Olympic-sized security protocol, travel-sized toothpaste at Sochi

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    Volunteers wait to go through a security check point at the Coastal Village where athletes will reside during the 2014 Winter Olympics

    Volunteers wait to go through a security check point at the Coastal Village where athletes will reside during the 2014 Winter Olympics

    Add altered toothpaste tubes to the list of variables that could compromise security at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

    NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller talks with Wojtek Wolfe, assistant professor of political science at Rutgers-Camden, about efforts to safeguard the 3,000 athletes and huge crowds at the 98 medal events.

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