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Agents ignored warning signs flashing in the open on social media and relied on confidential sources who either knew little or failed to sound the alarm. Still, even recently, bureau officials have played down not preventing the worst assault on the Capitol since the War of 1812.
“If everybody knew and all the public knew that they were going to storm Congress, I don’t know why one person didn’t tell us,” Jennifer L. Moore, the top intelligence official at the F.B.I.’s Washington field office at the time, told congressional investigators. “Why didn’t we have one source come forward and tell me that?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-fbi.html
I don't blame the FBI. They did not realize that the President of the United States, Trump, was behind the violent coup attempt.
“If everybody knew and all the public knew that they were going to storm Congress, I don’t know why one person didn’t tell us,” Jennifer L. Moore, the top intelligence official at the F.B.I.’s Washington field office at the time, told congressional investigators. “Why didn’t we have one source come forward and tell me that?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-fbi.html
I don't blame the FBI. They did not realize that the President of the United States, Trump, was behind the violent coup attempt.