U.S. Capitol Police watchdog to testify intelligence collection needs to be overhauled
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The watchdog for the U.S. Capitol Police will testify Thursday before a House committee that the department needs to overhaul its intelligence collection, operational planning and culture to ensure that mistakes made in the lead up to the January 6 attack on the Capitol building are not repeated in the future.
Inspector General Michael Bolton is set to testify Thursday before the Committee on House Administration, where he will present findings from the first of two "flash reports" that assess U.S. Capitol Police's preparation for and response to the breach of the Capitol. CBS News previously obtained Bolton's first report, which cites multiple "deficiencies" and the department's failure to disseminate intelligence it had as early as December 30 that suggested protesters at the Capitol "may be inclined to become violent." That threat assessment was not included in the operational plan prepared by the Capitol Police's Civil Disturbance Unit that was finalized on January 5, even though the threat assessment was finalized on January 3Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.
The knock at the door came at nighttime on Mother's Day 2008 in Oregon, where Jessica Ellis' parents lived. It was around 9:20 p.m. and his wife, Linda, was already in bed; her father Steve Ellis told CBS News, that he thought someone let their animals out — but two soldiers in Class A uniforms were standing at the door.