QANON AND U.S. MILITARY

QAnon was enabled by "former" C.I.A. and U.S. military intelligence officers. They lent credibility to the myth and laundered QAnon messaging to the public, sometimes via e-list "influencers." Here are some of the key personnel.
https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/1360992025848524800

I Got 'Trained' by a C.I.A. Officer and QAnon Movie Star
https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-got-trained-by-a-cia-officer-and-qanon-movie-star

He Hunted Bin Laden for the C.I.A. Now He Supports QAnon.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-scheuer-hunted-bin-laden-for-cia-now-he-wants-americans-dead

From C.I.A. to QAnon: Agent who Hunted Bin Laden Now Fans Far-Right Hate
https://sports.yahoo.com/cia-qanon-agent-hunted-bin-090001584.html

Pushing QAnon and Stolen Election Lies, U.S. Army Intelligence Officer Michael Flynn Re-Emerges
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/politics/michael-flynn-qanon.html

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U.S. Air Force Veteran Identified as Capitol Rioter Carrying Zip Ties on Senate Floor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKiXjL5_bbY
Larry R. Brock Jr., whose address is listed in Grapevine, confirmed to the New Yorker that he was the man pictured wearing a helmet and military gear on the Senate floor.

Capitol Rioters Included Trained Police and U.S. Military Veterans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xFjdLQ968U
An AP review of public records and social media shows at least 21 current or former members of U.S. military or law enforcement have been identified as being at or near the Capitol riot. More than a dozen others are now under investigation. (Jan. 15)

U.S. Army Probing Psychological Operations Officer Emily Rainey who Led Group to Deadly D.C. Riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-O5oQKWRk0
An Army psychological warfare officer is being investigated for busing people more than 300 miles to attend the Trump rally that turned into deadly riots at the Capitol, Army officials have confirmed. Capt. Emily Rainey, 30, confirmed to the Associated Press that she led more than 100 people to Washington, DC, on Wednesday as part of a North Carolina protest group she heads called Moore County Citizens for Freedom.

Extremism in the Ranks: Some at January 6 Capitol Riot were Police, Active Duty U.S. Military
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVylwigIerE
Right-wing extremists have infiltrated the ranks of the military and law enforcement, as watchdogs and counter-terrorism experts have been warning for years — and some were present at, and later arrested for participating in, the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. NewsHour Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports on the ongoing effort to root extremists out, as part of our ongoing initiative, “Exploring Hate: Antisemitism, Racism, and Extremism.”

Federal Investigators Suspect some Capitol Attackers had U.S. Military Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxeVqe6_xFg
A Washington, D.C., police officer witnessed rioters using military-style hand signals to communicate inside the U.S. Capitol building during the attack on January 6, a law enforcement official told CBS News. The identification of individuals using military, small unit tactics is among the "highest priorities" for a sedition task force being run by the D.C. U.S. attorney's office. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joined Anne-Marie Green on "CBSN AM" to discuss.

21 U.S. Military Veterans Identified in Capitol Assault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwPnAlV0evU
The storming of the Capitol bears all the signs of a skilled military operation, experts now say. Finding out where the insurrectionists got their training is "a tier one priority" of investigators, who have identified at least twenty-one US Military veterans as having participated in the riot and siege of the Capitol. Men in combat gear were captured on camera using a tactic known as ranger file to push through the crowd and make their way into the Capitol. Many rioters wore flak jackets and helmets.

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What Happens When Ex-Navy SEALS Go Full QAnon?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happens-when-ex-navy-seals-go-full-qanon

Unprotected Capitol Building Likely an Inside Job
https://theindependent.com/opinion/columnists/unprotected-capitol-likely-an-inside-job/article_ef7b9ff4-5531-11eb-a3cf-cb8a89d5748e.html

Investigators Eye Right-Wing Militias at Capitol Riot
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/capitol-riot-militias.html

How Armed Protests Are Creating a New Kind of Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/26/magazine/armed-militia-movement-gun-laws.html

Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/republicans-trump-capitol-riot.html

From Navy SEAL to Part of the Angry Mob Outside the Capitol
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/us/navy-seal-adam-newbold-capitol.html

Proud Boys Leader Secretly Cooperated With F.B.I. and Police
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/proud-boys-informant-enrique-tarrio.html

Capitol Rioters included Highly Trained Ex-Military and Police
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-media-social-media-riots-a1cb17201dfddc98291edead5badc257

A Small Group of Militants' Outsize Role in the Capitol Attack
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/21/us/capitol-riot-attack-militants.html

Before the Capitol Riot, Calls for Cash and Talk of Revolution
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-riot-funding.html

'Its Own Domestic Army': How the G.O.P. Allied Itself With Militants
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/militias-republicans-michigan.html

A Retired Colonel’s Unlikely Role in Pushing Baseless Election Claims
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/us/politics/phil-waldron-jan-6.html

Among Those Who Marched Into the Capitol on Jan. 6: An F.B.I. Informant
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/us/politics/capitol-riot-fbi-informant.html

U.S. Army Investigating PsyOp Officer who led Group to Washington Rally
https://apnews.com/article/emily-rainey-army-investigation-capitol-5e3cd1ed9fc23269ce3b74ae55664d90

Exclusive: Proud Boys Leader was 'Prolific' Informer for Law Enforcement
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-proudboys-leader-idUSKBN29W1PE

Riot Suspects Linked to Oath Keepers Militia Are Charged With Conspiracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/oath-keepers-capitol-riot.html

