McCaul, Chertoff: Olympics Facing Unprecedented Security
Threat
Sunday, 26 Jan 2014 01:53 PM
By Sandy Fitzgerald
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, says the security threats for
the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are the "greatest" he
has ever seen, but he does not want to scare Americans from attending the
games.
And both he and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff say there needs to be
further cooperation between Russia
and the United States
concerning security for the worldwide event, which kicks off on Feb. 7.
"It's a time-honored
tradition," McCaul told CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer
Sunday of the Olympics, but "it is not at time to be an alarmist and
cancel."
However, the proximity of
terrorist organizations to the Olympic village make the "security threat
to this particular Olympics the greatest I've ever seen."
"It's a little spooky,
combined with these so-called black widows we know are seeking revenge for
their husbands' deaths in the Caucus region," said McCaul. "And we
know one of these black widows penetrated the ring of steel that Putin has put
up."
The "ring of steel"
around the Olympic area has 100,000 Russian security officials, including
special forces and military, said McCaul.
"This is quite a fortified
event," McCaul said. "Putin is putting everything he has from a
security standpoint down there."
The United States has also added in its
diplomatic security corps, FBI agents and more to help with security. But
McCaul is more worried about outside the secure zone, where "soft targets
can be hit quite easily."
McCaul said getting Russian
President Vladimir Putin to agree to cooperate on security has been a
"delicate balance."
"They do not want the United States
to come in and tell them how to secure their Olympic games," said McCaul.
He said one particular area of cooperation, which is not happening, is in
intelligence and military sharing.
The US
has jamming devices that would stop the terrorists' weapon of choice, IEDs,
from going off, McCaul said, but Russia won't accept them.
Chertoff, appearing on NBC's
"Meet the Press," told host David Gregory that he would like to see a
level of cooperation to "give them the benefit of our intelligence and our
capabilities but also have visibility to what they're doing."
He noted that there has been some
cooperation, "but not quite as much as we would like. I don't know that
they fully invited us or accepted our offer to give them a lot of assistance
assistance. We have warships offshore in case there needs to be evacuation. I
would hope there's a plan in place with the Russians if we need to do it to
take people out.
Like McCaul, Chertoff believes the
real problem will be with soft targets, not with the Olympics venues
themselves.
McCaul further said that the Boston bombing and its
background makes the Russian Olympics especially concerning.
"This is the Chechen
rebels," said McCaul. "This is the Dagestan area that's been at war
with Russia
for 150 years," and now it is connected with radical Islamists.
"We're going to have 10,000
to 15,000 Americans at these Olympics," said McCaul. "There's never
been this connection between Pakistan,
Afghanistan
and Chechen rebels before, although some would argue there's been support. But
for the first time, Zawahiri coming out and endorsing, blessing and calling for
this global jihad against the Olympics, wow, that gives me great pause."
But McCaul does not believe
Saturday's mall shooting at a suburban Washington
mall is connected or is a terrorist attack, even though it does show the
dangers of malls.
"This is not a terrorist
threat at all, probably more a domestic squabble," McCaul said. "It
does highlight the vulnerability of shopping malls to shootings, soft targets
like we saw in the Kenya shopping mall case, and that's the kind of scenario we
do not want to see happen in the United States.”
Even with advanced measures, like
explosives-detecting dogs, "it's difficult to stop a lone gunman who may
have mental issues that wants to kill people. You can only do so much to stop
that," McCaul said.
Olympics
Michael P. Plant
was a director at the U.S. Olympic
Committee, and is the EVP & business operations for the Atlanta Braves.
Note: Ted Turner was the
owner of the Atlanta Braves, and is
the co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
James F. Collins
is a senior associate at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), was a U.S. ambassador for Russia,
and a senior advisor for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is the
president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank),
a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a
director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United
States in war)
William
J. Perry is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and was a member of the Iraq Study Group.
Christopher Kojm
was a senior adviser for the Iraq Study
Group, and a deputy director for the National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
Jamie S. Gorelick
was a commissioner for the National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, and a trustee at
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Lee
H. Hamilton was a co-chair for the Iraq
Study Group, the vice chair for the National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and
a director at BAE Systems Inc.
Frank
H. Pearl is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and a director at the Trust
for the National Mall.
Norman R.
Augustine is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and a director at the Trust for the National Mall.
Linda
McCaul is a director at the Trust
for the National Mall, and married to Michael
T. McCaul.
Michael T. McCaul
is married to Linda McCaul, a member
of the House Committee on Homeland
Security, and a house member for the TX
congressional delegation.
Michael Chertoff
is the chairman for BAE Systems Inc.,
a co-founder & chairman for the Chertoff
Group, and was the secretary for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
Charles E. Allen
is a principal for the Chertoff Group,
and was the under secretary for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
Katy Montgomery
is a senior director at the Chertoff
Group, and was the deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Chad
C. Sweet is a co-founder & CEO for the Chertoff Group, a director at the Texas State Society, and was the chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Debbie
Eng is a senior director at the Chertoff
Group, and was an associate executive secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Paul A. Schneider
is a principal at the Chertoff Group,
was the deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, and a senior acquisition executive for the
National Security Agency (NSA).
Larry
Castro is a principal at the Chertoff
Group, and was a representative to Homeland Security for the National Security Agency (NSA).
Michael V. Hayden
is a principal at the Chertoff Group,
and was a director for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Edward Snowden
leaked information about the National
Security Agency (NSA), and an employee at the Booz Allen Hamilton.
Edward Snowden Flees To Russia
Leaker of national security
material is on the run from U.S.
authorities
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Robert S. Osborne
is the EVP & general counsel for Booz
Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and parishioner at the Trinity United Church
of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United
Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, the organizer
for the Million Man March, and the acting
head for the Nation of Islam.
Nation of Islam
Foreign affiliations
In 1996, Farrakhan traveled to
Iran and Iraq, as well as Libya, at which time Gaddafi offered him an
additional $1 billion.[60] Farrakhan insisted that the money would not be used
to arm his followers, despite a report from Iran that Farrakhan had said there
that one day Allah will destroy Americans at the hands of Muslims. The full
statement attributed to Farrakhan was,
God will not give Japan and Europe the honor of bringing down the United States.
This is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims.[60]
As of 2011, Farrakhan continued
to portray Gaddafi as a fellow revolutionary who has lent millions of dollars
to the Nation of Islam over the years.
It wasn't the money, but the
principles that made me his brother.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, the vice chair for the Chicago (IL) 2016 Olympic Committee, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan
Jr.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director
at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior counsel for
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld,
LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
James F. Collins
was a senior advisor for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a U.S.
ambassador for Russia,
and is a senior associate at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted
Turner is the co-chairman for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and was the owner of the Atlanta Braves.
Michael P. Plant
is the EVP & business operations for the Atlanta Braves, and was a director at the U.S. Olympic Committee.
No comments:
Post a Comment