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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20131231 07:04:00

Putting in place, they re very cagey about for obvious reasons. but there will be a imagine security problem, fans will have to come in. there will be rigorous checks. still, it is really further away and around the region, but softer targets like transportation hubs, which people have to be careful about because that is where athletes and visitors will have to travel through, to get to sochi. and people on the front lines to stay a step ahead of terrorists. and from her time with the george bush administration worked for the greek government, she currently sits on the cia and homeland security department external advisory boards. fran, back-to-back attacks, what do you make of this? well, look, the leader of the northern caucus in this group has demonstrated his capability. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20131231 01:09:00

Building up the security services and caucuses, and they want to demonstrate he has failed. and that is why people don t know why to start on this. i think, frankly, sochi will be safe during the olympics, they will have security, the military will be there. nobody is going to get in there that they don t know. but it is the rest of russia that i think we should worry about. now, the fight over a new report on an especially grim moment for this country. september 11th, last year, of course fighters attacked the diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya, the assault killed four people, including ambassador chris stevens. it quickly became political, including the republicans saying the white house is downplaying the connections to the attack, including the al-qaeda involve the. some called it a cover-up regarding president obama s election chances, now the house hearing only deepened the divide ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20131231 04:03:00

it does seem a strange target but one thing that makes it unique is that is it a very major rail hub for this area. so security will be very, very tight as the games approach and targeting regional cities and transportation hubs where people may be copping through especially at the peak holiday season is the way to create maximum fear and panic ahead of the games. and what about security? what are russian officials saying about security in advance of and during the olympics? well, they re saying that they re not going to change the security measures that they have in place in sochi, that they re tough enough. irrespective of the bombings that they have, and they continue to promise the maximum security at these games. but that is a very big call given the proximity of the northern caucasus region, if you consider the size of russia, that s spitting distance. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20131231 01:04:00

Tough enough. irrespective of the bombings that they have, and they continue to promise the maximum security at these games. but that is a very big call given the proximity of the northern caucases region, if you consider the size of russia, particular measures that they re putting in place, they re very cagey about for obvious reasons. but there will be a imagine security problem, fans will have to come in. there will be rigorous checks. still, it is really further away and around the region, but softer targets like transportation hubs, which people have to be careful about because that is where athletes and visitors will have to travel through, to get to sochi. and people on the front lines to stay a step ahead of terrorists. and from her time with the ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20131231 07:03:00

From sochi, or the northern caucasus, any tourists would have to come from the other way. so they know it will be very, very tight as the games approach. and targeting other regional cities, transportation hubs where people may come through especially at peak holiday season, that is the way to create maximum fear and maximum panic ahead of these games. and what about security? what are russian officials saying about security in advance of and during the olympics? well, they re saying that they re not going to change the security measures that they have in place in sochi, that they re tough enough. irrespective of the bombings that they have, and they continue to promise the maximum security at these games. but that is a very big call given the proximity of the northern caucasus region, if you consider the size of russia, particular measures that they re ....

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