Troops Flood a 

Rattled Washington 

Ahead of the Biden 

Inauguration

The federal government has deemed 

the inauguration a “National Special 

Security Event,” as far-right groups 

threaten more armed demonstrations.

Law enforcement authorities, responding to threats of violence ahead of the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration, will deploy up to 15,000 National Guard troops to the nation’s capital and set up checkpoints in the city to avoid the botched response that helped rioters overrun the Capitol last week.

Sixteen groups — some of them armed and most of them hard-line supporters of President Trump — have registered to stage protests in Washington, prompting deep concern among federal officials...

That registration is canceled. Permission rescinded.That should be the response.