Mar 23, 2009 6:18 AM

Five for Fighting 3/23/09

* "Would-be soldiers too fat to serve" * The Gitmo guard who found Islam * India buys Israeli spy-sat * StarCraft, military trainer? * Where no robot has gone before (High five: EM, CA)

* "Would-be soldiers too fat to serve"
* The Gitmo guard who found Islam
* India buys Israeli spy-sat
* StarCraft, military trainer?
* Where no robot has gone before

(High five: EM, CA)

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED and a contributing writer for The New York Times’ opinion section. Shachtman previously served as editor in chief of Rolling Stone, where he led the storied outlet to a Polk Award and its first-ever Emmy nomination. Before that, he was the editor in ... Read More

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