Olympic Security

As a member of the Canadian military, I have been hearing alot about Olympic security.  A task force has been stood up, specifically for Olympic security.  But is this all smoke and mirrors?

In response to concerns about high-profile event security, Bruce Schneier, an internationally-recognized security expert, has this to say:

This is certainly the conventional wisdom, but is there any actual evidence that it’s true? The 9/11 terrorists could have easily chosen a different date and a major event — sporting or other — to target, but they didn’t. The London and Madrid train bombers could have just as easily chosen more high-profile events to bomb, but they didn’t. The Mumbai terrorists chose an ordinary day and ordinary targets. Aum Shinrikyo chose an ordinary day and ordinary train lines. Timothy McVeigh chose the ordinary Oklahoma City Federal Building. Irish terrorists chose, and Palestinian terrorists continue to choose, ordinary targets. Some of this can be attributed to the fact that ordinary targets are easier targets, but not a lot of it.

So how effective are we being, by emphasizing Olympic security?  Are we concentrating our attention at one “weak point”, opening security holes to be exploited elsewhere?  Or possibly when we stand down from Olympic high-security, will the lull make us a target?