British lawmakers are set to grill the head of the security company that announced last week it could not provide enough staff for the Olympic Games, forcing the government to call in 3,500 military personnel to help.
Nick Buckles, the chief executive of G4S security, faces the House of Commons Home Affairs committee, which is probing Olympic security.
The games open in 10 days.
G4S has a 284-million-pound ($444 million) government contract to provide 13,700 security guards for the Olympic Games, but only 4,000 guards are trained and ready, the committee says.
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No doubt a legal contract stipulates exactly what must be done should G4 fail to meet contractual obligations.
Simply review the contract and follow agreed upon directions. ty
Plus this will give folks the opportunity to introduce themselves to the idea of military forces providing security for sporting events in the future.
Like Hurricane Katrina disaster relief...usually, the National Guard is called upon. But since Louisianna's National Guard was in Irag, Blackwater and Associates were hired to secure the area. (and the US corporation that used to build our nuclear powerplants was hired to clean-up trash and debris) Flexible.
...sort of like Halliburton, a giant oilfield firm offering services such as cementing and fracturing since the 1950s being relegated to serving food to troops in Iraq. Flexible. Expensive, but flexible.
...at this rate, it won't be long before we get used to the idea of the CIA being part of our domestic police force.
Won't that be fun!
What a hoot, the ethnic english army invading the pakistani city of London to protect it from terrorist...pakistanis!
Stop pretending like you didn't know the CIA moved their domestic affairs division to Denver 6 years ago. sheesh
Major mix up...hopefully not at the expense of any lost lives at the Games!
Not me at 9:27
London under siege kind of reminds one of it under the German blitz.
Anti-aircraft guns on roof tops. perhaps a brown out or a black out would be next. Sad.
Those handful who we fear so must be preening themselves.
Good Afternoon saywhat, Could you repost the websites you sited a few days ago?
Was one of them "Monster Media" ?
No @Mary none of it is Monster Media.I am hearing of it for the first time.
I like to browse Media Monitors, Counter Punch, Veterans Today, Anti war.com, Jewish Voice for Peace and a few more.
I also like to catch what Noam Chomsky.Uri Avnery, Seymour Hersh,Ilan Peppe, Robert Falk are saying.
Gotcha, Media Monsters NOT Monsters Media.
Yep, I found that Uri Avnery's article on "the two faces" haven't had a chance to read it tho.
Seems I just don't have enough time to read all that I want but I will get to it, looks good!
Thanks again saywhat.