Alarm after Elias Irizarry is hired to position in office that manages highly classified military operations

The Pentagon has appointed a rioter convicted for his role in 6 January, 2021 insurrection to a sensitive national security role dealing with counterterrorism, overriding insiders’ concerns about his past record.

Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in connection with the storming of the US Capitol, has been appointed to a position in the US Department of Defense’s special operations and low intensity conflict office which manages highly classified military operations, causing alarm among Pentagon officials.

The story was first reported by the Washington Post, which published a picture of Irizzary – holding what appeared to be a metal pole and wearing a pro-Donald Trump Make America Great Again (Maga) hat – looking over a wall on the day of the riot.

    • Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
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      11 hours ago

      Why? Its a timeless human tradition that so famously never happens in America because the last time it did we’re still glazing it 250 years later

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        9 hours ago

        The county wars were a thing, Americans used to frequently shoot corrupt officials. It just usually didn’t break past the state level because that’s around when those in power wisened up a bit.