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‘When Vancouver first A vast network of The rationale for the
\nsubmitted a bid for the Winter Olympics, the budget for
\n\u201csecurity\u201d was said to be $175-million. The final cost will
\nexceed $1-billion. An army of Canadian military, federal police
\nagencies and municipal police, about 10,000 altogether, will police the
\ncity, complemented by some 5,000 security guards. <\/font><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n
\nsurveillance cameras of public spaces has been installed, and barbed
\nwire fences and other barriers are going up all over the region to keep
\nprotesters and the non-ticket holding public away from Games venues.
\nPolice have stepped up harassment and intimidation of anti-Olympics
\norganizers across Canada, in some cases visiting homes and workplaces
\nto interrogate not only Games\u2019 critics but also their
\nacquaintances.<\/font><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n
\noverwhelming display of military and police power is the same as that
\nused to justify the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine \u2013
\nthat behind every corner lurks a potential \u201cterrorist
\nthreat\u201d and the only way to combat that threat is to wage war.
\nPolice have warned they will arrest anyone who attempts to stage
\nprotests of the Games near venues or along key transportation routes.’<\/font><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n