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  • Olympics- Cyber attack seen as emerging threat for London 2012

    07/28/2009 1:52:49 AM PDT · by Cindy · 47 replies · 883+ views
    REUTERS.com ^ | Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:48am EDT | Avril Ormsby
    LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Olympic organisers are "very alive" to the threat of a cyber attack on the London 2012 Olympics, made more challenging because of its evolving nature, senior Interior Ministry officials said on Tuesday. Ticketing systems, the transport network and hotel bookings as well as security are among potential targets. Olympic security officials are also planning for the possible diversion of aircraft to protect airspace around the venues from terrorist attacks, the officials said. The greatest threat to security at the Games is international terrorism, the government's latest "Safety and Security Strategy" report said.
  • Could the 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS BE cancelled? (needs bailout?)

    01/12/2009 10:07:03 PM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 18 replies · 1,351+ views
    Monday, January 12, 2009 Could the 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS BE cancelled? A BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT IS NEEDED! Will RUSSIA BAIL THEM OUT? Vancouver taxpayers are on the hook for the entire billion-dollar Olympic Athletes' Village project after the lender cut off funding to the troubled development, Mayor Gregor Robertson said Friday. Now, the city is scrambling to renegotiate its deal with Fortress Investment Group before Feb. 15, when the money flow is to evaporate and construction will be halted unless a new deal is in place. "The Olympic village is a billion-dollar project, and the city taxpayers are on the...
  • Israel: Spielberg "Munich" Dangerous; Rationalizes Terrorism

    12/31/2005 2:56:23 AM PST · by IsraelBeach · 20 replies · 1,099+ views
    Israel News Agency ^ | December 28, 2005 | Joel Leyden
    Israel: Spielberg "Munich" Dangerous; Rationalizes TerrorismThere is no excuse for terrorism, no rationalization for the murder of innocent civilians.By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem----December 28......Steven Spielberg has made a very big mistake. And rather than admitting it: "you know it was an error, I overreached, I am going to pull it - my movie on the Munich Massacre," Spielberg hires a spin doctor from Israel. But Steven, no amount of PR spin will pull you out of this mess. You cannot ask Israel to hesitate for one tenth of one second on our war against terrorism. Many in Israel...