February 5 National Security Council meeting

The February 5 National Security Council meeting took place on February 5, 2021, in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center of the White House in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Tom Kirkman and members of the National Security Council.
During the meeting, Central Intelligence Agency director James Carrera informed Kirkman that an American operative who had infiltrated Al-Sakar communicated a message confirming the terrorist organization's responsibility for committing the Capitol bombing and pinpointing leader Majid Nassar's location to a compound in Algeria before going missing in action. Kirkman ordered that planned retaliatory military action be paused until the operative made further communication confirming that he had evacuated the compound, giving a 24-hour window.
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