GOP Rep.: ‘Something Will Detonate’ In Sochi

House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct ranking member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, arrives for a closed door executive session of the adjudicatory hearing into Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, alleged ethics vi... House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct ranking member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, arrives for a closed door executive session of the adjudicatory hearing into Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, alleged ethics violations, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) MORE LESS
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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, on Sunday warned that there is a serious threat of a terrorist attack near the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

“I think there is a higher degree probability that something is going to — something will detonate. Something will go off,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” “But I do think it’s probably most likely to happen outside of the ring of steel and the Olympic village.”

McCaul warned that because there was violence in the area before the Olympics, it could happen again.

“Remember, we’ve already had two suicide bombers that have gone off outside the Olympic village in recent — in December. You had the train station and the bus blown up,” he said. “I would caution people to stay in the village if they’re there.”

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