5 things learned from The Wanted's TODAY visit

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Randee Dawn TODAY contributor

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British/Irish boy band The Wanted dropped by the TODAY plaza Thursday morning to chat with the show's hosts -- and thoroughly charmed everyone present. But for those older than, say, 18, who might be wondering just who the handsome lads are and why they're so, well, wanted these days -- here's 5 things we learned about them during their visit:

1. The band is made up of Max George, Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Siva Kaneswaran and Jay McGuiness -- but youngest member Sykes couldn't be on the Plaza, due to throat surgery. "He's doing all right," Parker told Matt Lauer. "Probably won't know for a month or two what the outcome is, but he's in good spirits."

2. Their new show on E!, "The Wanted Life," is an inside look at what it's like for the five of them to live the bachelor life in a shared household. "There is a bit of nudity," noted George -- something that Savannah Guthrie noted may be a "selling point" for many of their millions of fans.

3. Ryan Seacrest, who executive produces the TV show, tweeted about them: "when I walked into @thewanted's living room, there was women's underwear hanging from the chandelier, no joke #wantedlife" -- and the boys confirmed that indeed, things have gotten a little wild in the house (even with girlfriends around).

4. Around since 2009, they're aware that they're part of a long tradition of boy bands wowing the masses with sweet pop tunes; McGuiness waved to the camera and said that bands like Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees and New Kids on the Block -- who will play on TODAY Friday -- are "inspirational and wondrous fellows."

5. Despite all the hinting at wild behavior, however, there's nothing they wouldn't let their mums watch. "They've seen it all before," said McGuiness.

"The Wanted Life" premieres on Sunday at 10 p.m. on E!

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AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday.

Three people with knowledge of the selection said Obama planned to nominate Comey, who was the No. 2 in President George W. Bush's Justice Department. The three people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the selection ahead of Obama's announcement, which was not expected immediately.

Comey became a hero to Democratic opponents of Bush's warrantless wiretapping program when Comey refused for a time to reauthorize it. Bush revised the surveillance program when confronted with the threat of resignation by Comey and current FBI Director Robert Mueller, who is stepping down in September.

Comey's selection was first reported by NPR and was not expected to be announced for several days at least. Senate confirmation will be needed.

The change in leadership comes as the FBI and Justice Department are under scrutiny for their handing of several investigations. Obama has ordered a review of FBI investigations into leaks to reporters, including the secret gathering of Associated Press phone records and emails of a Fox News reporter. And there have been questions raised about whether the FBI properly responded to warnings from Russian authorities about a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. The agency, meanwhile, is conducting a highly-anticipated investigation into the Internal Revenue Service over its handling of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.

Comey was deputy attorney general in 2005 when he unsuccessfully tried to limit tough interrogation tactics against suspected terrorists. He told then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that some of the practices were wrong and would damage the department's reputation.

Some Democrats denounced those methods as torture, particularly the use of waterboarding, which produces the same sensation as drowning.

Earlier in his career, Comey served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the nation's most prominent prosecutorial offices and one at the front lines of terrorism, corporate malfeasance, organized crime and the war on drugs.

As an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia, Comey handled the investigation of the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers housing complex near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that killed 19 U.S. military personnel.

Comey led the Justice Department's corporate fraud task force and spurred the creation of violent crime impact teams in 20 cities, focusing on crimes committed with guns.

He was general counsel at Connecticut-based hedge fund Bridgewater Associates from 2010 until earlier this year, when he left and became a lecturer and researcher at Columbia Law School.

Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he had not heard from the White House about Comey's nomination, but that he was concerned about Comey's hedge fund connections.

"If he's nominated, he would have to answer questions about his recent work in the hedge fund industry," Grassley said. "The administration's efforts to criminally prosecute Wall Street for its part in the economic downturn have been abysmal, and his agency would have to help build the case against some of his colleagues."

Comey was at the center of one of the Bush administration's great controversies ? an episode that focused attention on the administration's controversial tactics in the war on terror.

