Paris 2024

[FYI]

40 minutes ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Uh-oh!   So much for CONFIDENTIAL SECURITY!! 

Paris 2024: Computers and USB sticks with sensitive security information stolen (insidethegames.biz) 

The Maginot Line all over again!!   

This story seems strange. Why would a city employee be allowed to travel on public transit with "sensitive security information" about the Olympics? One would think such highly important information would not be allowed to leave it's pertinent confines, & if it did, it would travel in a much more secure way than a public train. I mean, it's only national security we're talking about here. The whole thing seems bizarre, to say the least.

[Sir Rols]

3 hours ago, FYI said:

This story seems strange. Why would a city employee be allowed to travel on public transit with "sensitive security information" about the Olympics? One would think such highly important information would not be allowed to leave it's pertinent confines, & if it did, it would travel in a much more secure way than a public train. I mean, it's only national security we're talking about here. The whole thing seems bizarre, to say the least.

It’s not the first time such things have happened

Classified Ministry of Defence documents found at bus stop

7 times politicians and government officials left important things on public transport

And if you want the US nuclear codes, don’t you just have to go to the toilet at Mar del Largo?

Edited February 28, 2024 by Sir Rols

[FYI]

It's pretty scary when private companies, like Apple & Samsung, keep their plans under wraps better than govt's do.

[baron-pierreIV]

48 minutes ago, FYI said:

It's pretty scary when private companies, like Apple & Samsung, keep their plans under wraps better than govt's do.

Well, Paris 2028 though is a private entity -- not gov't.  And of course, their security plans do not include nuclear codes --I think just which areas need to be secured, est. # of personnel to be deployed and probably Plans B and C -- and again, mostly in crowd control and reactive scenarios if all hell breaks loose in a terrorist attack -- of which the OGs have seen and survived 2 or 3.  And if the laptop was Password-secured; then it would not be easy.  

Not unless the plans also included the security arrangements for the VIPs & heads-of-state expected to attend the OC.  Then, that's a problem.  Maybe time to move the OC into the Stade de France.  

 

Edited February 28, 2024 by baron-pierreIV
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[yoshi]

Top secret national security documents have been left on South West Trains out of London Waterloo before now - it's almost nice to know it's not just us 

[FYI]

I was about to say, both those articles posted were of British instances. But even though the organizing committee is a private entity, the gov't is the one providing the security. The organizing committee (& even city employees as the case here) should really be having limited access to those type of plans, really on just a "need to know" basis, not be privy to "sensitive security information" that can put those highly sensitive security plans in jeopardy if not handled properly. 

[baron-pierreIV]

6 hours ago, FYI said:

I was about to say, both those articles posted were of British instances. But even though the organizing committee is a private entity, the gov't is the one providing the security. The organizing committee (& even city employees as the case here) should really be having limited access to those type of plans, really on just a "need to know" basis, not be privy to "sensitive security information" that can put those highly sensitive security plans in jeopardy if not handled properly. 

But many agencies are involved in the overall plans because they cross different lines, jurisdictions, responsibilities, etc.,  It's one BIG complex wheel or gear working together but there are many DIFFERENT moving parts.  Because it's such a large, complex operation, you cannot compartmentalize (i.e., need to know basis)--esp, in a democracy.  Like as they said, 9/11 would never have happened if more info was shared by many agencies.  If they offered a reward, maybe they could get the sticks back, undisturbed.  

[cfm Jeremie]

It has been since clarified that the documents lost/stolen from a representative of the City of Paris (i.e. not the OCOG - as much as some Estanguet-obsessed maniac would have loved it) were not related to Games security.

[sebastien1214]

1 hour ago, cfm Jeremie said:

It has been since clarified that the documents lost/stolen from a representative of the City of Paris (i.e. not the OCOG - as much as some Estanguet-obsessed maniac would have loved it) were not related to Games security.

More precisely, according to the Paris public prosecutor's office, these would be the traffic plans in Paris (areas prohibited to car traffic, etc.), and the municipal police plans planned to enforce these plans. So nothing really sensitive.

In any case, to the extent that the USB key belonged to an engineer from the city of Paris and not to a police or army officer, it seemed quite unlikely to me that these were plans for the security of ceremonies or competitions.

[FYI]

Well, that's good to know. So was Raul from ITG's just exaggerating then, for clickbait perhaps.

[Gonzo]

On 2/28/2024 at 4:47 AM, Cyriln said:

The Olympic village will be inaugurated this Thursday

What an eye-sore (and future drug riddled ghetto)

[baron-pierreIV]

18 minutes ago, Gonzo said:

What an eye-sore (and future drug riddled ghetto)

Yet you posted it.    You better get your dealers in there to stake out their turf, Gonzo!! 

