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> “Analysts with the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) monitored significant activity regarding planned protests occurring internationally and domestically on March 20, 2021,” says the March 16 government bulletin, marked as “law enforcement sensitive” and distributed through the Department of Homeland Security’s fusion centers. “Locations and times have been identified for these protests, which are being distributed online across multiple social media platforms, to include right-wing leaning Parler and Telegram accounts.”

> A number of groups were expected to gather in cities around the globe on March 20 as part of a World Wide Rally for Freedom and Democracy, to protest everything from lockdown measures to 5G. “Parler users have commented about their intent to use the rallies to engage in violence. Image 3 on the right is a screenshot from Parler indicating two users discussing the event as an opportunity to engage in a ‘fight’ and to ‘do serious damage,’” says the bulletin.

> “No intelligence is available to suggest the legitimacy of these threats,” it adds.

Oh, that doesn't seem like an asymmetric allocation of resources at all. It's totally not trivially exploitable like the ticket presales in Tulsa or anything.

This "we have to respond to all potential threats, no matter how trivial" doctrine is a ridiculous waste of time and resources even in the best case. In the worst case, it overcommits to an impossible task.

I think it's reasonable to rate their competence level at "the cybers" around the same level as their ability to keep a "covert" operation off of Yahoo News.