Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach
by tsimionescu on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:28AM
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Openness is extremely important, but the rule of law is still more important.
What we have seen last night was an attempt at mob rule, and it was almost obviously allowed by the police force whose duty it is to safeguard the security of the nation's most powerful institutions.
This doesn't mean that the Capitol building should be turned into a fort. But there is a vast distance between being open in general on one hand, and allowing a crowd of people whose stated intent is to overthrow the legally confirmed the results of the presidential election to amass on the steps of Congress and to breach the building while the legislative is in session confirming those results at the federal level.
What we have seen last night was an attempt at mob rule, and it was almost obviously allowed by the police force whose duty it is to safeguard the security of the nation's most powerful institutions.
This doesn't mean that the Capitol building should be turned into a fort. But there is a vast distance between being open in general on one hand, and allowing a crowd of people whose stated intent is to overthrow the legally confirmed the results of the presidential election to amass on the steps of Congress and to breach the building while the legislative is in session confirming those results at the federal level.