Well, I Was Partly Right
The one inference I made in yesterday's post that was completely correct was that Chief Scott of the San Francisco Police Department was not promoted for his communication skills. His statements following the incident at the Pelosi home were vague and required at least two subsequent clarifications, themselves vague and confusing. The criminal complaint filed yesterday by the FBI , in contrast, provides a consistent narrative that for now seems credible, although it in itself raises other questions, in particular why there was in fact so little security at the Pelosi home in light of the Speaker's position in the line of presidential succession. The criminal complaint is based in part on interviews with Paul Pelosi himself, one in the ambulance immediately after the attack, as well as police body cam footage. These were available to Chief Scott and his staff before he issued any public statement and could have been used to much better effect than they were. Our institutions...