[From article]
One area of study that’s planned for the 2014-2017 time frame partners Cornell University researchers with the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research to come up with a model for the “dynamics
of social movement mobilization and contagions,”[. . .]
Another aspect of the project partners the University of Washington with the U.S. Army Research Office to “uncover the conditions under which political movements aimed at large-scale political and economic change originate,” as well as their “characteristics and consequences,” through study of 58 difference countries,
[. . .]
Those individuals targeted for questioning include political activists and members of non-governmental organizations
[. . .]
Activism, protest, ‘political movements’ and of course NGOs are a vital element of a healthy
civil society and democracy — why is it that the DoD is funding research to investigate such issues?”Thomas Jefferson would be proud of the people.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/13/us-defense-department-studying-protesters-prep-mas/
Pentagon studying protesters to prep for ‘mass civil breakdown’
By Cheryl K. Chumley
The Washington Times
Friday, June 13, 2014
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