Regardless of whether or not the FBI took part in instigating the Capital Hill riot, the events of January 6th have already been used to argue in favor of a reinvigorated domestic war on terrorism
“Media hushes up report suggesting FBI involvement in Capitol riot, as White House turns anti-terrorism efforts on American people.
RTCourt filings suggest that FBI operatives were among the mob who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January, and may have set up the riot. With the riot used as justification for new terrorism policy, the media is downplaying the story.
Revolver pored over charging documents against members of the ‘Oath Keepers’ and ‘Proud Boys’ militias who took part in the riots, and discovered that alongside the rioters were dozens of ‘unindicted co-conspirators’. These co-conspirators (UCCs for short) allegedly committed crimes equal to or greater than those of the militia members, but were kept anonymous in the court documents and not charged.
One alleged member of the Oath Keepers, 65-year-old Thomas Caldwell of Virginia, was charged with conspiracy, obstructing an official proceeding, destruction of government property, and unlawful entry on restricted building or grounds – a rap sheet that could see him face 20 years in prison. However, a certain ‘Person Two’ who took part in the exact same actions as Caldwell was not charged. Neither was a ‘Person Three’ who offered Caldwell a hotel room and spoke of bringing explosives to the riot.
The fact that these individuals have not been named is suspicious, but isn’t conclusive proof of foul play. Co-conspirators often remain anonymous and escape charges if they strike plea deals and inform on their comrades. Yet the first plea deal in the Oath Keepers case was struck in April, three months after the first indictment mentioned UCCs. Altogether, 20 UCCs were mentioned in the Oath Keepers case.
Other reasons for anonymity are ‘pragmatic considerations and evidentiary concerns’, broad terms that at least in the Caldwell ‘Oath Keepers’ case, don’t add up, given the evidence against ‘Person Two’ is every bit as solid as that against Caldwell.
The FBI has admitted to infiltrating right-wing militias before, and when the country’s attention was focused on the threat of Islamic terrorism rather than white extremism, research suggests that three-quarters of would-be jihadist bombers were given the explosives to carry out their attacks by the FBI.
The militia plot last year to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was orchestrated almost entirely by the FBI. The plotters’ driver and ‘explosives expert’ were both agents, while the militia’s head of security was an undercover informant. At every meeting leading up to the supposed kidnap attempt, an FBI source was present, and out of the five men who drove a van to kidnap Whitmer, three were FBI agents and informants. In a further bizarre coincidence, the FBI agent in charge of the infiltration operation was promoted after the plot was foiled, and given a position in the agency’s Washington D.C. field office. He now oversees the prosecution of hundreds of Capitol rioters.
Again, none of this proves federal involvement in the events of January 6. It merely suggests the possibility. A bipartisan Senate report blames the riot on ‘intelligence failures’, and FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate in March that his agency would ‘do better’ to prevent such incidents from taking place in the future. Revolver called for lawmakers to ask Wray three questions in light of the latest report.
In short, the questions are: To what extent were the militia groups present on January 6 infiltrated by federal agencies or their informants? Exactly how many agents or informants were present at the Capitol during the infamous ‘siege’ and what roles did they play? And finally, of all the UCCs referenced in the charging documents, how many worked as confidential informants or undercover operatives for the federal government?” -Graham Dockery, RT
With “domestic terrorist” and “Trump supporter” often being conflated by the media, it’s oftentimes forgotten the communist, female-led domestic terrorist organization which bombed the U.S. Capitol
“Born in 1955 and raised on New York City's Upper West Side, Rosenberg fervently joined activist causes during high school, including the Black liberation movement and others rejecting ‘repressive’ U.S. policies globally and domestically.
Starting in the late 1970s, Rosenberg became involved in the far-left revolutionary terrorist outfit, May 19 Communist Organization (‘M19CO’), which the FBI described as openly advocating for the overthrow of the U.S. government through armed struggle and the use of violence.
According to officials at the time, the M19C0 gave support and resources to an adjunct of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), which the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC) characterized as an ‘underground Black nationalist militant organization that operated from 1970 to 1981’ as a splinter group of the Black Panther Party.
She also was linked to the controversial Weather Underground Organization (WUO), founded in 1969 on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan, with a 1974 stated goal ‘to create a revolutionary party to overthrow American imperialism,’ according to the FBI”. -Smithsonian Magazine
“Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans, self-described freedom fighters convicted of conspiracy in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Capitol, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Harold Greene to 20 and five years, respectively.
In a courtroom crowded with sometimes raucous supporters, the two women told Greene in separate appearances that they are not criminals or terrorists, but fighters for the cause of freedom of black people and oppressed people everywhere.
‘It was not a thirst for violence which motivated me’, said Whitehorn, who entered the courtroom with a clenched, raised fist, a silent greeting returned by her supporters. ‘It was a thirst for liberation, a thirst for justice, a thirst for peace’.
But Greene told Whitehorn that she had ‘committed acts of violence which are not excused by good purposes. They are just as devastating to the victims as if they had been motivated by greed’.
He ordered Whitehorn, 43, to serve 20 years in addition to the 5 1/2 years she already has spent in prison, partly in preventive detention and partly on an unrelated passport fraud charge. The sentence, the maximum Greene could have imposed, drew hisses from the crowd.
Evans, also 43, will serve her five-year sentence in addition to a 35-year sentence she is already serving on a related firearms conviction in Louisiana. Greene, citing the lengthy sentence imposed in the Louisiana case, said he would not impose the 10-year maximum.
Yesterday's hearing marked the end of a lengthy government prosecution of a group of alleged terrorists who participated in a series of bombings in the early 1980s.
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| Senator Mack Mattingly (R-Ga.), looks at the damage caused by a pre-midnight explosion on the Senate side of the Capitol, Nov. 8, 1983 (Associated Press) |
Besides the Capitol bombing, which damaged a conference room near the Senate Chamber, prosecutors said the conspiracy included the bombing of the National War College at Fort McNair in April 1983, the bombing of the Washington Navy Yard computer center in August 1983, and the bombing of the officers' club there in April 1984.
As part of a plea agreement made public in September, Whitehorn and Evans pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and malicious destruction of government property. In exchange, prosecutors dropped other charges against them and three of their co-defendants, Timothy Blunk, Susan Rosenberg, and Alan Berkman. Berkman, who is serving a 10-year sentence on a firearms conviction in Pennsylvania, did not appear at yesterday's hearing. He is confined to D.C. General Hospital, where he is undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
Rosenberg and Blunk, who are both serving 58-year sentences on explosives and firearms convictions in New Jersey, appeared in court just long enough to hear Assistant U.S. Attorney Peggy Ellen drop the charges against them”. -Washington Post
After Rosenberg's parole request was denied, President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence on his last day in office. Despite her severe criminal record, she went on to work as a vice-chairman for a nonprofit foundation that sponsored none other than Black Lives Matter.
“Amazon announced a $10 million donation to ‘organizations supporting justice and equity’, including a donation directly to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. At the time, BLM Global Network was sponsored by Thousand Currents, a nonprofit whose vice-chairman is Susan Rosenberg, a convicted left-wing terrorist. It’s a major oversight for Amazon, the self-anointed arbiter of domestic terrorism”. -Alexander Marlow, Breitbart
Rosenberg’s brand of violent political extremism seemingly isn’t enough to scare off Black Lives Matter’s sponsors.
Amazon later banned social media site, Parler, over its alleged ties to the January 6th Capitol mob. But donating millions of dollars to an organization associated with a convicted terrorist whose former group was involved in bombing the Capitol is permissible.