Why the f*ck does the FBI want to send its agents to police the London Olympics?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nI suspect it's a lame excuse to give 500 FBI agents a free all expense\r\npaid vacation in London?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nOn the other hand you never know,\r\nmaybe since the last time I checked the news\r\nthe America Emperor Obama has invaded England and now\r\nthey are one of our colonies and those FBI agents are needed.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nSource\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBritain: No Foreign Security Needed to Protect 2012 London Olympics\r\n<\/p>
\r\nPosted Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 at 5:00 pm\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe head of security for the 2012 Olympics in Britain says there will\r\nbe no armed security personnel from other countries when the Games\r\nopen next July in London.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAssistant Commissioner Chris Allison Tuesday dismissed reports in\r\nBritain's Guardian newspaper that 500 American FBI agents were going\r\nto be at the Games to protect U.S. interests.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe London Organizing Committee, which is responsible for preparing\r\nand staging the games, is attempting to resolve questions over venue\r\nsecurity. But the committee recently conceded it had underestimated\r\nthe strength of the security contingent necessary to protect the 32\r\nvenues for the Games. The committee originally estimated needing\r\n10,000 security personnel but now believes as many as 21,000 will be\r\nneeded.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe Guardian report said senior police officials warned ministers and\r\nthe committee that 10,000 was too few, but that the costs involved\r\nprevented further action. Western intelligence agencies are worried\r\nthat al-Qaida or one of its offshoots may try to disrupt the Olympics,\r\nwith the U.S. team being a target.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nA spokesman for Britain's Home Office says security planning is “on\r\ntrack” and the International Olympic Committee has “full confidence”\r\nin the strategy.\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nSource \r\n<\/p>
\r\nBritish police say no armed FBI agents allowed at 2012 London Olympics\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBy Associated Press, Published: November 22\r\n<\/p>
\r\nLONDON — The national security coordinator for the 2012 London\r\nOlympics sharply rejected reports that armed FBI agents would be\r\ntaking part in securing the games, insisting Tuesday that Britain did\r\nnot need outside help to keep the event safe.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAssistant Commissioner Chris Allison dismissed a Guardian newspaper\r\nreport suggesting that the United States would send dozens of armed\r\nFBI agents to protect U.S. interests. Though he has denied the report\r\nbefore, the issue has continued to fester, suggesting tensions between\r\nBritain and the United States, which sends a huge contingent of\r\nathletes to the Olympics.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAllison said that while U.S. liaison officers would be involved in\r\npreparing for the Olympics, the notion that agents would come en masse\r\nwas “rubbish.”\r\n<\/p>
\r\n“There will be no foreign armed personnel here,” Allison said.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe news conference for international media seemed designed to stamp\r\nout the notion that other countries — and particularly the United\r\nStates — lacked confidence in security preparations for the games.\r\nUnderscoring that point, Paul Deighton, the chief executive officer of\r\nthe London organizing committee, sat beside Allison and staunchly\r\nrepeated that all the planning — including security — was on track.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nDeighton said that the number of security guards at venues remains\r\nunder discussion, and that volunteers could be called upon to do tasks\r\nat the start of the screening process — bolstering the security\r\npresence.\r\n<\/p>
\r\n“It is essentially a welcome activity saying ‘you are welcome to the\r\nOlympic Park and you are about to go through a screening process. It\r\nmight be helpful if you took your coat off now and maybe your belt to\r\nget through screening faster,’” Deighton said earlier.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nSecurity has been a costly and critical issue for the games since a\r\nterror incident at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, in which 11\r\nIsraeli athletes and coaches died. The Olympics continue to offer a\r\nready platform for any terror group, as international focus is already\r\ndirected at events broadcast live worldwide.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nLondon itself has also been touched by such troubles. Four suicide\r\nbombers targeted the city’s transit network in 2005, killing 52\r\ncommuters — an attack that took place one day after the Olympics were\r\nawarded to London and forever linked the two events together in public\r\nperception.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe London Games are seen as a high security threat. The British\r\ngovernment is planning for the national terror threat to be “severe”\r\nduring the Olympics, meaning an attempted attack is highly likely.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAbout 12,000 police officers will also be on duty on the busiest days\r\nof the July 27-Aug. 12 games. The massive operation includes 11 police\r\ndepartments.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBut at Tuesday’s news conference, and others before it, Allison said\r\nthat it is police — rather than the military or any other group — who\r\nwill provide the vanguard of forces protecting the tens of thousands\r\nof athletes, spectators and others attending the games.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nIt is a matter of national pride that the police in Britain will do\r\nthings their own way — with unarmed officers patrolling the streets as\r\nthey always have done. However, British police have specialized armed\r\nofficers ready to respond to emergencies, and say they are prepared to\r\nrespond to terror incidents.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAt the same time, it is clear that planners underestimated the number\r\nof security guards needed at the venues to search spectators.\r\nThousands of British soldiers are likely to be posted at Olympic\r\nvenues after a security review showed that the 10,000 security guards\r\ncontracted for the games might need to be doubled.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBritish authorities had already planned to have the country’s military\r\nhelp secure the games. However, this role was to be limited to certain\r\nspecialized events, such as patrolling the perimeter of the sailing\r\nvenue.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nUnderscoring the sensitivity of planning, Britain’s Defense Secretary\r\nPhilip Hammond said last week nothing would be ruled out to keep the\r\ngames safe — including the use of surface-to-air missiles.\r\n<\/p>
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\r\nDanica Kirka can be reached at \r\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/DanicaKirka \r\n<\/p>
\r\nLast I suspect alleged Libertarian Mike Renzulli who says PIGS stands for Pride, Integrity and Guts will claim this post some how says I love pigs and support the FBI.\r\n<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"FBI wants to police London, England 2012 Olympics. I suspect this is a lame excuse to send 500 FBI agents on a taxpayer financed vacation to London ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/11\/249877.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}