In stunning testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2007, Comey said he thought Bush's no-warrant wiretapping program was so questionable that Comey refused for a time to reauthorize it, leading to a standoff with White House officials at the bedside of ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Comey said he refused to recertify the program because Ashcroft had reservations about its legality.

Senior government officials had expressed concerns about whether the National Security Agency, which administered the warrantless eavesdropping program, had the proper oversight in place. Other concerns included whether any president possessed the legal and constitutional authority to authorize the program as it was carried out at the time.

The White House, Comey said, recertified the program without the Justice Department's signoff, allowing it to operate for about three weeks without concurrence on whether it was legal. Comey, Ashcroft, Mueller and other Justice Department officials at one point considered resigning, Comey said.

"I couldn't stay if the administration was going to engage in conduct that the Department of Justice had said had no legal basis," Comey told the Senate panel.

A day after the March 10, 2004, incident at Ashcroft's hospital bedside, Bush ordered changes to the program to accommodate the department's concerns. Ashcroft signed the presidential order to recertify the program about three weeks later.

The dramatic hospital confrontation involved Comey, who was the acting attorney general during Ashcroft's absence, and a White House team that included Bush's then-counsel, Alberto Gonzales, and White House chief of staff Andy Card, Comey said. Gonzales later succeeded Ashcroft as attorney general.

Comey testified that when he refused to certify the program, Gonzales and Card headed to Ashcroft's sick bed in the intensive care unit at George Washington University Hospital.

When Gonzales appealed to Ashcroft, the ailing attorney general lifted his head off the pillow and in straightforward terms described his views of the program, Comey said. Then he pointed out that Comey, not Ashcroft, held the powers of the attorney general at that moment.

Gonzales and Card then left the hospital room, Comey said.

"I was angry," Comey told the panel. "I thought I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man who did not have the powers of the attorney general."

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Associated Press Writer Pete Yost contributed to this report.

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McCain visit, end of arms embargo signal that West won't let Syrian rebels sink

After pleading with the international community for well over a year to provide weapons and military support, this week the Syrian opposition received two positive signs that the West may be moving closer to granting its wish.

The European Union agreed not to renew its weapons embargo on Syria, opening the door to member states providing arms to the opposition, and US Sen. John McCain traveled inside Syria to meet with opposition leaders. Coming ahead of a US and Russia-backed meeting between government and opposition figures next month, the decision not to renew the embargo may have also been political posturing to indicate to the Syrian government and its backers that the West will not allow the opposition to be defeated.

But while both developments represent significant progress to those hoping to arm the opposition, analysts caution that lifting the EU embargo and Sen. McCain?s visit alone will do little to change the Syrian conflict and Western involvement.

Lifting the EU embargo ?is being portrayed as a new sign of resolution by the European Union, as though the European Union has finally decided on a course of action. In fact, it?s exactly the opposite. The European Union is so divided that it couldn?t even decide whether to actively lift the sanctions or keep the sanctions going. It resolved to just allow the sanctions to expire,? says Jonathan Eyal, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.

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The weapons embargo was part of a number of bans and sanctions on Syria that were set to expire on June 1 that required unanimous approval to keep in place. Britain and France insisted on allowing the arms embargo to expire, and EU members agreed in order to keep all the other measures in place.

However, any EU member wishing to supply opposition forces can only provide weapons to groups attached to the Syrian National Coalition, the body recognized by the international community as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

Russia, a longtime backer of the Assad government, responded to the EU decision by pledging to deliver anti-aircraft missile to the Syrian government to deter foreign intervention inside Syria.

UPCOMING TALKS

Despite the end of the embargo, no European governments have pledged to send weapons yet. Those considering arming rebels are likely to wait until the end of a US-Russia backed conference in Geneva this June that plans to bring officials from the Syrian government and opposition together for talks.

By all indications the talks are unlikely to produce results. The Syrian opposition remains divided and leaders inside Syria recently criticized rebel leadership abroad. The Syrian government has pledged to attend the Geneva conference ?in principle,? and the ambiguity of the Assad government?s commitment has led many to question its interest in the talks.

