A topic that I have dwelled on (to no small extent) produced just a little bit of smoke late last evening. Interesting ‘smoke’ at that, but we will just need to see where this all goes (if anywhere):
New: Leaked Docs Claim Forensic Evidence Ties Former Capitol Police Officer to Jan. 6 Bomber
On January 6th, 2021, in the events that unfolded around the Capitol, one of the more concerning aspects was the discovery of two pipe bombs, one near the Democratic National Committee building and another at the Capitol Hill Club. The identity of the person who placed those bombs has not yet been officially released, but one source now claims to have an answer. Blaze Media is reporting that a computer forensics program has identified the January 6th, 2021, pipe bombing suspect as a former Capitol Police Officer. The report claims that the software, analyzing video released by the FBI, returned a 94 percent match, based on the suspect’s gait and other physical characteristics.
The finding has been reportedly confirmed by “several intelligence sources.”
More from the Blaze Media story as linked from here:
Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say
A software algorithm that analyzes walking parameters including flexion (knee bend), hip extension, speed, step length, cadence, and variance rated Shauni Rae Kerkhoff, 31, of Alexandria, Va., as a 94% match to the bomb suspect shown on video from Jan. 5, 2021. The veteran analyst who ran the analysis for Blaze News said that based on visual observations the program can struggle with, he personally pegged the match at closer to 98%.
Kerkhoff, who was a Capitol Police officer for four and a half years, left the department in mid-2021 for a security detail at the Central Intelligence Agency, sources told Blaze News. …
A few more key notes from the Blaze link relating to things I have focused on before:
The mystery of the pipe bombs has hung over Jan. 6 for nearly five years. The FBI said an unknown subject placed pipe bombs under a park bench at the DNC and the Capitol Hill Club near the Republican National Committee building between 7:54 and 8:16 p.m. the night before the riot.
Discovery of the devices between 12:40 and 1:05 p.m. respectively on Jan. 6 drew already depleted police resources away from the Capitol just as a huge crowd breached the grounds at 12:53 p.m. A joint session of Congress convened at 1 p.m. to take up challenges to the certification of the Electoral College vote from the 2020 presidential election. …
The pipe-bomb video that Blaze News used in its analysis was not the footage released by the FBI. A video sleuth who embarked on a more than yearlong investigation told Blaze News the footage made public by the FBI was manipulated to downsample the frame rate. Although it shows the same scene as the FBI video, the clip used by Blaze News came from another source and is demonstrably clearer with much smoother motion. …
The U.S. Secret Service response to discovery of the pipe bomb under a park bench at the Democratic National Committee building drew fire from congressional investigators and the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General.
Speculation that the Secret Service knew the DNC pipe bomb was a dud began when U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) released Capitol Police security footage showing agents acting nonchalantly after a Capitol Police counter-surveillance officer informed them that he found a pipe bomb in the bushes behind the DNC building.
Agents stayed in their SUV eating lunch for two minutes before getting out to investigate. They stood feet from the suspected bomb and allowed pedestrians to walk past and vehicles to continue driving within feet of the device. Commuter trains that pass directly next to the DNC building continued to run. …
Two weeks ago, Blaze News reported on the yearlong investigation of a video sleuth who found evidence he said showed the FBI was misleading the American public about the pipe bombs.
A user known as Armitas on social media said the videos released by the FBI had been manipulated to reduce the frame rate. He also provided evidence that the pipe bomber first tried to plant the devices outside the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and a congressional rooming house on C Street the evening of Jan. 5.
Shortly after Blaze News’ report on his findings, the FBI released higher-quality footage of the pipe-bomb suspect.
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Curiouser and curiouser indeed. (But then again, I will fall back on this from 2023: “Of course, anyone with an ounce of intellectual honesty in their veins and the minimum amount of curiosity issued with one’s own human nature knows that the FBI knows full well who the ‘pipe bomber’ is…and if we were allowed to know then I strongly suspect the pieces as to why fake ‘pipe bombs’ were planted there and then would all fall into place rather quickly.” and the fact that my original post on the topic in early 2022 was titled Or, the FBI Is Lying.)
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Related links from this site:
The ‘Long History’ of January 6, 2021 has been Completely Knowable All Along (October 14, 2022)
And, for those with access, a few from the legacy site (with whatever conversation was generated over there):
Or, the FBI Is Lying (February 19, 2022)
January 6 Anti-History – The Obvious Curiosity vs. The Reliably Incurious (January 6, 2023)
January 6 Anti-History – ‘There’s just too much to work with to not know who this guy is.’ (May 26,2023)
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