A high volume of people have to move quickly, and as a result you can't have the layered security in place like you do at airports. That makes it very difficult to defend. |
Creating a significant policy shop is like Bureaucracy 101. We never heard anything back. |
If this isn't a wake-up call for real disaster planning, I don't know what will be. |
In times of crisis I think you have to explore, use every capability and explore every option. But past those, in the day-to-day operations when there is no imminent threat, you need to revisit procedures and structures in place to ensure proper oversight. |
The greater concern is the presence of anti-global leaders who may use the international spotlight on the Olympics as an opportunity to cause destruction. |
The Secret Service is the best in the business, but their pucker factor right now is really high. They're very worried because it is a high risk environment, and they cannot control the environment within which the President is handled. |
This is not a small fish. This is a big fish. |
You can receive information about the broad outline of a specific plot and not have enough granularity to the information that allows for the type of follow-up that law enforcement can do, |
You have to accept the possibility that a major portion of the people will be left behind. You may have to write some of them off in far larger numbers than people realize. |