Recommended Reading (3/12/25)

What went wrong? Israel's spy agency lists failures in preventing Oct. 7 attack (NPR)

Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum (The Guardian)

Egypt Fears Syria’s Revolutionary Fervor Could Be Contagious (NYT)

U.S. Claims Immigrants Held at Guantanamo Are “Worst of the Worst.” Their Families Say They’re Being Unfairly Targeted. (ProPublica)

The Spies Are Shown the Door (The Atlantic)

New Hampshire’s Medicaid program faces threats on both the federal and state level (NH Bulletin)

New lawsuit challenges Trump's DEI restrictions, citing fears of NH educators (NHPR)

It Took Decades, but Japan’s Working Women Are Making Progress (NYT)

Purim starts tomorrow night and here's some fascinating background reading: Esther: The Patron, uh, Saint of Crypto-Jewry (Life Is a Sacred Text)

'No one is Gerrit Cole': Yanks to lean on Fried in Cole's absence (MLB)

Alan Hollinghurst's Lost England (The Atlantic)

Every word of this is incredible: Ostriches, butt cheeks and relentless energy: How Austin Hedges became an indispensable MLB teammate (The Athletic)