Winter Olympic security tightens as US-European tensions grow

Since the murder of 11 Israeli hostages at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, security has been fundamental for games stakeholders. The 2024 Paris games set new benchmarks for security at a mega event, and now the presence of American security officials in Milan Cortina threatens to darken this year s Winter Olympics before they even start. Security at the games The scale of security at the games has magnified considerably since the 1970s. For the 2024 Olympics, the French government mobilised an