Tag Archives: nsa

Chalking “STOP NSA SPYING” on Snowden’s old street

posted on 31 August, 2014 also tagged , , , , , ,

While I was on vacation in Hawaii, my friends and I took a trip to Edward Snowden’s former house in the Waipahu area. Not much to see—it’s just a house in a residential neighborhood—but we were nearby and thought it’d be fun to make the trip. Here’s a picture of the five of us posed […]

Public domain shot of the NSA Utah Data Center

posted on 10 July, 2014 also tagged , , ,

Although the main point of my airship trip over the Utah Data Center was to announce the launch of Stand Against Spying, I did have a pretty great view of the facility. Inspired by Trevor Paglen’s efforts to supply a new “visual vocabulary” to the conversation about national intelligence, I got EFF to release one […]

Illegal spying below: my trip over Utah

posted on 28 June, 2014 also tagged , , , ,

I flew in an airship over the NSA’s Utah data center yesterday, as part of a joint action organized by Greenpeace and EFF. It was really a remarkable experience, and we were lucky enough to get it covered by a pretty wide range of media. Here’s a small sample: The Guardian: ‘Illegal spying below’: activists […]

New Wikipedia article: Michael S. Rogers

posted on 26 January, 2014 also tagged ,

For the first time in a long time I have started a new article on the Wikipedia. This one’s about Michael S. Rogers, Navy Vice Admiral and presumptive nominee for Director of the NSA and head of the U.S. Cyber Command. These two jobs are the one being vacated by General Keith Alexander after he […]