US Olympic security chief in bid to allay Irish safety fears

THE US Olympic team’s head of security is to meet his Irish counterpart in a bid to ease concerns over safety at this summer’s Athens Games.

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) have demanded assurances for the security of their athletes after three bombs were detonated in the Greek capital earlier this month.

Speaking in New York yesterday, the US Olympic Committee (USOC)’s chief security officer Larry Buendorf said that he would seek out the OCI delegation at next week’s security briefing conference in Athens and ask them to place their faith in the host country’s $1.2bn security operation.