Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré says Capitol Hill fencing alone will not prevent another attack

Retired Lt. General Russel Honoré, who lead a review of security at the US Capitol in the wake of the January 6 riot, said Friday that the fencing surrounding the compound "will do nothing to prevent another attack" and that the threat to our democracy "lies within our borders."

"The four miles of fences that now ring the Capitol will do nothing to prevent another attack, or to help us understand the underlying failures that allowed the riot to happen," Honoré wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that criticized federal law enforcement's response before and during the assault on the US Capitol complex. The razor wire and 7-foot fencing put in place after the pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol have become a point of contention between the Capitol Police and lawmakers. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have grown increasingly frustrated and swiftly pushed back on the Capitol Police's proposal in late January to build permanent fencing.