Russian police screen a driver and his vehicle at an entrance to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games park in Sochi. Stanford experts say the location makes these games an attractive terrorist target.
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games are a prime target for terrorism, say Stanford scholars. The proximity and intensity of the neighboring Chechen separatist threat as well as the Russian handling of the security issue are heightening fears about possible attacks. The possibility of a terrorist attack at the upcoming Winter Olympics is high, due to a confluence of risk factors, according to Stanford experts. It is difficult, they say, to thwart terrorism at such a large-scale event. The Olympics open Feb. 7 and run through Feb. 23, with hundreds of thousands of people visiting multiple sites as spectators.
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