Poll: 57 Percent of Americans Think Terrorist Attack Likely at Sochi Olympics
90-something percent should've said they didn't know, to paraphrase an old Doug Stanhope bit
With two days to go before the Winter Olympics open in the Russian city of Sochi, more than half of Americans think a terrorist attack on the Games is likely, a poll shows.
The results of the CNN/ORC poll come a day after U.S. officials said they had specific reasons to worry about security in Russia.
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I'm guessing that about 57% of Americans knew were Sochi was located before the winter started.