If the talks fail, which many expect they will given current indicators, violence is likely to intensify as backers of both sides face pressure to provide support.

PUSH FOR US SUPPORT

There is also a growing push in the US to provide military backing for the Syrian opposition. McCain?s visit to Syria follows a bill from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that lays the groundwork for the US to provide weapons to the Syrian opposition. It remains unclear if the full Senate will vote on the bill, but McCain?s visit may indicate that a strong push to move the bill forward is soon to come.

McCain had two meetings with Syrian civilian and military opposition leaders in Gaziantep, a Turkish city near the Syrian border. He then crossed the border into Syria to meet with more opposition officials. The meeting took place in the Bab al-Salama border crossing, less than a half mile inside the country. The trip?s organizers say the senator wanted to travel deeper into the country, but the State Department would not permit him to go any further.

?I think this [is] a major, major step in the right direction. Senator McCain is the highest level US official to go inside Syria since the revolution, he?s also advocated for greater leadership on Syria for a long time. I think that this adds pressure on the administration, it adds pressure to Congress to do something, and it also shows that the Free Syrian Army has a hierarchy,? says Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force.

According to Mr. Moustafa, members of the Free Syrian Army, including General Salim Idris, who heads the Free Syrian Army?s Supreme Military Council, assured McCain that they were organized and prepared to receive weapons and additional foreign backing. Addressing concerns that weapons could enter the hands of extremist groups, Gen. Idris offered to log weapons? serial numbers and return them whenever fighting ends.

?[McCain] wanted to be able to come see the commanders with his own eyes, talk to them about what their needs are so he can make a better case when he comes back to Congress,? says Moustafa.

'CHARLIE WILSON MOMENT'

Still, McCain and other legislators working to provide American support to Syria face an uphill battle in Washington. Though the US government has offered humanitarian support, President Barack Obama has resisted providing weapons or military intervention.

In the wake of the Iraq War, the Obama administration has pursued policies to reduce American involvement in the Middle East. The emergence of extremist groups in Syria such as Jabhat al-Nusra, whose leaders have pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, have created concerns that providing weapons to the opposition could arm groups that endanger American security.

?If he?s not careful, John McCain is going to have his own Charlie Wilson moment,? says Andrew Mumford, author of Proxy Warfare and a lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Nottingham.

Charles Wilson was a member of the US House of Representatives who was instrumental to a covert American effort to arm Afghan rebel groups during their war with the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Following the war, many of the groups went on to violently oppose the US.

?Yes, he can be at the forefront of American opposition to Assad and be a high-profile champion of the rebel movement, however, this is a very risky political move for McCain because of the way in which the long-term strategy of a long-term war by proxy is not clear,? says Mumford.

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The Kingdom of Wa???

The kingdom of Wa is located east of the Great Asian Ocean and centralized around Japan Lake. Its borders range from the northwestern tip of the Great Asian Ocean, to just above Taiwan Lake [North and South], and from the Eastern border of the Great Asian Ocean to the mountain boarders east of Japan lake [East to West]. Wa is written in a symbol meaning ?peace/peaceful or Harmony.?

Wa is a kingdom surrounded by waters and seafood is the main cuisine for the people of Wa. The terrain in mainly a mix between mountains, lakes, plains and forests. There are several places of note within the kingdom of Wa.

Kyodo

Kyodo is the capital of Wa and it is home of the Imperial palace and imperial family. It is one of the biggest cities in the Wa kingdom. Many merchants and Nobles live in the capital. The imperial palace is well protected there because it lies in the heart of Wa and it is backed by Japan Lake. Kyodo is heavily guarded by policemen and samurai alike. Kyodo in Wa?s cultural epicenter. It is also Wa?s political arena.

Gion

Immediately north of Kyodo is Gion, the pleasure district. Gion is home to many Okiya?s, tea houses, brothels, theaters, and many merchants. Gion also has schools that specialize in the arts. There are always festivals and parties being held in Gion. It serves as a getaway for many nobles. Geisha both male and female can be seen rushing to and fro from one party to the next at night. Young trainees and apprentices rush to practices and rehearsals in the mornings. Gion is the place to go for fun. Some of Wa?s most beautiful women and men live in Gion.

