Apr 20, 2007 10:35 AM

Five for Fighting 4/20/07

* Lie detector… for text? * Xeni vs. the VA Tech shooter * Gates: "Clock is ticking" on Iraq * Reid: "This was is lost" * Al Qaeda’s Baghdad offensive

* Lie detector... for text?
* Xeni vs. the VA Tech shooter
* Gates: "Clock is ticking" on Iraq
* Reid: "This was is lost"
* Al Qaeda's Baghdad offensive

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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