The Big Story Detailed warnings from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) analyst who discovered plans prior to Jan. 6, 2021, by individuals discussing the “violent overthrow of the government of the United States'' were largely ignored by the DHS, according to a government report originally released in April but only made public this week. The report by the Office of the Inspector General at the DHS and a separate letter written by the DHS analyst were reported on Tuesday by Yahoo news. They outline the attempt by the analyst, who is not named, to alert DHS administrators of the message boards and websites that included “maps of the Capitol access tunnels,” strategies for smuggling weapons, and “500 pages worth of potential threats to national security.” According to the Inspector General report, DHS officials failed to pass on the “information about potential threats'' to “the Capitol Police, the FBI, the ATF, the Secret Service, and all local D.C. agencies” ahead of the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
Lind's analysis is cogent in relation to the private sector, alas NOT to the public sector in which civil service unions exert corrupting and vastly undue power over elected officials, whom they elect, and are undermining fiscal solvency for many states and localities. More collective bargaining in the private world would be wonderful, with safeguards re corruption and transparency.
Thank you. While written from an American perspective, your article is very helpful for sorting out my thoughts in Canada where I (and many others) now feel politically “homeless”.
If the article had been let's say about organized crime rather than organized labour, this comment section would've been flooded. What a pity.
Lind's analysis is cogent in relation to the private sector, alas NOT to the public sector in which civil service unions exert corrupting and vastly undue power over elected officials, whom they elect, and are undermining fiscal solvency for many states and localities. More collective bargaining in the private world would be wonderful, with safeguards re corruption and transparency.
Thank you. While written from an American perspective, your article is very helpful for sorting out my thoughts in Canada where I (and many others) now feel politically “homeless”.