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It depends what's standard practice, surely?
Is it normal to say 'you can deploy, and take all the guns,' so this is an emasculated order, or is it normal for the first stage to be 'you can deploy, but check with me before you take it to the next level'?
(ETA - that WaPo link suggests it's not normal, but perhaps explained by reaction to criticism of the National Guard deployments last summer, compounded by cock-up. Or it could all just be part of a big conspiracy.)
jsabine-
It depends what's standard practice, surely?
It could be a fake. It is standard practice to have some form of available air support which they clearly didn’t. Official timeline doesn’t give enough detail to prove the memo but it also doesn’t disprove it. https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/11/2002563151/-1/-1/0/PLANNING-AND-EXECUTION-TIMELINE-FOR-THE-NATIONAL-GUARDS-INVOLVEMENT-IN-THE-JANUARY-6-2021-VIOLENT-ATTACK-AT-THE-US-CAPITOL.PDF
user123938
What part? Are you suggesting its fake or that the interpretation is wrong?