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NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Mastic Beach, New York, United States
2015
For NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Mastic Beach, New York, United States, Paglen photographed a major "choke point" where four communications cables come ashore in Long Island, New York. The swimmers and sunbathers draw attention to the fact that the cables are submerged and hidden from view. Documents collaged onto the nautical chart identify what the swimmers and sunbathers cannot see and what the photograph cannot show. One identifies a landing station that supplies power to the cables and conducts data collection. Another lists cables tapped by the NSA, the names of cooperating telecommunications companies, and code names for their operations |