The FBI is sending dozens of agents and other specialists to Russia to help secure the upcoming Olympics from possible terror attacks. WSJ's Devlin Barrett tells how and why the deal is happening.
Russia To FBI: You’re Just Sochi’s Security ‘Window Dressing’ -- Washington Times
White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. has offered Russia “any assistance they might need to counter that threat.”
The unspoken response that came back: “You can show up, but you’re just going to be window dressing,” according to David Rubincam, the FBI’s legal attache in Moscow.
In the wake of suicide bombings in Volgograd that killed 34 and the hunt for a “black widow” terrorist thought to be roaming Sochi, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for the Winter Olympics, which begin Feb. 7. Mr. Rubincam told The Washington Post he doesn’t believe Russia has made the most of its opportunity to utilize the FBI’s technical expertise.
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My Comment: Russia takes it's sovereignty very seriously .... and the U.S. is the same when there is a major event in their own country. Is this lack of cooperation smart ... probably not .... but such is the affairs of the world today.
Update #1: Pentagon will send two warships into Black Sea in case of Olympic terror -- NBC
Update #2: Here is an interesting story of FBI - Russian Olympic security cooperation.
Update #3: The terror threats and warnings still continue.
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