i was in sochi. i saw the ring of steel, although one of the black widows did penetrate it, it s very heavily fortified with 100,000 security officials including russian military. so it would be very difficult to get in. but they can score just as easy of a victory by hitting a softer target outside the ring of steel. what s an important point to make is that the eyes of the world will be on these olympic games. they ve been fighting this war with the russians for over 100 years. and this is in their eyes their moment to make a very visible public statement. and that s why i think the percentage and probability s very high that something could happen at the games. but i would argue that most likely would happen outside the olympic village and outside the games. yeah, that s what i ve been told repeatedly over these past few days as well. and one concern that u.s. intelligence has, and you know a lot more about this than i do, is that if there is some sort of soft target hit outside o
fight against the russian federal state. it s not exactly clear if american citizens themselves should feel concerned. bear in mind also the u.s. state department did warn u.s. athletes arriving here in large numbers that maybe they shouldn t wear their uniforms when they venture out of the ring of steel. clearly risk of concern for americans about this specific threat is broader. it s about planes flying from europe into russia. there are only two direct flights from europe into sochi here that we know about from frankfurt and from istanbul. so particularly clear set of channels there where they might be concerned. the question too, wolf, as we know is whether these explosives are being smuggled onto an airliner for use toothpaste tube or if that s a way of delivering them from wherever they re coming to into the venue here for use later on, wolf. i assume the greatest security is around the immediate olympic village where the athletes are basically concentrated, less security outsi
so good that normally we would get information about a larger attack, one of my concerns would be a suicide attack. not where the olympics are occurring, but people or americans have to be concerned they re staying in hotels and transportation and buses and those type of things because, you know, when a suicide bomber decides to kill somebody, and where they re trying to do whatever they can to make sure they identify that, that could be very serious. just outside that so-called ring of steel. that would be my concern more because there s so much security. i know our olympic committee has independent security. and they re working very closely. i think our the athletes will be protected. i think that it s going to be very difficult for a terrorist to penetrate the inside where the athletes are. i d be more concerned on the outside. is there collaboration between the internal russian terrorist organizations who hate putin, want to embarrass him, humiliate him before the entire
you know, it takes everybody s collective knowledge and intelligence in sharing that in putting the pieces together to really make sure that the public is safe. yes, the ring of steel is important. all the physical barriers and technology needs to be in place. but at the end of the day, the real key to thwarting these threats is getting out in front in front of them with good intelligence. we saw the dhs bulletin that was released last night. about the potential bombs on airplanes with security and toothpaste. and this is the result of intelligence collection. and then sharing that intelligence with people that need to know. well, then, and this is a common question that i ve heard. if that intelligence is credible, should they just ban toothpaste tubes on flights? well, i think you get to the situation where you re trying to evaluate the credibility and the likelihood. and intelligence collection is not always an exact science. you get bits and pieces of information.
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