adminIt was Mr Hammond’s first appearance at Defence Questions since taking over from Mr Fox.
The US embassy in London has denied reports that it was unhappy with the UK’s security plans.
The Guardian claimed the US was furious about security plans and wanted to send up to 1 000 of its own people, including 500 FBI agents but the Home Office says it has “full confidence” in the plans.
The deployment of overseas security officers at the Olympics has become standard procedure in recent years but final responsibility for security rests with the host government.
National Olympic security co-ordinator Chris Allison said there would be a small number of “foreign security liaison officers” in London to act as a link between their national teams and UK police.
But he insisted their numbers would not be on the scale reported
“The Games will be delivered by the British police service, working with Games organisers Locog,” he told the BBC. “We will have support from other colleagues up and down the country but it is the British police service that will be doing it.”
The US was providing “great support”, Mr Allison added, and their officials did not “recognise” the concerns expressed in the Guardian .—BBC.
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