<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Project: Brave New World</span><br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Congressional Testimony Transcript</span><br/><br/><br/><em>Presented to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights.</em><br/><br/><br/>[Note: This transcript has been processed and vetted by the Congressional Publishing Office.  Due to the sensitive nature of the following testimony, identities of those testifying before the committee and names of those mentioned have been redacted.  Uncensored transcripts are available to members of Congress ONLY.  Disclosure of Uncensored transcripts have been deemed to be a Federal Offense.]<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Transcript:</span><br/><br/>[Senator 1]:  This hearing of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights is called to order.  The purpose of this hearing is to begin entering into official record the results of the recently completed research effort, Project: Brave New World.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of my colleagues who made the effort to be here.  I am sorry to see that those colleagues from the other side of the aisle were unable or unwilling to be here today.  But we shall proceed.  Perhaps they will join us in the future.  First, I would like to call [REDACTED] to the stand.  <br/><br/>([REDACTED] is sworn in using secular option)<br/><br/>[Senator 1]: [REDACTED], would you please state your name, profession, and credentials for the subcommittee?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Yes.  My name is [REDACTED], and I am a [REDACTED] at [REDACTED].  For the past year I have been lead social research fellow connected to Project: Brave New World.<br/><br/>[Senator 1]: Now, as I understand it, your purpose here before us is to not provide us with the scientific or technological results of Project: Brave New World.<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: No, Senator.  <br/><br/>[Senator 1]: So you are here to do what, exactly?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: I was asked to come before this committee to testify on the social and psychological results from the Project.<br/><br/>[Senator 2]: Social and psychological results?  <br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Yes, Senator.  Project: Brave New World was conducted with multiple aims.  One of which was to discover if there was a way to arrange a stable and functional group of adult volunteers.<br/><br/>[Senator 3]: You can't mean that you are here to tell us whether or not your hand picked group of experts were able to work together or not?  Because if so, then I can see why our colleagues decided not to show up.  This will be a short hearing.<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: No, Senator, that is not exactly the case.<br/><br/>[Senator 3]: Then what, pray tell, is the case, [REDACTED]?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Senators, I have come to tell you what happened with Project: Brave New World's efforts to form a working, functional, and most importantly, stable family unit of four adults, two females and two males.<br/><br/>(Several of the Senators begin to talk rapidly.  Senator 1 bangs the gavel.)<br/><br/>[Senator 1]: Order, order.  I will have order here.  Thank you.  Now, if we can continue with<br/><br/>[Senator 2]: Excuse me, but I want to be clear about this.  You are saying, [REDACTED], that Project: Brave New World, put together four adults and allowed them to form some sort of four person...marriage?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Senators, my purpose here is to merely present the results.  I am not here to pass judgement or offer my own opinion on what happened.  I am only here to walk this subcommittee through the social events that transpired during the time of Project: Brave New World.  <br/><br/>[Senator 1]: Perhaps you should start at the beginning then.  And by beginning, I mean the very beginning.  Start with the purpose of this project.<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Yes, Senator.  Project: Brave New World was conceived as a way to examine the feasibility of utilizing a highly skilled and hand selected group of individuals to improve the liveability of areas where mankind has virtually no presence.  Places such as isolated locations here on Earth or even off world.<br/><br/>[Senator 3]: Off world?  As in<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Yes, Senator, as in the Moon or Mars.  <br/><br/>[Senator 4]: You still aren't explaining why you and your team set up what would be described as an aberration of normal, decent human relationships.<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Senator, we don't view anything as aberrant that may be useful in assisting humanity in expanding its reach.  <br/><br/>[Senator 4]: Well, perhaps you should consider just what kind of <br/><br/>[Senator 1]: Wait, wait.  [REDACTED] isn't here to defend what they did.  [REDACTED] is merely here to report on what happened.  Let's let [REDACTED] continue.<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Thank you, Senator [Sentator 1].  As such an endeavor would require a team of individuals, the possibility of a multi-gender team being the best possible choice was examined.  There is no barrier in regards to sex for becoming involved in space exploration or colonization.  In fact, one could easily say that both genders are necessary for the colonization of other worlds and locales.  The planning team became concerned about the possibility of regular emotions becoming a hindrance to the successful outcome of any mission.  Jealousy, for example.  You may recall the case from a few years ago about the astronaut who<br/><br/>[Senator 2]: You're referring to the crazy lady who drove across the US wearing a diaper?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: I would hesitate to call her crazy, Senator, but you are correct in that that was the case being considered.  An close environment such as we were proposing, with a mixture of genders, could easily lead to a situation where emotions compromise the effectiveness of the team.<br/><br/>[Senator 3]: So you decided to force a group of men and women to shack up together and do what exactly?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: The purpose of the team was to establish and expand a human presence in a hostile and or dangerous environment.  