I realize this post could just as easily go here (locked for now):
https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/jan-6-hearings-megathread/223619/666
but I can’t stop thinking that now the term “attempted coup” (the title of this thread here) is now a kind of endangered species.
McCarthy has basically provided a map of the security practices of the U.S. Capitol Police. I can only imagine that entombed in the massive footage dump is information about locations of safe rooms, emergency protocols, etc.
Needless to say, Democrats are howling over the release of the January 6 footage, saying it risks Congress’s safety.
“The apparent transfer of video footage represents an egregious security breach that endangers the hardworking women and men of the United States Capitol Police, who valiantly defended our democracy with their lives at risk on that fateful day,” leader of the House Democrats Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a letter to colleagues earlier this week.
He noted that the January 6 committee had access to the footage McCarthy released, and was “able to diligently review (it)… with numerous protocols in place to protect the safety of the Members, police officers and staff who were targeted during the violent insurrection. There is no indication that these same precautionary measures have been taken in connection with the transmission of the video footage at issue. Unfortunately, the apparent disclosure of sensitive video material is yet another example of the grave threat to the security of the American people represented by the extreme MAGA Republican majority.”
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said much the same in his letter to colleagues yesterday. “The speaker is needlessly exposing the Capitol complex to one of the worst security risks since 9/11,” he wrote. He said the footage shows where cameras are located in the Capitol and other details of the complex’s security arrangements.
“Giving someone as disingenuous as Tucker Carlson exclusive access to this type of sensitive information is a grave mistake by Speaker McCarthy that will only embolden supporters of the Big Lie and weaken faith in our democracy,” Schumer said.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/politics/mccarthy-january-6-footage/index.html
What this traitor has “promised” is AFAICT critical information needed for a second fucking putsch.
Buckle up, y’all.
