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Artist/Astronomer Exhibits Photos Of Spy Satellites

Posted by kdawson on from the move-along-nothing-to-see-here dept.

daemonburrito writes "Trevor Paglen, the photographer and co-author of 'Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights' and 'I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me,' has an exhibit showing in Berkeley of 189 photos of secret US satellites (exhibit page here). Wired says, 'In taking these photos, Paglen is trying to draw a metaphorical connection between modern government secrecy and the doctrine of the Catholic Church in Galileo's time.'"

12 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. Heathen! by zapakh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone knows that the celestial spy satellites are perfect spheres! This "telescope" is a tool of the devil.

  2. Cool... by ductonius · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a pretty neat exhibi$ #_(%#^3 NO CARRIER

    1. Re:Cool... by jasonmicron · · Score: 3, Funny

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  3. wow... by bsDaemon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Blame the CIA and the Catholic Church in one fell swoop? Now if that isn't a match made for UCB, then I don't know what is.

  4. Doesn't Exist. by scubamage · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing to see here. Move along.

  5. Re:news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the DoD censored the exhibit by having the link posted on Slashdot, where everybody quickly overran the dude's server.

  6. Re:Hmmm... by ehiris · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's clear that the CIA is working with Slashdot to cover up secret spy satellites that can penetrate tin foil.

  7. Re:Guess someone or something ... by lena_10326 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Saves them from having to use (and thus make public) that super laser which mr. Paglen claims to have a picture of, hehe
    How did they get the sharks into space?

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  8. Re:Wait... I'm confused. by lena_10326 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is the US government trying to connect with the catholic church and claim the Earth is flat?
    The Earth is flat. It's space that's curved.

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    Camping on quad since 1996.
  9. Re:Gee by sm62704 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, I guess I shouldn't have just typed "Berkley" into the URL bar and should have clicked the link in the summary instead? Wow, your computer skills are 133t!

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    mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
  10. Metaphorical?! by kellyb9 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wired says, 'In taking these photos, Paglen is trying to draw a metaphorical connection between modern government secrecy and the doctrine of the Catholic Church in Galileo's time.'" That's funny... I thought he was trying to draw a literal connection between himself and Guantanamo Bay.