Fighting the progs: Waller and a colleague explain why, as college students, they joined up with the Nicaraguan Contras

After more than 35 years, the Center for Security Policy‘s J. Michael Waller spoke publicly about why he joined up with the Nicaraguan Contras in 1984. The Center for Security Policy’s Senior Analyst for Strategy and Michael Johns were college students at the time, editors of their respective newspapers at the George Washington University and … Read more

House Armed Services Committee leaders agree: Military around US Capitol ‘not warranted’ now

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / March 12, 2021 – The militarized presence around the US Capitol is “not warranted” any more due to lack of a credible threat, the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Security Committee said in a joint statement. Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and Mike Rogers … Read more

FBI tells Senate that Waller’s early analysis of organized cadres at Capitol riot is consistent with Bureau’s findings

Center for Security Policy / March 5, 2021 – A top FBI official affirmed the eyewitness account of a Center for Security Policy senior analyst about the organized cadres responsible for attacking the US Capitol on January 6. FBI Assistant Director Jill Sanborn told a Senate investigative panel that FBI findings “definitely” and “absolutely” comport … Read more

Senator Johnson tells the New York Times why he relied on Waller’s account of Capitol riot

Center for Security Policy / March 7, 2021 – The New York Times grilled Senator Ron Johnson about why he relied on a Center for Security Policy analyst’s eyewitness account of events leading up to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. The Wisconsin Republican, who chaired the Senate Homeland Security Committee until earlier … Read more

No, Sen. Ron Johnson Didn’t Promote A ‘Conspiracy Theory’ About The Capitol Riot

J Michael Waller / The Federalist / March 1, 2021 – “Facts are stubborn things,” John Adams famously said as the lawyer defending the British soldiers involved in the 1770 Boston Massacre, “and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” … Read more

Pelosi has blocked answers to questions about lack of security at Capitol on January 6

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / February 16, 2021 – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finds herself in a tight spot as more lawmakers question why she has not information about her apparent refusal to permit requested security to defend the US Capitol on January 6. Those questions parallel observations that the Center … Read more

Waller addresses Harvard panel on denial & deception in arms control

Denial and deception are part and parcel of nuclear arms control processes and negotiations, the Center’s J. Michael Waller said on a Harvard panel January 14. Denial and deception, or D&D, is a Western term to describe concealment (denial) and the spectrum of efforts to mislead other about capabilities, strategies, and intentions (deception). Waller addressed … Read more

‘I was known as Comrade Barbara.’ Now, Congresswoman Barbara Lee controls the State Department budget

J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / January 26, 2021 – Congresswoman Barbara Lee was the sole Member of Congress to vote against using military force against terrorists after the September 11, 2001 al Qaeda attack. This week the 12-term Lee assumed chairmanship of the House subcommittee in charge of the State Department … Read more

Covert cadre: What I saw leading up to the US Capitol attack

J Michael Waller / The Federalist / January 14, 2021 – The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol bore the markings of an organized operation planned well in advance of the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. A small number of cadre appeared to use the cover of a huge rally to stage its attack. … Read more

Describing the organized cells that took over the US Capitol

Dr Waller was the first to make public comment about personal observation of the operational cells that exploited crowd cover to launch the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Jack Posobiec of One America News had him on the show to describe what he saw. The crowd was not incited and the attackers … Read more