



"In fact, I have to say that it came up in some of the things we did. And even more so as a member of the Transition Integrity Project, where we actually war-gamed some of the probabilities and possibilities, that this was no surprise to me, no surprise at all. I was a member of the National Task Force on Election Crises for the last two years, working as the days went by more and more ardently on the November 3rd elections and their aftermath. I think the beginnings of what could be another version of our Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Lawrence Wilkerson: “I don't know if insurgency is the right word, because that has for me, it has military intonations. Would you describe what's happening in this country as an insurgency? Professor at the University of New South Wales and Arizona State University. ( Kilcullen, author, strategist and counter-insurgency expert. He served as a special agent for 25 years. Senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network.įrank Figliuzzi, FBI assistant director for counterintelligence from 2010 to 2012. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell (2002-2005). Now, national security experts see an even bigger danger. Are we facing domestic insurgency? And if we are, how can we heal as a nation? Guests Pro-Trump extremists breached the Capitol, attacked police and called for the Vice President's execution. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) This article is more than 1 year old. 6, 2021 file photo, armed men stand on the steps at the State Capitol after a rally in support of President Donald Trump in Lansing, Mich.
