Telegraph article here.
It says that 4,000-5,000 troops are already due to marshall events at Weymouth and provide air-based security at other sites. Now there seem to be discussions about a further 6,000 for more security.
Now, although I appreciate there may be no alternative, I find this unsettling, both in terms of what this indicates about the risks to the Games and what it means to inuring the public to troops carrying out policing (if that is indeed what they'll be doing, it's not totally clear yet). And then there's the question of whether, with other commitments they actually have this number available (will they have to cancel summer leave?) and what sort of training they will be providing for such activities.
I'm usually a great supporter of the military, but the scale of what is being proposed here has left me feeling uneasy and I can't quite pin down why. What does anyone else think?