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>sizable chunk of the officers imported to D.C. //

Imported under whose behest? Is it the local police head who decides to call in others, do they decide the composition of the force called in?



That's answered in the article.

> Nearly all of these agencies are headquartered in and around the capital, making it easy for Attorney General William Barr to enlist them as part of his vast effort to “flood the zone” in D.C. this week with what amounts to a federal army of occupation, overseen from the FBI Washington area command post in Chinatown.


Thanks, I was just thinking "I bet that's like the second line of the article" ...




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