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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.'"

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  1. SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Re:Censorship? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It was probably the same fucknut who modded you flamebait.

  3. Re:Wait... I'm confused. by phliar · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, but they are trying (on the basis of divine knowledge) to suppress science and reason. Surely you've heard of evolution, global warming, abortion rights and birth control, stem cell research, ...

    This government knows what God would do if only He knew all the facts of the case.

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  4. Re:Censorship? by moseman · · Score: -1, Troll

    Slashdot editor probably.

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  5. post nuke blueprints too while youre at it by mytrip · · Score: 1, Troll

    this guy is an idiot. The chinese have the means to shoot down satellites and this frigard wants the government to advertise their location.

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    1. Re:post nuke blueprints too while youre at it by LucBorg · · Score: 0, Troll

      Exactly. What exactly do these treacherous fools get out of tyring to humiliate his own government? Maybe he should go live in Afghanistan or somewhere if he hates the US so much.

  6. Re:news? by still+cynical · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, one of the funny, funny things about the Left in this country is how loudly and how often the scream about censorship, the very act of which disproves their claims.

    Tim Robbins gives this talk to the National Association of Broadcasters about this "chill wind" of censorship blowing through the country, that gets covered by all the major media, then gets in his private jet and goes home. No "black maria" waiting for him at the airport to take him away, no darkened cell in the sub-basement of the Department of Justice.


    Just amazing.

    So if people talk about censorship, then it never really happened? If someone holds a press conference and talks about a book-burning, a business being forced into bankruptcy, or someone losing their job because of their political views, then somehow those events suddenly never occurred?

    By the same logic, you then must think that if a group of scholars publicly discussed how stupid that idea is, you are somehow no longer an idiot.

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