Greece Fumes at Security Lapses Claims

Sports | August 16, 2004, Monday // 00:00
Greece Fumes at Security Lapses Claims Greece is furious at the allegations of a British tabloid newspaper, which claims to have exposed serious security lapses in Athens security. Photo by AFP

Greece Minister of Public Order answered back to the allegations of a British tabloid newspaper, which claims to have exposed serious security lapses in Athens during the build-up to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

"I would recommend Mr. Graham read fewer detective stories," Greece's Public Order Minister Yiorgos Voulgarakis said in a written response to the Sunday Mirror report.

The Sunday Mirror says an undercover reporter was able to get a job at the main stadium without proper vetting. The paper claims the reporter worked at the venue until the opening ceremony.

According to the Sunday Mirror article the reporter planted three suspicious packages within the stadium, which were not detected by security, sweeps. He was even able to gain access to the site with names such as Michael Mouse and Robert bin Laden handwritten on his identification pass.

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