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      "id": 100077,
      "date": "2004-07-28",
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      "title": "Athens Olympics 2004: U.S. Government Involvement in Security Preparations",
      "summary": "The Athens Olympics 2004 are the first Summer Games to be held since the terrorist attacks of\nSeptember 11, 2001. The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were held in February 2002, but the\nWinter Games involve far fewer people than the Summer Games. For example, 2,399 athletes\ncompeted in 2002; 10,500 athletes are expected to compete at the Athens Games, August 13-29,\n2004. The Greek government expects 2 million visitors, 21,500 journalists, 5,500 team officials, and\n8,000 members of the Olympic family. To help safeguard the Olympics, Greece reportedly has spent\n$1.2 billion on security, and plans to provide 25,000 police officers, 7,000 military troops, 3,000\ncoast guardsmen, 1,500 firefighters, 3,500 private security personnel, and 5,000 trained volunteers. \nMajor security concerns include Greece's location and topography, venues that were not completed\nuntil spring or summer 2004, and the status of a major security system. While the Paralympic Games\nwill also be held in Athens, September 17-28, 2004, security concerns have largely focused on the\ntraditional Olympics. \n  U.S. government involvement in security efforts has taken several different forms. The United\nStates, along with Australia, France, Germany, Israel, Spain, and the United Kingdom, form the\nOlympic Security Advisory Group (OSAG), which was established by the Greek government. \nOSAG members have provided various types of assistance to the Greek government, such as helping\nto develop a security plan and providing training on terrorism and explosives. U.S. government\nagencies and military forces also, for example, have helped to organize a security planning exercise,\nreportedly are prepared to assist with decontamination efforts, and have provided radiological\ndetection equipment. The U.S. Sixth Fleet will patrol east and west of Greece during the Games. \n  Overseeing the effort to safeguard the American team and support personnel in Athens will be\nthe U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Thomas J. Miller. In 2001, the State Department assigned a Bureau\nof Diplomatic Security (DS) special agent to serve as Olympic Security Coordinator (OSC). (Among\nits other missions, DS develops and implements security programs for safeguarding U.S. diplomatic\npersonnel around the world.) As noted in State Department budget documents, the department plans\nto assign 150 DS special agents to Athens and surrounding areas before, and during, the Games. \nReportedly, an evacuation plan has been developed for the U.S. Olympic team. \n  Since January 2003, high-level U.S. government and Greek officials have met 10 times to\ndiscuss security issues and arrangements (among other topics, on occasion). Among the participants\nin such meetings have been Greece's Prime Minister and Public Order Minister, the mayor of\nAthens, and the President of the United States, Deputy Secretary of State, and Director of the Federal\nBureau of Investigation. This report will be updated as circumstances warrant.",
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    "American Law",
    "Economic Policy",
    "Foreign Affairs",
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