We screened them looking for a lack of traditional sexual mores as well as a willingness to form bonds with more than one person at a time.  The term used is polyamorous.<br/><br/>[Senator 2]: And you were hoping what would happen?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: The only thing we were concerned about was if the team could function in such an environment and establish the necessary improvements to allow for a greater presence.  Could they be the first pioneers into a new frontier?  We told them that they would be going into a place where they would be in close quarters with others who shared their views on...multiple pair bonding, as it were.<br/><br/>[Senator 1]: That is a very clever term, [REDACTED].  I hope that you did not force these people to do something they did not want to.<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: No, Senator.  That was made clear from the very start.  If the group did not bond on such a level, then the project would have not been considered a failure.  Only whether or not the team was successful in making the local more habitable would determine success or failure.  If they did not bond, we would assume our psychological and physiological examinations were not suited to finding compatible partners.<br/><br/>[Senator 3]: What, like match dot com?<br/><br/>(Laughter from the gathered Senators.  Senator 1 taps his gavel again.)<br/><br/>[REDACTED]: Oddly enough, Senator, you are not far from being correct.  We gathered a wide variety of experts and subjected a large group of potential subjects to a rigorous screening process.  We examined mental stability, psychological health, sexual health, sexual function, anything we could think of to subject them to.  It was as thorough an examination as we could make it.  And in the end, we found four individuals who we believed had the potential to bond.  If you care to look on the screens here, you can see the summary sheets from the individual dossiers we compiled on them.  The full dossiers were very extensive.<br/></span><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Brett Hamilton</div><div class="spoiler_body">  <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial black;">CLASSIFIED</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dossier:</span></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;">Please attach a recent photograph (no more than 300 pixels wide):</span><br/>(http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbp2.blogger.com%2F_H19UxbFBays%2FRxdbaWnouVI%2FAAAAAAAABFU%2FoUaC21qFpcQ%2Fs320%2FKarlUrban_Grani_3086070_400.jpg)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Name:</span></span></span> Brett Hamilton, PhD<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Age and Date of Birth:</span></span></span> 35, 1 April, 1978<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Place of Birth:</span></span></span> Norwich, England<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Place of Residence:</span></span></span><br/>Holiday Inn Express Hotel &amp; Suites Boston Garden,<br/>280 Friend Street<br/>Boston, MA 02114<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Occupation:</span></span></span> Professor of Electrical Engineering (hiatus)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Educational Background:</span></span></span> Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Masters in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Double Bachelors Electrical Engineering &amp; Computer Science, California Institute of Technology. <br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Additional Skills:</span></span></span> Helicopter pilot, amateur guitar player <br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Known Allergies:</span></span></span> None<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Reason for Participation:</span></span></span> Recommended by peer at MIT. No issues with project goals, well suited to secluded environments. Research grant recently concluded, currently between projects. <br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Biography:</span></span></span> Born in England, living there with grandmother until the age of 12 when grandmother passed on. Moved to Los Angeles, California to live with mother (who had moved to LA at eh age of 19, to be an actress). Always tinkered with things, trying to take them apart, build, experiment, hack, or explode them. <br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Additional Information:</span></span></span> Project Manager notes: Dr. Hamilton is an interesting 'character'. He seems to take nothing serious, even if it is the most critical work he's done. Perhaps this is some quirk he has developed due to his birth date. <br/> It is suspected that recent hiatus at MIT and conclusion of research funding may be related to rumors of impropriety with two female students. Neither were reportedly his students at the time, and no official response received from MIT.  Due to his work on DoD project he possesses the needed clearance, he has the required skills, social disposition and the availability required for this project. <br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Brook Lin</div><div class="spoiler_body">  <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">CLASSIFIED</span><br/><br/><em>Dossier:</em><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;">Please attach a recent photograph (no more than 300 pixels wide):</span><br/>(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t386/Bells_Marlow/Lucy-Liu-Southland_zps211a6984.jpg)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Name:</span> Brook Lin, MD<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Age and Date of Birth:</span> 33, December 4, 1979<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Place of Birth:</span> Phoenix, Arizona<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Place of Residence:</span> New York City, New York<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Occupation:</span> General medical practitioner, recently employed at Huntington Hospital<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Educational Background:</span> Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Residency specialized in Psychiatry at New York State Hospital in New York City, New York<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Additional Skills:</span> Cook, Psychiatry<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Known Allergies:</span> None<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Reason for Participation:</span> After the hectic lifestyle of working for the World Health Organization since the age of 26, and having no real intimacy for a number of years due to my work, the prospect of this experiment intrigued me on a professional and personal level.