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Pentagon Studies Putin Body Language For Hint Of Intent -- USA Today
The movements of Russia's leader and others are scrutinized to gain insights into their decision-making.
A Pentagon research team is studying the body movements of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders in order to better predict their actions and guide U.S. policy, Pentagon documents and interviews show.
The "Body Leads" project backed by the Office of Net Assessment (ONA), the think tank reporting to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, uses the principles of movement pattern analysis to predict how leaders will act.
U.S. policymakers are seeking any advantage they can find as they try to anticipate Putin, who in the past week has ordered Russian troops into neighboring Ukraine and laid claim to the Crimea Peninsula. The ensuing crisis has led to U.S. and European sanctions against Russia, spurred weapons and aircraft shipments to Eastern European nations and revived tensions last seen during the height of the Cold War.
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My Comment: I suspect that in the bowels of the Pentagon and in the U.S. intelligence community there are a few specialists whose sole job is to track and watch every movement/speech/remark by Putin. Sighhh .... talk about a boring and un-fulfilling job.
Update #1: Pentagon Spends $300,000 Per Year to Study Body Language of Putin, World Leaders -- National Journal
Update #2: Pentagon studying Putin's body language to predict his behavior -- RT
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