January 6 – Siege at the Capitol & Homegrown Violent Extremism – Is it Here to Stay?
Discussion on the events of January 6 insurrection and events leading up to and including the Siege on the US Capitol. Discussion on the growth of Homegrown Violent Extremism before and since Oklahoma City. Why the Government Was Not Prepared & What the Data Leading up to the Trump event, and why Capitol Police were not prepared – and why information about the planned insurrection was not Shared between intelligence agencies.
The Senior Research Scientist who works with US intelligence agencies, Dr. Michael Jensen of the University of Maryland, PIRUS Project discuss the process of radicalization and the methodologies used to identify and prevent them before they happen. Also discussed, the failure information reaching law enforcement and Homeland Security prior to January 6 insurrection. What happened and why such intelligence and law enforcement failure must never happen again.