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They're ensuring that these explosives, if they're on airplanes, they'll stop them. >> i know there's only so much you can talk about. have you been briefed on threats that are as specific as the toothpaste and cosmetics bomb threats? >> there are threats. the emirate caucuses, the more extreme faction of the chechnyian rebels that train in syria, for instance, there is a concern that with that kind of training and trade craft that they can travel from syria into the sochi area. that is of grave concern. so is the aviation. explosives. they may be trying to get these explosives on airlines. >>...

Sochi and could be in the sochi area. the other three women, according to the police, are suspected of plotting some sort of attack against the olympic torch relay as it makes its way to sochi over the next three days. much less is known about the two men, only they could try to carry out some sort of attack in southern russia, according to officials. >> couple questions, one is timing, the woman they think may be around sochi. she came in after the big bombing weeks ago, so a what does that say about the level of security and how tough is it going to be to track the six people down? >> there'...

Have a worldwide television audience of 3 billion people. the first thing you think about is munich, those of us alive at the time were riveted by that horrific scene. so what's the goal here? they want to humiliate putin as much as they possibly can? >> yeah, they want to make a statement on the world stage, and unfortunately for us, they don't have to attack, say, the torch relay. they don't have to attack an olympic event. these folks, if they carry out an attempt in a russian city like volgograd, st. petersburg around the time of the olympics, that's going to make an international statemen...

They are looking at going after the torch relay, richard, are you seeing anything on the ground, extra precautions, or was the security along the route already pretty tight? >> security is very tight, particularly the closer you get to sochi. plus, to echo was evan was saying, there was an ongoing conflict in the country between the russian government, russian security forces, and militant groups in the north caucasus. those groups are targeted by the russian soldiers and police and the russian military is doing ongoing operation. there was a big operation just a few days ago that killed a num...

The russian intelligence is not good enough to take care of this. >> this attack that took place in december. what in your view was the strategy here to do this leading up to the games? to make everyone uneasy to send a message this was a prelude for more? >> it was a well coordinated military style attack. it was right in the heart of russia. saying it is not safe to go but it is not. they want to wreck the olympics for the russians and they are starting to do it >> very sobering and unsettling for the millions of people who are planning to descend on sochi. appreciate that. >> all right that...