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“$3,000,000 to University of Arizona College of Engineering for Asymmetric Threat Response and Analysis Project (ATRAP)”

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Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
1127 E. James E. Rogers Way
Tucson, AZ
85721
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
1127 East James E. Rogers Way Tucson, AZ
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
The address is the University of Arizona's Engineering building, and this is for work with the U.S. Army at Ft. Huachuca in Sierra Vista (i.e., the National Security Agency).
See Giffords' website: http://giffords.house.gov/legislation/appropriations/index.shtml

I suspect this is may be for Hsinchun Chen's data mining work at the University of Arizona's Artificial Intelligence Lab:
http://ai.arizona.edu/hchen/
Also see this patent:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20070011722.html
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
Yes
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Contracts (Fedspending.org):  Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Grants (Fedspending.org):  Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
Yes
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
Yes
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
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