NBC ‘Confident’ in Olympic Security Measures

By Merrill Knox 

olympics nbc_sochi1With the Olympics just two weeks away, NBC is comfortable with the security measures in place for its 2,300 employees that will travel to Sochi, the Los Angeles Times reports:

NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel, during a conference call with reporters on Thursday to discuss NBC’s television coverage plans, said he was “confident” with the level of security being marshalled by the Russian government.”We have never seen the type of security that we are seeing in Russia,” Zenkel said. “We are overwhelmed and comfortable with the amount of security that has been deployed.”

Appearing on “The Late Show with David Letterman” this week, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow talked about why she won’t be traveling to Sochi:

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