At
a
time
when
Olympic
organisers
and
the
government
____________________
____________________
____________________
hoping
to
present
a
sparkling
image
of
Britain
on
the
international
stage
,
the
controversy
surrounding
security
at
the
games
has
not
gone
unnoticed
by
the
world's
media
.
"
Security
at
the
Olympic
games
in
London
:
chaotic
management
,
"
____________________
the
headline
in
one
report
by
the
French
daily
Le
Monde
about
the
fallout
from
the
deployment
of
3
,
500
extra
troops
to
make
up
for
the
failure
of
G4S
to
meet
its
contractual
obligations
.
The
respected
French
business
journal
Les
Echosalso
picked
up
on
the
story
,
observing
that
"
what
____________________
supposed
to
have
been
a
shop
window
for
the
British
company
is
in
fact
turning
into
a
fiasco
"
.
It
____________________
that
G4S
would
have
trouble
using
the
Olympics
to
win
similar
contracts
for
the
World
Cup
in
Brazil
in
2014
,
reporting
that
press
coverage
in
the
UK
about
the
company's
practices
were
"
extremely
embarrassing
"
.
In
Germany
,
Der
Spiegel
magazine
____________________
the
revelation
by
G4S
that
it
____________________
fall
short
in
terms
of
its
commitments
as
an
"
embarrassing
admission
at
the
11th
hour
"
.
"
British
marines
____________________
having
to
call
off
their
holidays
to
act
as
pocket
friskers
and
find
the
idea
humiliating
,
"
it
added
.
"
There's
now
much
discussion
in
the
UK
as
to
whether
the
outsourcing
of
security
duties
to
a
private
company
____________________
such
a
good
idea
after
all
.
Because
at
the
end
of
the
day
it's
the
state
that
has
to
jump
in
to
save
the
situation
.
The
prospect
of
having
to
do
service
on
the
home
front
____________________
____________________
discontent
within
the
military
.
Not
only
are
thousands
of
soldiers
having
to
cut
short
their
holidays
,
it's
considered
nothing
if
not
belittling
that
soldiers
with
experience
of
war
____________________
____________________
to
carry
out
bog
-
standard
security
controls
.
"
On
the
other
side
of
the
Atlantic
,
US
media
outlets
____________________
widespread
use
of
Associated
Press
news
agency
copy
which
reported
that
"
blame
____________________
____________________
to
fly
"
in
London
and
mentioned
last
weekend's
Observer
story
about
frontline
officials
at
Heathrow
claiming
that
terror
suspects
on
the
Home
Office
watch
list
____________________
____________________
the
UK
in
the
runup
to
the
Olympics
without
the
necessary
security
checks
.
ABC
News
followed
up
on
the
story
,
reporting
:
"
Government
officials
____________________
ABC
News
that
report
was
not
accurate
,
but
said
an
independent
auditor
____________________
____________________
there
are
many
new
,
hastily
-
trained
guards
at
the
airport
who
sometimes
do
not
question
travellers
as
diligently
as
they
should
.
"
Down
under
,
Australian
media
outlets
____________________
sydicated
reports
from
the
UK
,
but
the
independent
news
website
Crikey
carried
a
report
suggesting
that
David
Cameron's
government
had
earned
"
a
gold
medal
in
incompetence
"
.
Referring
to
the
controversy
over
the
siting
of
missile
launching
systems
at
locations
around
London
,
the
report
also
managed
a
swipe
at
Australia's
arts
funding
and
advisory
body
,
adding
:
"
Still
,
whatever
____________________
wrong
,
we
still
have
the
surface
-
to
-
air
missiles
on
the
roof
.
The
building
they're
located
in
houses
the
Australia
Council's
London
studio
?
?
?
so
,
at
last
,
something
launched
from
there
____________________
____________________
an
impact
.
"
