This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Pentagon Makes No Secret of Wanting to Monitor Social Change Activism
The U.S. military is increasingly concerned about the risks to social, political and economic stability from resource stress and climate change – and whether they might lead governments to collapse.
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Exposed: Pentagon Funds New Data-Mining Tools to Track and Kill Activists, Part IV
New but little-known Pentagon directives authorize the use of armed drones against American citizens in the homeland in the context of domestic emergencies.
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Pentagon Funds New Data-Mining Tools To Track and Kill Activists, Part III
Arizona State University’s Defense Department-sponsored data-mining algorithms would enhance CIA "signature" drone strike targeting.
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Targeting "Social Contagions," Defense Department Prepares for Mass Civil Breakdown
Twitter posts and conversations will be examined "to identify individuals mobilized in a social contagion and when they become mobilized."
