Oct 16, 2007 6:16 PM

Five for Fighting 10/16/07 PM

* Florida homes, built on bombs * Misfired Patriot his Qatar farm * NSA wiretaps: insecure? * "What does Uncle Sam pay to read your e-mail?" * Pooty-poo hearts Iran (High five: Kris, EM, DS)

* Florida homes, built on bombs
* Misfired Patriot his Qatar farm
* NSA wiretaps: insecure?
* "What does Uncle Sam pay to read your e-mail?"
* Pooty-poo hearts Iran

(High five: Kris, EM, DS)

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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