A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT

Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by notdownvotetime on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:03PM (#25681025)

I'm hesitant to speculate too much before there's been an investigation, but I believe the shooting took place when there were still a number of congresspeople in the gallery of the house chamber, and she appeared to have a large backpack on that obviously didn't go through security screening.

I can imagine the Capitol Police being worried that something very bad could happen if she was allowed to breach the barrier and run into the chamber.

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by tunesmith on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:48AM (#25682242)

According to that huffpost reporter, they were still in the chambers at that moment, and the shooting was less than 20 feet away.

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by jsjohnst on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:26PM (#25689974)

The video footage from inside the chambers at the time of the shooting showed people were still in chambers, mostly up in the second floor gallery, but a few on the floor.

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by Gibbon1 on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:30PM (#25690029)

I don't have a good phrase for people that willfully chose to believe something deranged. But believing that plainclothes security is going to let a mob get their hands on a congressman, that's it.

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Re:A physical breach is a nightmare scenario for Capitol IT by jsjohnst on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:28PM (#25690751)

I agree with you, these folks charging through the Capital and expecting to get away with it were completely deranged.

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