Correction: London 2012-Security story
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Police officers stand in front of CCTV screens in London's Metropolitan Police Service Special Operations Room in central London, Thursday, July 19, 2012. The room will be the police control room for the Olympic Games in the capital and is equipped with technology essential to the smooth running of the policing operation. This includes screens on which CCTV can be shown to provide views across the city. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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A member of police staff stands in front of CCTV screens in London's Metropolitan Police Service Special Operations Room in central London, Thursday, July 19, 2012. The room will be the police control room for the Olympic Games in the capital and is equipped with technology essential to the smooth running of the policing operation. This includes screens on which CCTV can be shown to provide views across the city. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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In this photo released by the British MOD, a sniper with Royal Air Force Regiment Sniper, sights through his scope from inside an RAF Puma helicopter at RAF Northolt ahead of carrying out air security duties for Op Olympic, in London, Friday July 13, 2012. Royal Air Force Puma Helicopters and Typhoon fighter jets along with Royal Navy Sea King helicopters are arriving at RAF Northolt ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games to carry out air security. Aircraft that fail to comply with procedures within a restricted airspace zone around Olympic venues could be subject to "lethal force" from the military, it is revealed Friday. (AP Photo / NEIL CHAPMAN, Ministry of Defence)
LONDON (AP) — In a story July 19, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the threat to the Olympic Games was pegged at "severe," which means that a terrorist attack is "highly likely." While Olympic officials are planning security for the games as if the threat were severe, the threat for Britain as a whole remains "substantial" — meaning that an attack is only a "strong possibility." Britain has five levels of threat, from "low," meaning an attack is unlikely, to "critical," meaning an attack is imminent. The threat to Northern Ireland remains pegged at severe.
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