Izumo

West of Gion, Kyodo and Japan Lake is Izumo. Izumo is a quiet yet large region with many small villages and forests. There?re farmers and common people that live in this region. There are also many shrines and temples. The biggest shrine is the Izumo Grand Shrine. The area is a zone of natural beauty. There is something quite spiritual about Izumo. Izumo is the spiritual epicenter of Wa. There are several tombs and burial grounds in Izumo, being a sacred place. Most of the royal family is laid to rest in Izumo. The Izumo pass is the connector between Izumo and Gion.

Taketani

Taketani is the Samurai Village and general place of training. Samurai class families dwell here. This area is a bit separate from the laws and hustles of the capital, Kyodo. The Daimyo?s home residence is located in Taketani. Compared to the capital, Taketani is quiet and rural. The samurai train here and travel to the various parts of Wa for duty. After their duty is done, they are free to return to Taketani. Taketani is somewhat self-governed. Taketani is home to many farmers, warriors and common people. Many travel to Taketani to study the ways of the samurai. The Daimyo is required to spend equal time in the Capital, Kyodo, as well as Taketani.

Kobuchizawa

Kobuchizawa is the northern expanse of Wa. It is home to many monks the desire seclusion from mainstream society. Kobuchizawa is also a hub for agriculture and herding animals. Much of Wa?s richest produce is cultivated in Kobuchizawa. The terrain consists of plains, mountains, forests and beaches.

Wa is generally a secluded and peaceful kingdom. It has been involved in wars with neighboring nation over territory and boarder disputes but generally it has remained at peace. It?s defenses are very solid and it?s warriors skilled. The people of Wa generally speak Japanese however some are learned in the ways of various foreign speech. Wa is a highly cultured kingdom and it?s people are very hardworking in all that that do.

Years ago Wa had one major succession war that lead to a divide in the samurai class, and later the creation of the Daimyo ranking. This succession war was called the ?Jinrai- Mizuno Senzou?. The illegitimate son of an imperial family member and a noblewoman of the Jinrai household, claimed to hold the mandate of the heavens and challenged the upcoming succession of the present day emperor. Noblemen and samurai were split between serving the imperial family (Mizuno) or the Jinrai family during the time of turmoil. The current Daimyo, of the Shiraishi clan, was a part of the samurai that choose to serve under the Imperial Mizuno household and at the completion of the war, he and his household were granted favor. The Jinrai were defeated and cast into seclusion. Wa returned to its natural balance and all samurai under the mizuno banner were to serve under the Shiraishi samurai clan.

Wa(?)?s Sovereign Diety

The sovereign deity of Wa is Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. It is said that she formed the Kingdom of Wa by raising it out of the sea. Her spirit is believed to be ever present in the land, it?s objects and people. The imperial family is believed to be direct descendants of hers. They are said to be demi-gods in the flesh. There are other demi-gods and nature spirits that are believed to dwell in the land and it?s objects.

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Wa is a kingdom well in tune with nature and it?s spirits. Strange phenomenon has occurred due to heightened spiritual activity. Most people are very careful about appeasing the spirits and Amaterasu in return for blessed crops, business, and livelihoods. Many shrines and temples can be found throughout the Kingdom of Wa. Many people embark on pilgrimages throughout Wa to visit each shrine and temple, believing that they will receive a special divine blessing for themselves and their families upon it?s completion.

The Politics of Wa (?)

Wa is a kingdom generally run by males. It?s political structure is set up in a trinity format. The three major power holders are the imperial family, the daimyo, and the high priestess. The nobles are mainly the bureaucrats that hold political power to sway the decisions of the emperor and or the Daimyo.

Emperor and Imperial Family

The emperor of Wa is the supreme ruler of the kingdom. He generally has the most political say in the kingdom. His family is nearly equal in status to him. The nobles fall under the imperial family. The imperial family generally resides in the Capital, Kyodo. The imperial family is believed to be descendants of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, the sovereign deity of Wa. Both the Daimyo and High Priestess must answer to the imperial family.

