Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said that the Capitol breach on Jan. 6 was a “failure of leadership” in federal law enforcement agencies, saying that intelligence was provided to the FBI and others ahead of time. The breach that led to the shutdown of both the Senate and House “was preventable,” Ratcliffe told Fox Business on Sunday, adding that “there was intelligence” of what could have occurred. “This was not an intelligence failure. There was a situational report out of the FBI, a field office not three hours from Washington D.C. that said the day before, not 24 hours before, that domestic extremists were intent on going to the Capitol, used the word ‘creating war,’ targeting members of Congress even maps of the tunnel system of the Capitol,” he remarked. An intelligence report from the FBI’s Norfolk office made note of specific threats against members of Congress, maps …
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