Military Review English Edition November-December 2014 | Page 89

ENTANGLEMENT
The United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, serves as the military’s sole maximum-security facility
for male service members.
(U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Entanglement: Using
Social Network
Analysis for Military
Justice Applications
Maj. Dan Maurer, U.S. Army

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his article takes part of its title from the quantum property of entanglement, a strange and
perplexing feature of subatomic physics. After
two particles have interacted, entanglement describes
how the properties of one particle directly and simultaneously influence the behavior or properties of the
other particle, even after they stop directly interacting
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and even when separated by great distances of space. They
behave as if they remain tethered by an invisible web.1
Einstein famously called this phenomenon “spooky
action at a distance.”2
Likewise, common life experience demonstrates
that our interpersonal connections often influence
our social behavior and conduct—in both positive
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