Tag: Rio Games 2016 security

• Friday, August 19th 2016 - 10:25 UTC

  US Olympic swimmers fabricated robbery story to cover up a night of heavy drinking in Rio

  

  The two U.S. swimmers who were abruptly taken off a plane and detained in Rio on Wednesday night have been allowed to leave the country and are headed for the United States.

• Friday, August 5th 2016 - 21:18 UTC

  Rio Games have an international counterterrorism office, a first for an Olympic event

  

  A lot of people are fretting about the safety of the Rio Olympic Games. Zika fears, the notoriously unsafe water in Guanabara Bay, an Olympic venue so filthy that some rowers and sailors are planning to wear protective gear and of course violent crime.