[Gonzo]

The local Algerians & Moroccans have already divided up the area for post-Olympics distribution rights

LOL @ the comments

[Sir Rols]

On 2/28/2024 at 4:47 AM, Cyriln said:

The Olympic village will be inaugurated this Thursday and the OC will take possession of it the day after, on March 1.

The village won't have a mayor. The office that was planned for the mayor will be transformed into a nursery, where athletes will be able to reunite with their children in a comfortable place.

Article by L'Équipe (in French)

Nice to see Manu at a photo op - even if he keeps his shirt on!

[sebastien1214]

58 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

Ravi de voir Manu à une séance photo - même s'il garde sa chemise !

Rest assured, you will soon have the opportunity to see a photo of Macron without a shirt: he actually announced during this inauguration that he would swim in the Seine before the Olympic Games.

When we look at the photos taken in the heard of the village, the Olympic Village seems a bit less ugly than seen from the sky, but what a disappointment to see that we are incapable of designing buildings with such ugly facades when we see what Haussmann did almost two centuries ago.

[Sir Rols]

1 hour ago, sebastien1214 said:

When we look at the photos taken in the heard of the village, the Olympic Village seems a bit less ugly than seen from the sky, but what a disappointment to see that we are incapable of designing buildings with such ugly facades when we see what Haussmann did almost two centuries ago.

Yeah, I agree, looks better in video from ground level (pity I can’t embed the video from the Olympics site). And, yeah, I’m not particularly enamoured with modern urban residency design - it sure doesn’t seem to inspire he same affection as older architecture - but then again, architecture like art must look forward rather than backwards. But I like that it seems medium rise rather than very high rise (looks like 8-10 storeys max, I guess) and some of he other feature buildings in the village look impressive.

All in all, okay, I guess, but Manu’s Grands Projets don’t live up to Haussmann’s.

Edited March 1, 2024 by Sir Rols

[baron-pierreIV]

Looks like they had to spread the design awards around -- regardless of cohesion or any uniformity.  They must've thought, well it's just St. Denis; and anything new, regardless of how un-simpatico the designs are, will be better than what was there before.  Is that the same mentality guiding the OC?  

[sebastien1214]

Continuation and probably end of the story of the theft of the USB key: after additional investigations*, it would seem that... the engineer lied about the documents in the USB key in order to speed up the investigation into the theft, and that there is no data concerning the Olympics in it.

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* https://www.lindependant.fr/2024/03/01/vol-dune-sacoche-a-la-gare-du-nord-avec-des-documents-sensibles-sur-les-jo-de-paris-2024-la-victime-aurait-menti-sur-le-contenu-du-sac-pour-faire-avancer-plus-vite-lenquete-11798126.php

[FYI]

Oh, geez. That is just appalling. 

[Sir Rols]

16 hours ago, sebastien1214 said:

Rest assured, you will soon have the opportunity to see a photo of Macron without a shirt: he actually announced during this inauguration that he would swim in the Seine before the Olympic Games.

Ah yes, I’ve just seen the report now - that’ll be something to look forward to 

Macron promises to swim in Seine river as he inaugurates athletes' village

[sebastien1214]

The construction of temporary installations has just started* on Friday at Place de la Concorde, and tomorrow it will also be the turn of the Eiffel Tower Stadium to begin to be assembled. For the Trocadéro, the first work will begin on March 20 (for the opening ceremony but also the Champions Park)

Also, on the Tahiti side, the installation of the new judges' tower will begin on March 11**; the foundations are now complete. The installation should be completed within two months for the Tahiti Pro which will also serve as a test event for these Olympic Games.

(The latest visuals to date. I wonder if the installations will conform to these visuals or if there will be changes, particularly for the Trocadéro.)

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* https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/jo-paris-2024-concorde-champ-de-mars-trocadero-les-grands-chantiers-commencent-01-03-2024-N3ZBOW7KNBDVPFH34FTTAANHMY.php

** https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/jo-de-paris-2024-la-construction-de-la-controversee-tour-des-juges-a-debute-en-polynesie-1469412.html

[Cyriln]

The official Olympic and Paralympic posters. The two posters can be combined to form a single picture hand-drawn by the French illustrator Ugo Gattoni.

 

[sebastien1214]

30 minutes ago, Cyriln said:

The official Olympic and Paralympic posters. The two posters can be combined to form a single picture hand-drawn by the French illustrator Ugo Gattoni.

 

I find them magnificent. Here is the version where the two posters are together:

[Durban Sandshark]

Makes me wonder if this would serve as an inspiration for the Paris 2024 OBS broadcasting intro. Recent past editions like to highlight the host city and ensuring all the Olympic sports are shown in it.

[Cyriln]

25 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

I find them magnificent. Here is the version where the two posters are together:

If you want to play Où est Charlie (the French name of Where's Wally/Waldo), there are (according to the press release) 29 Olympic sports, 19 Paralympic sports, 8 Phryges and many other things to find.