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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Jenna Jordan, cited in The Atlantic, on the efficacy of terror group leadership removal.
“Organizations that have not had their leaders removed are more likely to fall apart than those that have undergone a loss of leadership.” However, religious organizations are still “highly resistant to leadership decapitation.” — Jenna Jordan (The Nunn School) in The Atlantic, September 7, 2014