EXCLUSIVE — The Paris Olympic Games have ended successfully. French security forces and their foreign partners performed admirably in protecting athletes and visitors.

However, had armed terrorists launched an attack on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams, there wouldn’t have been much that the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service agents assigned to protect those teams could have done about it. Three sources with direct knowledge told the Washington Examiner that the DSS failed to secure firearms carry authorization in Paris. As one source put it, “All they carry are their radios.” For security reasons, the Washington Examiner withheld its reporting until the Games concluded.