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By the numbers: Terrorism and the Olympics

By   /  July 30, 2012  /  General News  /  No Comments

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games open today in London. History offers a warning, but no clear pattern on the true risk of terrorism at the Olympic Games, concludes a new report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland. The Olympic Games have been [...]

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Keep Calm and Carry On

By   /  May 9, 2012  /  Homeland Security  /  No Comments

London prepares for the Olympic Games in the shadow of terrorism. In a decision that took everyone by surprise, on July 6, 2005 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded London the 2012 Olympic Games. Camera crews at the ceremony in Singapore had to swivel their equipment to catch the English team’s response, poised, as they [...]

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