Pentagon Accelerates Efforts to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in the Ranks
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/military-capitol-riot-inauguration.html

FBI Screens U.S. Troops for Possible Insider Threats ahead of Inauguration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/military-inauguration-extremist-threat/2021/01/17/ed8885ba-593a-11eb-aaad-93988621dd28_story.html

Nearly 1 in 5 Defendants in Capitol Riot Cases Served in the U.S. Military
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/958915267/nearly-one-in-five-defendants-in-capitol-riot-cases-served-in-the-military

Exclusive: Secret Commandos with Shoot-to-Kill Authority Were at the Capitol
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-secret-commandos-shoot-kill-authority-were-capitol-1661330

With no 'Armed March' by Extremists, D.C. Residents Navigate a Fortress and Fear
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/17/dc-barricades-capitol-inauguration-fear/

12 National Guard Members Removed From Inauguration Duties Amid Extremist Threats
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/national-guard-capitol-biden-inauguration.html

Dozens of People on FBI Terrorist Watch List came to D.C. the Day of Capitol Riot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/terror-watchlist-capitol-riot-fbi/2021/01/14/07412814-55f7-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html

Extremists Emboldened by Capitol Attack Pose Rising Threat, Homeland Security Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/politics/homeland-security-threat.html

U.S. Military Courts could Prosecute Retirees who Participated in Capitol Hill Riot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/01/11/military-retirees-capitol-brock/

The Lost Hours: How Confusion and Inaction at the Capitol Delayed a Troop Deployment
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/politics/capitol-riot-security-delays.html

The U.S. Military is Under Scrutiny for its Members' Involvement in the Capitol Siege
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/11/us/capitol-riot-police-building#the-military-is-under-scrutiny-for-some-members-involvement-in-the-capitol-siege

Inaugural Security Is Fortified in D.C. as Military and Police Links Are Eyed in Riot
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/inauguration-security-capitol-riot-investigation.html

Conspiracy Theories and a Call for Patriots entice U.S. Military Veterans at the Capitol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/military-veterans-capitol-riots-protests/2021/01/15/7774da50-5763-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

Off-Duty Police Officers and Members of the U.S. Military are being Investigated over the Attack on the U.S. Capitol
https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/off-duty-police-and-members-of-the-military-are-being-investigated-in-the-wake-of-the-attack-on-the-us-capitol/articleshow/80215802.cms

Capitol Rioters Included at Least 21 Ex-Military and Police who were Caught using Combat-Style Tactics like walking 'Ranger File'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9151597/Capitol-rioters-included-21-ex-military-cops.html

Pentagon Fears there could be an INSIDE Attack During Biden's Inauguration and will Vet all 25,000 National Guard Troops Stationed in D.C.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9158361/FBI-vetting-Guard-troops-DC-amid-fears-insider-attack.html

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Before the Capitol Riot, Calls for Cash and Talk of Revolution
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/capitol-riot-funding.html

Keith Lee, an Air Force veteran and former police detective, spent the morning of Jan. 6 casing the entrances to the Capitol.

In online videos, the 41-year-old Texan pointed out the flimsiness of the fencing. He cheered the arrival, long before President Trump’s rally at the other end of the mall, of far-right militiamen encircling the building. Then, armed with a bullhorn, Mr. Lee called out for the mob to rush in, until his voice echoed from the dome of the Rotunda.
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In the months leading up to the riot, Mr. Lee had helped organize a series of pro-Trump car caravans around the country, including one that temporarily blockaded a Biden campaign bus in Texas and another that briefly shut down a Hudson River bridge in the New York City suburbs. To help pay for dozens of caravans to meet at the Jan. 6 rally, he had teamed up with an online fund-raiser in Tampa, Fla., who secured money from small donors and claimed to pass out tens of thousands of dollars.
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A sales manager laid off at an equipment company because of the pandemic, he has said that he grew up as a conservative Christian in East Texas. Air Force records show that he enlisted a month after the Sept. 11 attacks and served for four years, leaving as a senior airman. Later, in 2011 and 2012, he worked for a private security company at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

In between,  he also worked as a police detective in McKinney, Texas.
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His active support for Mr. Trump began last August when he organized a caravan of drivers from around the state to show their support for the president by circling the capital, Austin. That led him to found a website, MAGA Drag the Interstate, to organize Trump caravans around the country.

By December, Mr. Lee had achieved enough prominence that he was included in a roster of speakers at a news conference preceding a “March for Trump” rally in Washington.
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He threw himself into corralling fellow “patriots" to meet in Washington on Jan. 6, and at the end of last month he began linking his website with the Tampa organizer to raise money for participants’ travel.
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Mr. Lee’s MAGA Drag the Interstate site, for its part, said it had organized car caravans of more than 600 people bound for the rally. It used military-style shorthand to designate routes in different regions across the country, from Alpha to Zulu, and a logo on the site combined Mr. Trump’s distinctive hairstyle with Pepe the Frog, a symbol of the alt-right that has been used by white supremacists.
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On the evening of Jan. 5, Mr. Lee broadcast a video podcast from a crowd of chanting Trump supporters in the Houston airport, waiting to board a flight to Washington. “We are there for a show of force,” he promised, suggesting he anticipated street fights even before dawn. “Gonna see if we can do a little playing in the night.”

A co-host of the podcast — a self-described Army veteran from Washington State — appealed for donations to raise $250,000 bail money for Chandler Pappas, 27.
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