Male heirs are preferred for succession to the throne, however female heirs have been chosen to lead as empress only when there were no proper male heirs.

Daimyo

The second in political power is the Daimyo. The Daimyo is the lead samurai of the kingdom. He manages affairs relating to the defense of Wa from external forces. He oversees the rules and regulations for Samurai and samurai class families. All bushido answer to him. The Daimyo works closely with the emperor and must coordinate with him on decisions regarding the nation?s safety and the actions of the samurai. The samurai are a separate entity from the lands general law enforcement. They rank slightly higher than the general police officers (the difference between the military and the police force.) The Daimyo?s home lies is the region known as Taketani. The Daimyo makes frequent trips to the capital, for conferences and negotiations with the emperor, and to Izumo, to pray for the peace, good fortune and safety of his men and the Kingdom of Wa.

The High Priest/ Priestess [Queen of Wa (?)]

The High Priestess of Wa(?) is a person gifted with divine favor from the sovereign deity of Wa, Amaterasu the Sun Goddess. A person is chosen for this position upon a divine happening, generally during a person?s childhood blessing ceremony. The child is generally visited by Amaterasu and gifted with spiritual abilities, and divine authority. This person becomes in tune with nature and the spirit realm. They are brought to the capital and officially given the title of High Priest or Priestess. It is common that the goddess had chosen females for this position, than males, much to the dismay of some noblemen. The High Priest or Priestess has a small portion of political power but only in regard to situations that relate to the land and spiritual matters. The High Priest or Priestess is often time not a member of the imperial family or a noble.

The High Priest or Priestess performs ritual ceremonies and other spiritual tasks throughout the kingdom of Wa(?). The High Priest or Priestess hears directly from Amaterasu herself and reports to the imperial palace regarding spiritual matters; performing ritual blessings for land, communicating with the deities that inhabit the lands, objects, and forests. The High Priest also serves as a seer (A clairvoyant, prophet, oracle, or diviner) for officials and common people alike. All major decision regarding Wa must be discussed with the High Priest in an effort to gain approval from the divine on their decisions.

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Drone scientists hope to change public image

A U.S. Marine launches a surveillance drone near Bakwa, Afghanistan, in 2009. (John Moore/Getty Images

ATLANTA?As dozens of protesters waved signs proclaiming, ?Stop Assassinations: Ground the Drones!? outside the Grand Hyatt on Tuesday, a room full of scientists, oblivious to their demonstrations, raptly watched a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation about ?riparian vegetation,? ?river morphology? and the helpful qualities of beaver dams.

The researchers who came from around the world to attend the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (a fancy term for ?drones?) in Atlanta this week say they are not interested in the remotely controlled predator drones that help the U.S. government track and kill suspected terrorists?and sometimes, by accident, civilians?without having to put a single U.S. service member at risk.

President Barack Obama defended the U.S. government?s use of the deadly, pilotless aircraft in a national security speech last week, though he suggested that drones might play less of a role in the war on terror in the years to come.

At this drone conference, however, scientists?and those who hope to profit off their research?pore over slides that show how small, light drones equipped with inexpensive cameras that can be purchased at Wal-Mart can take images clear and comprehensive enough to help farmers design irrigation systems for their crops, or create the most efficient system for fighting a wildfire, or conduct search-and-rescue missions. The camera-equipped drones are also useful for determining the health of a river?s vegetation or finding out how much of a wetlands area is destroyed after a new road is built.

?We want them to help people, not kill people,? Dr. YangQuan Chen of the University of California, Merced, one of the conference?s organizers, told the researchers at his workshop on Tuesday morning.

Many of the conference attendees are hyperaware of the perception that drones are primarily used in warfare or by local police for covert surveillance or spying. (Chen's former student lamented during his presentation that drone researcher is considered "the opposite of sexy.") This year alone, these concerns have spurred dozens of states to consider legislation limiting the use of drones. It?s a rare issue that?s attracted bipartisan support?everyone from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., has raised the specter of a drone-filled America devoid of privacy.

