BENT DOUBLE-LOBED RADIO SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN) ARE FREQUENTLY FOUND IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES. THE HOSTS OF THESE RADIO SOURCES ARE TYPICALLY GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES AND THE RADIO LOBES ARE BENT THROUGH INTERACTION WITH THE HOT GAS OF THE INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM. OUR SPITZER INFRARED OBSERVATIONS OF THE FIELDS SURROUNDING 646 BENT RADIO SOURCES HAVE REVEALED APPROXIMATELY 200 NEW DISTANT CLUSTERS. THESE OBJECTS COMPRISE THE HIGH-Z CLUSTERS OCCUPIED BY BENT RADIO AGN (COBRA) SURVEY. HERE WE PROPOSE EPIC OBSERVATIONS OF 7 COBRA CLUSTERS WHICH SHOW SIGNIFICANT GALAXY NUMBER OVERDENSITIES IN INFRARED AND OPTICAL IMAGES AND THAT HAVE REDSHIFT ESTIMATES Z>L. THE COBRA OBJECTS ARE THE MOST DISTANT CLUSTER CANDIDATES KNOWN ASSOCIATED WITH BENT DOUBLE-LOBED RADIO SOURCES AND XMM-NEWTON CAN PROVIDE THE IMPORTANT DETECTION OF THE HOT INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM (ICM). THE CLUSTERS LIKELY HAVE A LARGE RANGE OF MASSES AND WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO AGN FEEDBACK AND THE FORMATION OF STRUCTURE AT HIGH-Z.
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