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Sedition Hunters How January 6th Broke the Justice System

Ryan J. Reilly

The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly political, it can't be handled by the traditional rules and norms of law enforcement--threatening the very idea of justice and its role in society. The attack on the Capitol building following the 2020 electi...

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The Bulwark Podcast

The book, which was brand new and just released the day before the podcast, detailed the online sleuths who helped identify hundreds of people involved in the January 6th Capitol attack, revealing how they became an invaluable resource to the FBI. The discussion focused on how January 6th broke the justice system regarding capacity issues and how bureaucratic hurdles impacted intelligence prevention.

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Ryan Reilly, who is justice reporter at NBC News and author of a brand new book came out just yesterday, Sedition Hunters. How January 6th broke the justice system?

— Episode: Ryan Reilly: The Sleuths Who Helped Nab...

Episode: Ryan Reilly: The Sleuths Who Helped Nab Jan 6 Riot...

The book, which was brand new and just released the day before the podcast, detailed the online sleuths who helped identify hundreds of people involved in the January 6th Capitol attack, revealing how they became an invaluable resource to the FBI. The discussion focused on how January 6th broke the justice system regarding capacity issues and how bureaucratic hurdles impacted intelligence prevention.

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Ryan Reilly, who is justice reporter at NBC News and author of a brand new book came out just yesterday, Sedition Hunters. How January 6th broke the justice system?

Your book is really interesting because you mentioned things about the FBI and casting some data on the competence of the FBI. This is a really important part of the story, because what you write about is the online sleuths who helped catch the January 6th rioters. And the title of your book, and when I first got it in the mail, I was really struck by it.

The Sedition Hunters, How January 6th Broke the Justice System.

My takeaway was that if it had been just left up to the justice system, to the FBI, to the intelligence services, we wouldn't have really broken this case, would we?

The book is Sedition Hunters, How January 6th Broke the Justice System. It is a really an incredible read. It is very eye opening. It's very entertaining.

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