Inside the US Embassy’s Security Strategy at the Winter Olympics

The Joint Operations Center monitors US security at the Olympics.

South Korea-US-KOR Marine take part in an joint exercise at Pyeongchang, South Korea on December 19, 2017. (Photo by Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
South Korea-US-KOR Marine take part in an joint exercise at Pyeongchang, South Korea on December 19, 2017. (Photo by Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

It takes an Olympic effort to keep American citizens safe in the midst of the most high profile event on terrorists’ targeting wish-list.

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 is taking readers inside the Join Operations Center at the US Embassy in Seoul, the room responsible for monitoring the security of American citizens during the Winter Olympic games. Personnel glued to two rows of computer monitors watch for abnormalities, ready to respond to crisis. To prepare for the Pyeongchang Games, the Joint Operations Center has been running drills to test how they may respond to different unfortunate events. Such drills include a simulation in which there’s an explosion in a hockey stadium, and another in which there’s a power outage resulting from a cyber attack. The Join Operations Center is part of the of the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service.

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