"I want the FBI & DoJ to be able do their job without political interference."old salt wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 8:26 amI want the FBI & DoJ to be able do their job without political interference & to investigate/prosecute everyone they can. Then -- analyze what their investigation revealed & see what they extracted from those arrested to determine the existence & extent of whatever organized conspiracy there was. Once more is known, if regular or select Congressional committees are not sufficient, then go with a 9-11 style commission.seacoaster wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 7:50 amYou want, instead, to deep six Republican complicity with and encouragement in an uprising that overwhelmed the cops, stormed through the private offices of elected representatives of government, and exhibited a lawlessness that our capitol hasn't really ever seen. Check, as usual. You know, I am certain, that this needs review and investigation, every bit as much or more than most things investigated by the Congress. But your post is on brand: mock it and hide it because it will likely show GOP perfidy.
A Presidential Commission is a nice idea. Larry Sabato suggests co-chairs Bush 2 and Obama, and they choose the membership of the Commission and timetable. But the issue is subpoena power, and the ability to compel the disclosure of records and testimony.
Let the FBI & DoJ do their job, then act upon what they find.
Meanwhile, there's no need to wait for a commission to address the security failures of Jan 6th & do what's necessary to prevent any mass demonstration in DC from devolving into an assault & breach of any federal building in DC. They need to formalize the rapid & routine mobilization & deployment of the abundant security forces in the DC area as they do for NSSE's & they did on Jan 6th. That's who reinforced the Capitol Police & DC Police to take back the Capitol before the National Guard could be recalled & get there.
Jan 6 was a massive security failure -- physical security & operational security. Had the CP & DC Metro police adequately protected the Capitol Grounds, the Capitol Building would not have been breached & it would have been just another ugly mob riot, like many others we've come to expect & accept as peaceful protests turned violent.
And if wishes were fishes..
No such thing as an absence of political interference when humans are involved. Unless of course there are practitioners of "beginner's mind" at the FBI.