Apr 2, 2009 6:34 AM

Five for Fighting 4/2/09

* 10,000 more troops for A’stan? * Feds begin watchlist takeover * Spy agency report: we suck * One-ton bomb gets wings * "The Age of Counterinusrgency" (High five: GH)

* 10,000 more troops for A'stan?
* Feds begin watchlist takeover
* Spy agency report: we suck
* One-ton bomb gets wings
* "The Age of Counterinusrgency"

(High five: GH)

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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