "martial law" and "military capabilities" amid election fraud has forced U.S. Army leaders to issue a statement Friday rejecting that consideration.

"There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville wrote in a joint statement Friday.

The statement echoed one by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley before the election.

Gen. Flynn told Thursday's "Greg Kelly Reports":

"He could immediately on his order seize every single one of these machines around the country on his order. He could also order, within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states. It's not unprecedented.

"I mean, these people are out there talking about martial law like it's something that we've never done. Martial law has been instituted 64 times."

Flynn's martial law remarks were on the heals of Georgia lawyer L. Lin Wood's previous comments to Newsmax TV's "The Count" last week:

"If the Supreme Court does not act, I think the president should declare some extent of Martial law, and he should hold off an stay the electoral college.

"Because we cannot have in this country, an election of our leader, where you have massive evidence of fraud and illegality. This country has to have a vote that has integrity. And the electoral college does not need to meet and vote until we have resolved these issues."

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#9366 at 2019-07-15 20:47:50 (UTC+1)
QRB General #12: BOOM Week Edition

>>9299
Richard Spencer becomes acting defense secretary while Mark Esper goes through Senate confirmation.
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer took the reins at the Pentagon on Monday, becoming the third acting defense secretary since January.

Spencer is expected to temporarily lead the Pentagon while the Senate considers Army Secretary Mark Esper's nomination to succeed James Mattis as defense secretary. The Senate officially received Esper's nomination on Monday.

"The senior team supporting the Office of the Secretary remains in place to ensure institutional continuity," Chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement on Monday. "Notably, this includes David Norquist, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, who continues to perform the duties of the Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford; and Eric Chewning, the Chief of Staff for the Department of Defense.

"Additionally, Thomas Modly, Under Secretary of the Navy, is now performing the duties of the Secretary of the Navy. Ryan McCarthy is no longer performing the duties of the Secretary of the Army and is solely serving as Under Secretary of the Army."

Esper had been serving as acting defense secretary since June 24, but the Federal Vacancies Reform Act prevents him from continuing in an acting role once the Senate has received his nomination. For the time-being, he has reverted back to his old job as Army secretary.

On Monday, Spencer walked into the defense' secretary's E-Ring office on the Pentagon's third floor on Monday.

"Ladies and gentleman, how are we doing today?" Spencer asked reporters on the scene.

Before becoming Navy secretary on Aug. 3, 2017, Spencer served as an CH-46 helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps from 1976 until 1981, leaving the Corps as a captain, officials said.

During his tenure leading the Navy, Spencer denied claims from people claiming they were exposed to dangerous chemicals found in the drinking water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, following a federal judge's December 2016 ruling that the Navy was not liable for damages.

Spencer has also staked his job on fixing the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's electromagnetic weapons elevators. In January, Spencer told President Donald Trump that if all 11 of the Ford's elevators were not working by the end of the summer, Trump could fire him.

Only two of the Ford's weapons elevators are currently functional, said Navy spokesman Capt. Danny Hernandez. Work on the other nine elevators is expected to last beyond October, when the aircraft carrier leaves the shipyards.

Esper's confirmation hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. He replaced Patrick Shanahan as acting defense secretary after Shanahan withdrew from consideration as defense secretary amid media reports that he and his son had both been involved in violent altercations with his former wife.

Shanahan had served as acting defense secretary after Mattis resigned in December in protest of Trump's decision at the time to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria. Trump subsequently reversed himself.

https://taskandpurpose.com/spencer-acting-defense-secretary

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#16646514 at 2022-07-06 18:04:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research Germany #97: Mit Vollgas an die Wand - Edition /4

#12101184 at 2020-12-20 06:38:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research Germany #72: Falsche Flagge(n). POTUS 100% abgeschirmt. Feuerwerk. GERECHTIGKEIT. #326

>>12097261
>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/report-president-trump-met-sidney-powell-general-flynn-oval-office-discussed-deploying-military-naming-powell-special-counsel-election-fraud/
Published December 19, 2020 at 1:40pm

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/army-leaders-join-gen-milley-release-statement-saying-no-role-us-army-martial-law-determining-elections/
Published December 19, 2020 at 3:30pm
Der Armeesekretär Ryan McCarthy und der Stabschef der Armee, General James McConville, veröffentlichten am Freitag eine Erklärung, wonach sie nach den gestohlenen Wahlen nicht an einer Kriegsrechtsverordnung teilnehmen werden.

