__WIRED’S DANGER ROOM NAMES THE 15 MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD __
–– Iranian General Tops the List as the World’s Most Dangerous Person ––
__Wednesday, December 19, 2012 (New York) – __WIRED's national security team, Danger Room, released today their list of the 15 most dangerous people in the world – the people most responsible for upending the planet's balance of power. Among the notables on the first-ever list are John Brennan, the architect of the Obama administration's drone campaign (No. 3); Egypt's new President Mohamed Morsi (No. 4); 3D-printer gunsmith Cody Wilson (No. 14); and former CIA Director David Petraeus’ mistress Paula Broadwell (No. 15).
"The world has gone a little haywire," said Danger Room editor Noah Shachtman. "You can print out a gun like a term paper. A flying robot might be spying on you in your home. The planet has changed. And these people are a big reason why."
Top 5 Most Dangerous People in the World According to WIRED’s Danger Room:
- __No. 5, ____Sheikh Ahmed Madobe: __Commander of a U.S.-backed militia in Somalia
- __No. 4, Mohamed Morsi: __President of Egypt
- __No. 3, John Brennan: __President Obama's Chief Counterterrorism Adviser and architect of the U.S. drone campaign
- __No. 2, ____Bashar Assad: __President of Syria
- __No. 1, Iranian General Qassem Suleimani, Iranian General: __Leader of Quds Foce, the special forces branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps
For the complete list, visit: http://stag-mantis.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/most-dangerous-people/.
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