Talk:Walter E. Piatt

Another article on the response to the attack on the Capitol
The current citations point to an intelligence failure as well the planning failure. Unity of command in the response to the attack on the Capitol is another issue. Does anyone have any suggestions for such an article? Does it already exist? --Ancheta Wis   (talk  &#124; contribs) 19:08, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

There is going to have to be some additional information added, and then moved out of this article. We are seeing only a partial view of the events as they are transpiring. --Ancheta Wis   (talk  &#124; contribs) 02:06, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

The article Walter E. Piatt as of 20:49, 15 January 2021 (UTC) documents that in the planning before 6 Jan., the Army was not to be involved with crowd control, but only traffic control by national guardsmen. Piatt was not the commander of rapid reaction forces at a moment when the need became apparent at the Capitol; rather, Piatt is staff, and any force's command was TBD (at best fractured between multiple forces) as of 6 Jan.

The need for rapid reaction was redressed at levels beyond Piatt's, after an uncomfortable delay of several hours in the afternoon of 6 Jan 2021 (video timeline), and involved communication of the situation by the Army Secretariat to federal, state, and local levels. The requests for help have led multiple governors to volunteer the resources of their states' national guards. The communication and needed response was barely addressed on 6 Jan 2021 per the timeline video above, with troops arriving hours later. Ultimately dozens of states pledged Guard support to DC in the ensuing days.

It appears Piatt did what he could, given his station as Army Staff. It appears the 6 Jan 2021 reporting was accurate as far as it went, ultimately leading to unified command of a National Special Security Event by the Secret Service, at least by 11 Jan 2021; the special event planning was begun 13 Jan 2021. --Ancheta Wis   (talk  &#124; contribs) 20:49, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

No suggestions for such an article, though Command And Control does not seem to be the right article to link here. Piatt was not present in such a Command and Control center at the time of the attack. To the latest entry, disagree that it appears Piatt did what he could. The sentences following that statement do not appear to be related. Particularly as the event in question ended on the 6th. The Unified command by the Secret Service would have occurred regardless, albeit much later than the 11th of January, 2021. --Achilles999 (talk) 01:31, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your critique. I was trying to adhere to BLP guidelines. I will try to find a better home for that information. It is clear that there was an intelligence failure and that no one was expecting a breach of the US Capitol. --Ancheta Wis   (talk  &#124; contribs) 02:13, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

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