One of the highest-ranking intelligence officers recruited to the Jewish Union, Julie Farnum, appeared before the Cognition Committee on Thursday, January 6, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The sources declined to discuss the nature of the details.
CNN’s interviews with people familiar with the intelligence unit, as well as a review of previously unpublished internal documents, show that before Jan. 6, as part of the overhaul, analysts from other case-handling units was full. Some people were not prepared for their work in the coalition. Others were concerned about doubling the efforts of the 2,300-strong police force at the Capitol.
A source familiar with the overhaul said the changes were made quickly and the intelligence unit had relatively few workers — by some accounts an average of two to twelve — but they were not trained enough to do the new work.
“They were so distracted from so many different sides, they just couldn’t get it,” a source told CNN.
Terry Gainer, former head of Capitol, said, “Initiate significant changes in the intelligence coalition’s mission, methods and practices during a pandemic, social and political upheaval, while domestically growing anarchists on social media are a recipe for disaster. ” And now it’s time for CNN.
“Changes of this magnitude will require near-perfect communication, training, testing and coordination with operational commanders before they can be implemented,” Gainer said. “This is no time for distraction.”
Confusion “was a feature, not a bug”
But sources say the mishaps of the police intelligence unit inside the Capitol were particularly serious. The unit’s inspector general has slammed the organization for poor training relations, and sources say it is underperforming.
“There is internal turmoil and confusion among USCP analysts over this feature, not the bug,” said a source familiar with the Congressional Investigations on Disabilities Capitol Police before the Jan. 6 deadline.
A recent Capitol Police inspector general described the chronic deficiencies, reading: “We lacked the structure, training, professional standards, internal management, and ability to effectively collect, process, and disseminate intelligence. indicated a relative lack of
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