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BBC: Security officials testify Capitol rioters ‘came prepared for war’

By BBC.

Published Feb. 24, 2021. Updated Feb. 24 at 3:37 am

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol in Washington D.C on January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

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US Capitol security officials who were ousted in the wake of the 6 January attack on Congress have blamed intelligence failures for the breach. Testifying to a Senate committee, the officials said that the rioters “came prepared for war” with weapons, radios and climbing gear.