Is Russia Withholding Information On Olympic Threats?

Russia Withholds Information On Olympic Threats, US Lawmakers Say -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials are frustrated that the Russian government is withholding information about threats to Olympic venues coming from inside Russia, several lawmakers said on talk shows Sunday.

"We aren't getting the kind of cooperation that we'd like from the Russians in terms of their internal threats," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday."

"It means that we're less effective in protecting our people, and that's a frustration," Schiff said.

More than 70,000 Russian security officers have been deployed to protect the Olympic venues in Sochi. Russian President Vladimir Putin describes the layers of security around Sochi as the "ring of steel."

The United States has set up a command center in Sochi with about 150 security personnel from the FBI, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

The American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, said the U.S. is "quite satisfied" with the cooperation coming from Russian security officials.

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More News On Olympic Security And Terror Threats

U.S. lawmakers see serious threat of attacks in Russia during Olympics -- Reuters
Lawmakers Warn Of Terror Threat At Sochi -- Time
Sochi Security Risks Far From Over, U.S. Delegation Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
McCaul: ‘High degree of probability’ something will ‘detonate’ near Olympics -- Washington Post
Rep. Michael McCaul: High probability of terror attack at Sochi Olympics -- CBS
Attack Outside Sochi Is Security Concern -- Wall Street Journal
Intelligence chair: ‘Guards, gates and guns’ mitigate Olympics threats -- Washington Times