The furor has left many of these scientists confused. They see drones as ?co-scientists,? as Chen put it?friendly and reliable tools that can gather data efficiently and quickly in places scientists just can?t get to.

When Colin Brooks, a scientist at Michigan Tech Research Institute who uses drones to find potholes and other problems in the state's roads, read about his state lawmakers considering a bill to limit the police use of drones in Michigan a few months ago, he was baffled.

?When I read the state legislature bill, I was like, ?What? I just want to look at potholes!?? he said. ?They think killing people in Afghanistan or spying in grandma?s window is the only application. That?s not the story.?

Brooks? drones can tell him exactly how many potholes are in a stretch of road and how deep each of them is. The drones do the tedious work in a matter of hours that otherwise would have to be conducted on the ground by a team of workers over days. He doesn?t understand why these less glamorous but helpful civilian uses of drones don?t get attention from politicians or the press. (Despite their concerns, at least one poll by Monmouth University suggests most Americans approve of using drones for civilian purposes such as search-and-rescue missions. Nearly two-thirds of Americans support the use of drones in killing suspected terrorists, meanwhile, as long as the killing doesn't take place on U.S. soil.)

Civilian uses of drones are sure to get a lot more attention in the next few years when the Federal Aviation Administration must lift its ban on the commercial uses of drones. Last year, Congress directed the FAA to open the airspace to drones by October 2015. The agency has allowed only very limited, noncommercial use of drones. For public use, researchers must submit stacks of paperwork to certify their drones, a bonding subject at the conference.

?Today we worry about getting arrested or put in jail, but after 2015 the national airspace must be open,? Chen joked.

The researchers hope for an era of ?file and fly,? when anyone can file some paperwork and launch their own personal drone. Drones could be controlled by smartphones, and become nearly as popular, Chen thinks, saying the personalization of drones will be the next big tech breakthrough, on par with the development of the personal computer. The drone industry shares his optimism: An industry report estimates the devices will create 100,000 jobs and generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue in the first 10 years after the FAA allows their commercial use. (Much of that revenue might come from agribusiness, given the enormous cost savings that could be garnered by using a small drone instead of satellite or manned aircraft to survey crops. Some researchers were skeptical that police departments will become a big source of business, given state and local budget crunches.)

It remains to be seen whether regular people will want drones, however, or how they will develop once they are less regulated. But some people attending the conference are already hoping to break into the nascent industry. Alice Sheplar, a former chief information officer for a military hospital at Fort Stewart, Ga., is halfway through gaining her certification at the Unmanned Vehicle University, an online academy founded by a retired Air Force colonel that teaches students to create and pilot drones. As part of her courses, Sheplar must assemble her own drone from parts that are mailed to her.

Sheplar brought her daughter, Lauren Shepler, along to the conference, to try to persuade her to switch from teaching to the field. Lauren said she remained skeptical about drones' ability to replace human pilots, especially for longer flights, though she is remaining open to the idea. (Her father flew Apaches for the Army.) Alice said she wants to open her own drone business once the FAA approves commercial drone use, but that she doesn?t want to control the device. She?d rather deal with the marketing side of the business. ?Maybe you could be the pilot,? she said to her daughter, who laughed.

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Musk: $35,000 Teslas might be three years away, will be 20 percent smaller

We can't argue that the Tesla Model S is not only a great achievement in the EV industry and a looker as well, but there are still a lot of people unconvinced by the $70,000 sticker price ($60k, if you count the tax credits). CEO Elon Musk is definitely aware of that particular concern, and stated tonight at D11 that there's a very good chance we'll see Teslas in three years for half the price -- and 20 percent smaller, to boot. Speaking with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, Musk mentioned he started the company with a three-step strategy to get to mass market, with the Roadster and Model S being the first two steps. The third step, naturally, would be to offer options that are more affordable: according to Musk, "I think every major product needs at least three iterations to get to the mass market -- I know cellphones have had much more than that." While we wait for 2016-17, we'll start saving some of our pennies, but fortunately we may not have to pinch all of them.

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