4-22-96. WaPo: "Counter-Terrorism to Be Olympic Event for-U.S." Federal authorities are taking precautions against the use of unconventional weaponry such as poison gas, germ weapons or even a nuclear device. Those attending the Games will see only a small portion of the immense security operation. At its heart will be an estmated 3,000 Army troops, 6,300 National Guardsmen, and at least 10,000 other police and private security guards at peak strength, with an additional force of agents from the FBI, ATF, DIA, CIA, NSA and FEMA. The Pentagon's office of special operations and low-intensity conflict plans to place its elite counter- terrorism teams in readiness. "We keep telling everybody we wil be armed with a radio and a smile," said Maj. Gen. Robert R. Hicks Jr. EYE_suk (A scary skinhead rumble for I-MAX gouge)