Newly leaked intelligence memos demonstrate how concerned law enforcement in Washington, DC, was about the Boogaloo Bois’ — a right-wing militia group seeking to incite a second Civil War — plans for violence ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The plans, called “Operation Stormbreaker,” involved targeting landmarks, government buildings, power plants, and other civic institutions in DC on January 19, the memos show.
Members of the Boogaloo movement and QAnon adherents called the date “National Popcorn Day,” when they planned to follow up the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol with another wave of violence.
The cache of files includes several memos that show Boogaloo members planned a schedule, priority list, and communications strategy for attacking DC buildings and landmarks. An FBI memo issued on January 18 and included in the leak shows a map of targets it says originated from a Boogaloo chat group.
The plan appears to have been scrapped ahead of the scheduled attacks. But the memos show the FBI and MPD remained concerned that information circulating about the plan online still might have resulted in attacks against the White House, the US Treasury, the World Bank, the Lincoln Memorial, and other DC landmarks.
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