For John, BLUF: The saying (6P) is that "Prior Planning Prevents [] Poor Performance. But, checking the Internet I find it has been updated to 7P, with the addition of Preparation, as in Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents.... Perhaps a certain degree of preparation was missing on 6 January in the District of Columbia. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Here is the sub-headline:
A Pentagon memo offers one version of events — six days of preparation for a rally that quickly spiraled out of control.
From Pro Publica, by Reporter Joshua Kaplan, 9 January 2021, 9:19 p.m. EST.
Here is the lede plus three:
President Donald Trump met with top military officials and gave his approval to activate the D.C. National Guard three days before he encouraged a mob of angry protesters to take their grievances to the U.S. Capitol.There is a lot we don't know about the 6 january occupation of Capitol Hill. Apparently one thing we do know is that people in Government were thinking about this and taking some steps to prepare.A Pentagon memo released Friday offers these insights, as well as the first detailed timeline of the bungled law enforcement response to Wednesday’s insurrection.
The timeline shows that the planning started at least as far back as Dec. 31 and included discussion with select Cabinet members of the potential need for Pentagon reinforcements.
But it also leaves many questions unanswered, including why the U.S. Capitol Police declined repeated offers of assistance from military officials and the full extent of how much Trump knew about the security planning or was involved in decision-making.
For sure it was a tragic event, from several vectors. I hope that one of the casualties is not truth itself.
UPDATE: Here is a "timeline [is] intended to memorialize the planning and execution efforts of the Department of Defense to address the Violent Attack at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021."
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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