FBI Sends Dozens of Agents to Help Guard Sochi Olympics

[dipsydoodle]

MOSCOW, January 10 (RIA Novosti) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is sending dozens of its personnel to Russia to help secure the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi from possible terror attacks, its director told reporters.

FBI director James Comey said about two dozen agents and other personnel will be sent to Moscow and more than a dozen others will be based in the Black Sea resort that is hosting the Winter Olympics from February 7 to 23. Some of them are already there, he told the Wall Street Journal.

“Securing any Olympics is an enormous task,” the Washington Post quoted Comey as saying. “I think it’s particularly challenging in Sochi because of its proximity to areas of unrest and sources of a terrorist threat.”

Comey said although his agency is willing to help Russia, security at the Games is ultimately Moscow’s responsibility. He also expressed confidence that Russia will keep the Games safe.

“I think the Russian government understands the threat and is devoting the resources to address it,” Comey told Reuters.

http://en.ria.ru/sochi2014/20140110/186391282/FBI-Sends-Dozens-of-Agents-to-Help-Guard-Sochi-Olympics.html

[malaise]

1. They should have sent some to Atlanta

Remember?

[Blue_Tires]

7. or Munich, for that matter...

I know, things were very different during that time, but still....

[joshcryer]

2. Alt headline: "Putin welcomes FBI at Sochi"

[Dorian Gray]

3. I'm glad we're working with them

the attacks in Russia lately scare me that something will happen at the Olympics. And that would be horrible.

[BobUp]

4. Instead of removing Americans from a dangerous place,

they're sending more.

The FBI working with the FSB?

I'm sure they'll be trading information freely.

[msanthrope]

5. Start sweating, Eddie. nt

[ananda]

6. This is an Olympics I'm going to miss.

And I love the Olympics.

But this one has way too much inhuman ugliness associated with it.