Opinion by David Ignatius: Good, methodical work is being done, but it's time to start working up the ladder.
Take a look at the FBI’s online photo catalogue of suspects, and you can see the faces of this insurgency. Virtually all appear to be White, and nearly all are men . They look like a rowdy crowd at a football game, wearing MAGA hats and ski caps, many sporting beards and goatees, some cloaked by wraparound shades or masks. In nearly every face, you can see a glint of anger.Restoring order is a slow, painful process in countries where violent extremists have challenged the state.
When we think about the Justice Department’s battle in that way — as a counterinsurgency — we realize the dangers of overly zealous tactics. The federal government shouldn’t be so aggressive in its pursuit that it creates more insurgents than it arrests. That’s the fine line that Garland and the FBI are trying to walk in combating domestic extremism in a country that’s so sharply split on political issues.
These techniques, though intrusive, effectively disrupt their targets. Muslim extremists in the United States were crippled by FBI stings, telephone intercepts and informants. Mafia dons began to fear that every phone call might be overheard and every contact photographed. Over time, the balance of intimidation shifted, and the threats were controlled.
Let’s go back to those 250 FBI photographs of unidentified suspects who allegedly attacked police. Americans should mark the grim anniversary of Jan. 6 by taking a close look at that mug book and, if they feel a jolt of recognition, asking themselves if they’re comfortable sheltering people who attack cops.
A year after the appalling violence at the Capitol, too many perpetrators are still walking free — and most of the top organizers haven’t been touched. Now this investigation needs to move into a higher gear, and bring everyone who attacked our democracy to justice.
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