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4-22-96. WaPo:
"Counter-Terrorism to Be Olympic Event for-U.S."
Federal authorities are taking precautions against the
use of unconventional weaponry such as poison gas, germ
weapons or even a nuclear device. Those attending the
Games will see only a small portion of the immense
security operation. At its heart will be an estmated
3,000 Army troops, 6,300 National Guardsmen, and at
least 10,000 other police and private security guards at
peak strength, with an additional force of agents from
the FBI, ATF, DIA, CIA, NSA and FEMA.
The Pentagon's office of special operations and
low-intensity conflict plans to place its elite counter-
terrorism teams in readiness. "We keep telling everybody
we wil be armed with a radio and a smile," said Maj.
Gen. Robert R. Hicks Jr.
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