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SO THE PIECES COULD QUICKLY BE
PUT INTO PLACE.
EVEN WITH RUSSIA'S RING OF STEEL
AROUND SOCHI, AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, WORRY AND LIMITED
REASSURANCE.
>> WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN
THREAT REPORTING PRIOR TO THE
OLYMPICS, WHICH IS, OF COURSE,
OF CONCERN, ALTHOUGH IT IS ALSO
NOT UNUSUAL FOR A MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL EVENT.
>> THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HAS
JUST RETURNED FROM SOCHI.
>> THE AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE
IMPROVED, QUITE FRANKLY, IS THE
INTELLIGENCE SHARING COMPONENT
THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE NOT BEEN
QUITE AS CANDID WITH US.
>> THE U.S. IS PRESSING URGENTLY
FOR RUSSIA TO ASK FOR HELP.
>> WE HAVE OFFERED, AS I SAID,
ASSISTANCE TO THE RUSSIANS, ANY
ASSISTANCE THAT THEY MIGHT NEED
TO COUNTER THAT THREAT.
>> Reporter: THAT ASSISTANCE
MIGHT INCLUDE THE PENTAGON,
SENDING IED DETECTION AND
JAMMING EQUIPMENT, THE SAME
HIGH-TECH GEAR USED IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN.
GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY, CHAIRMAN
OF THE JOINT CHIEFS, AND HIS
RUSSIAN COUNTERPART ARE LEADING
AN EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT IF U.S.
MILITARY GEAR WOULD BE
COMPATIBLE WITH RUSSIAN
EQUIPMENT AGAINST TERRORIST
BOMBS.
IT IS POSSIBLE U.S. TROOPS COULD
BE SENT TO OPERATE THE SYSTEMS
BUT ONLY IF THE RUSSIANS ASK FOR
HELP, SOMETHING U.S. OFFICIALS
SAY IS UNLIKELY.
THE FBI AND STATE DEPARTMENT'S
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY PERSONNEL
WILL BE PROTECTING U.S.
OFFICIALS ATTENDING THE GAMES.
SOME U.S. OLYMPIC TEAMS ARE
LINING UP PRIVATE SECURITY TO
HELP OUT SOCHI IN A CRISIS.
>> I THINK THE LEVEL OF CONCERN
IS UNQUESTIONABLY HIGHER.
AND I THINK THAT THE AMOUNT OF
EFFORT AND RESOURCES THAT HAVE
BEEN ALLOCATED TO THIS OLYMPIC
GAMES IS UNPARALLELED.
>> Reporter: LOOK, HERE'S THE
BOTTOM LINE, WOLF, RIGHT NOW,
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES,
U.S. INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND
SEVERAL OTHER NATIONS
SCRUTINIZING EVERY PIECE OF