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COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, FROM
YOUR STATE, INDICATED SHE
PROBABLY WOULDN'T GO IF SHE HAD
A FAMILY MEMBER PARTICIPATING.
WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF HOW BIG A
CHALLENGE IT WOULD BE TO GO TO
SOCHI RIGHT NOW?
>> IF I HAD TICKETS TO THE
OLYMPIC, I WOULD GO.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A RISK.
NO PLACE AROUND THE WORLD
REGRETTABLY IS SAFE ANY MORE AND
CERTAINLY THE OLYMPICS WITH THE
THREATS WE'VE BEEN HEARING
ABOUT, BUT I THINK IT'S A
MANAGEABLE RISK.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO AVOID
CROWDS, BUT YOU CAN'T AVOID
STRAYING OFF THE BEATEN PATH.
YOU CAN TAKE CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS
IN HOW YOU GET TO SOCHI AND NOT
DEVIATING FROM INSTRUCTIONS
GIVEN TO YOU BY PERSONNEL ON THE
GROUNDS.
YOU CAN TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
REDUCE THE RISK.
THE RISK IS GREATEST OUTSIDE OF
SOCHI, OUTSIDE OF THE OLYMPIC
VILLAGE, THE TRANSPORTATION HUB.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT
AIRCRAFT RISKS BUT PROBABLY THE
TRAIN STATIONS MAY BE AT GREATER
RISK.
>> YOU'VE SAID THAT THE RUSSIANS
ARE NOT SHARING ADEQUATELY IN
TERMS OF INFORMATION ON WHAT
THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY
THICK THE THREATS ARE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE
DOING IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH
US THAT THEY'RE NOT?
>> THEY'LL GIVE US INFORMATION
WHEN THERE'S AN EXTERIOR THREAT.
SO IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN FRANCE
OR AUSTRIA OR ELSEWHERE THAT
THEY HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE ARE
A THREAT, ARE GOING TO COME TO
RUSSIA AND POSE A PROBLEM, THEY
SHARE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO.
THEY NEED US AND OUR EUROPEAN
ALLIES TO ACT ON IT.
BUT IF IT'S INFORMATION FROM
INSIDE RUSSIA THAT WOULD REFLECT
BADLY ON RUSSIA, THAT WOULD
DISCLOSE SOME OF THEIR SOURCES
AND METHODS, THEY WON'T SHARE
THAT.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SHARING THAT
AT LEAST NOT TO THE DEGREE THEY
COULD.
IF WE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
INFORMATION, WE COULD BETTER
PROTECT NOT ONLY OUR PEOPLE BUT
THEIRS AS WELL.
>> LET ME POSE A SIMILAR
QUESTION TO YOU.
YOU'VE RECEIVED BRIEFINGS AS
WELL.
YOU KNOW THE THREAT IN SOCHI AS
WELL AS ANYONE.
WOULD YOU GO?
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO YOUR
CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY GO OR
THEY STAY HOME?
>> THE CONGRESSMAN'S ASSESSMENT
IS PRETTY ACCURATE.
THERE'S A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF
CONCERN.
THERE SHOULD BE.
I THINK ANY REASONABLE PERSON
UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
THREATS MADE.
I THINK PROBABLY THE GREATEST
THING WE'VE GOT GOING FOR US IN
TERMS OF SECURITY IS VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S REPUTATION IS ON THE
LINE.
LET'S FACE IT, RUSSIA IS
PROBABLY NOT QUITE AS CONCERNED
AS THE U.S. IN TERMS OF CIVIL
LIBERTIES AND THEY'RE NOT QUITE
AS RESPECTFUL OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO KIND
OF ROLL UP PLOTS AND THAT TYPE
OF THING AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
SO INSIDE THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE I
THINK THE SECURITY LEVEL IS
ABOUT AS SAFE AS IT IS GOING TO
GET.
THE GREATEST THREAT WOULD BE
TRAVELING.