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Biography:</span> I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona with my mother and father. Neither of them had completed high school, and worked a series of minimum wage jobs. I dedicated myself to school and was able to earn a scholarship to medical school. At the age of 26, after my residency had finished, I joined the World Heath Organization and traveled to poor countries to bring the aid they needed. After seven years, I left W.H.O. and came back to the states to work. <br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Additional Information:</span> N/A<br/><br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Jenna Sanders</div><div class="spoiler_body"> <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial black;">CLASSIFIED</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dossier:</span></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;">Please attach a recent photograph (no more than 300 pixels wide):</span><br/>(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9jdx7eg1w1r9dt9qo1_500.png)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Name:</span></span></span>  Jenna Lee Sanders, PhD<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Age and Date of Birth:</span></span></span>  33, February 14, 1980<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Place of Birth:</span></span></span>  Buffalo, New York<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Place of Residence:</span></span></span>  Houston, Texas<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Occupation:</span></span></span>  Mechanical Engineer, most recently employed by Boeing<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Educational Background:</span></span></span>  Cornell University, Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Buffalo State College, Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering Technology<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Additional Skills:</span></span></span>  Pilot, Cook<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Known Allergies:</span></span></span>  None<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Reason for Participation:</span></span></span>  I'm recently divorced (2011) and looking for a new start.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Biography:</span></span></span>  I grew up in Buffalo with my father, who raised me alone.  He was a mechanic, and I was raised tinkering with cars.  I guess it's what I knew and loved, because it's what I pursued in college.  I finished my education in 2006 and moved to Houston, Texas, where I spent seven years employed by Boeing.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Additional Information:</span></span></span>  N/A<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Carver Stafford</div><div class="spoiler_body">  <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial black;">CLASSIFIED</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Dossier:</span></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;">Please attach a recent photograph (no more than 300 pixels wide):</span> <br/>(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f65/Marikir/Character%20shots/a5d6bd28-e16a-4277-899b-d9419402ed87_zpsa72041b8.jpg)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Name:</span></span></span> Carver Stafford<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Age and Date of Birth:</span></span></span> 38, September 16, 1974<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Place of Birth:</span></span></span> Tahlequah, OK<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Place of Residence:</span></span></span> Prescott, AZ<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Occupation:</span></span></span> Botanist, USDA Forest Service<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Educational Background:</span></span></span> Doctorate, Agronomy/Food Science, University of California, Berkley; Masters, Botany, University of Hawai'i; Bachelor of Science - Botany, Oklahoma State University.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Additional Skills:</span></span></span> Hunting, Survival, Animal raising.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Known Allergies:</span></span></span> None<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Reason for Participation:</span></span></span> Subject's stated reason: "The thought of moving to an uninhabited location and making a go of setting up is intriguing."<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Biography:</span></span></span> Raised in a rural setting, subject learned to work with plants and animals from a young age having been raised on a family farm.  Subject's family history is of an unusual nature.  It was suspected that his family was of a polyandrous nature.  Subject's professional life has been concerned with the animal and natural world, though he has focused his learning on plant sciences.  <br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Additional Information:</span></span></span> His knowledge of animals comes from practical applications.  He has spent extensive time in the Alaskan wilderness before.  He has also worked for various branches of the USDA and the Department of the Interior.<br/><br/></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><br/><br/>[REDACTED]: The four all also had complementary skill sets that met the needs for the wider project and thus it was decided to move forward with the project using a basic set up in [REDACTED LOCATION].<br/><br/>[Senator 1]: So, you've got your guinea pigs, you've got your playground, what happened next?<br/><br/>[REDACTED]:  On May 1st of 2013, Project: Brave New World began formally with the arrival of our four chosen subjects to our chosen location.  We began monitoring them immediately.  We observed that on arrival...<br/><br/></span>