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Security Threat Set To Be Severe At London 2012 Olympics

LONDON – Britain's counterterrorism minister says the national terror threat will remain at a severe level during the 2012 London Olympics.

The current threat classification means that an attack is highly likely in Britain.

Minister Pauline Neville-Jones says "we must work on the assumption that (the threat) will remain as it is."

She says the next — and most extreme level — is "critical."

Neville-Jones also told an Olympic security conference in London on Thursday that more needs to be done to combat cyber crime to ensure the games are not a "soft target."

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