Why CAN'T they carry it in? Normally, they carry in an American flag-- so what's the deal?
According to the I-effing-O-C, carrying the the flag that stood above the ground where our country was attacked in NYC, and where thousands of our citizens (and some of theirs, too) were murdered would be
too political.
The IOC is truly beneath contempt. And so is the USOC if they go along with this.