Why the Sochi Olympics may be a prime terror target

Name: Why the Sochi Olympics may be a prime terror target
Uploaded: 2014-01-22T01:41:35Z
Duration: P274S
Description: Security pressures for the upcoming Olympics are high, due to the bloody history of its location. Sochi was the site of a massacre 150 years ago, bringing fresh symbolism to insurgents wishing to avenge more recent bloodshed. For more, Hari Sreenivasan talks to Robert Bruce Ware of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Clip: 01/21/2014 | 4m 34s

Security pressures for the upcoming Olympics are high, due to the bloody history of its location. Sochi was the site of a massacre 150 years ago, bringing fresh symbolism to insurgents wishing to avenge more recent bloodshed. For more, Hari Sreenivasan talks to Robert Bruce Ware of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Aired: 01/21/14

Rating: NR

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