FBI executives have warned police chiefs in major U.S. cities that their forces must be on “red alert” and provide all the intelligence information they have in the face of possible violent attacks by the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States on January 20.
According to The New York Times, FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Director of Immigration and Immigration Kenneth Cuccinelli were deeply concerned in a 45-minute phone call. for the possibility of extremist violence unleashing, some of the participants in the conversation explained in the middle.
Wray pointed to the call that “we need to continue sharing too much intelligence,” according to the testimony of Miami Police Department Chief Jorge Pujol.
“They don’t want us to assume that they already know something in particular, so anything we come across, please send it to us,” Pujol pointed out.
Senior officials also said they would issue a national threat warning urging all Americans to be cautious in the coming days, according to a police officer who also heard the call but asked to stay in the anonymity given the confidential nature of the information.
After deploying a large number of devices to protect the Washington Capitol, senior officials from both agencies appeared to be concerned about possible attacks on state capitals, federal buildings, lawmakers’ residences and businesses.
Representatives of the security forces also said they were closely monitoring conversations between extremists on the internet and asked police chiefs to also consider people who could act alone as well as local armed groups.
“They are very, very concerned about what they called domestic violent extremists and that they could get caught up in the protests,” the anonymous source said.
“Cristopher Wray seemed to be particularly concerned about the indifference these people show towards a democratic government,” he added.