Information warfare.

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#140031 at 2024-05-04 14:07:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #436: Weight On Wheels Edition

According to Colonel Earl Matthews, who testified before Congress in April, US military leaders revoked President Trump's Commander-in-Chief powers that day and refused to move in the National Guard - because it might look bad.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/start-court-martial-proceedings-dc-national-guard-whistleblower

These military leaders should have been arrested and court martialed.

Donald Trump's authority as commander-in-chief was ignored by senior military leadership on January 6, 2021, claims the chief legal advisor for D.C. National Guard on that day.

Colonel Earl Matthews came forward as a whistleblower to the House subcommittee reviewing the January 6 Select Committee's investigation.

He sat down with DailyMail.com two weeks after the public hearing to explain what he saw happen that day.

He claims that Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, and then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, were plotting to disobey any orders handed down by Trump because they 'unreasonably' assumed the then-president was going to break the law and try to use the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

A lot has been made about the breakdown in military and administration communication when it came to the timeline of deploying DCNG to the Capitol.

But Matthews claims senior military leadership was solely focused on getting the heat off of them and putting it back onto Trump.

The Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, Matthews claims, was more than happy to lean into this narrative and blame the entire ordeal on the then-president.

But Matthews says that senior military leadership essentially stripped the president of his authority as commander-in-chief by preemptively planning to go against orders because they didn't like the optics of uniformed soldiers at the Capitol.

'I think a very plausible argument can be made that through no fault of his own, President Trump's command authority over both the D.C. National Guard and the U.S. Army itself had been surreptitiously curtailed by the senior leadership of the Army on January 6, 2021,' Matthews told DailyMail.com.

He continued: 'Army leadership had unreasonably anticipated an 'unlawful order' from the President, an order that the President had no plans to issue, and were preemptively seeking to curtail his discretion to issue such an order.'

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==Cheney, Milley Say Trump Never Called Pentagon on January 6, Omit that He Approved National Guard in Advance==

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said during the January 6 Select Committee hearing on Thursday that then-President Donald Trump did not call the Pentagon to request National Guard troops to address the Capitol attack, but they did not mention Trump had already approved National Guard troops.

During their first hearing on Thursday, the committee aired footage from Milley testifying to the committee that Trump never called the Pentagon that day, although the then-Vice President called several times and gave "very explicit, very direct, unambiguous" orders to deploy the National Guard. The insinuation was that Trump condoned the violence at the Capitol.

Neither Cheney nor Milley ever mentioned that during a January 3, 2021, meeting at the White House, the president said to give D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser the National Guard support she needed, according to then-Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller's testimony under oath to Congress on May 2021.

Miller also testified that on January 5, Trump called him and told him that 10,000 National Guard troops would be needed for the next day.

"I took his comment to mean that a large force would be required to maintain order the following day," Miller said.

In addition, the president, through his defense secretary, had already given the Army secretary the authority he needed to deploy National Guard troops, according to a January 4, 2021, official memo.

The memo, signed by Miller and addressed to then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, said, "You are authorized to approve the requested support." The memo laid out some guidelines for that support.

It also made clear that the D.C. National Guard was under the command of the D.C. National Guard commanding general, who was to report to the defense secretary through the Army secretary.

In addition, on January 5, 2021, Bowser acknowledged in a tweet that the D.C. National Guard was supporting the Metropolitan Police Department and that the city was "not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourages any additional deployment without immediate notification to, and consultation with, MPD if such plans are underway":

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/11/cheney-milley-say-trump-never-called-pentagon-january-6-omit-he-approved-national-guard-advance/