Developer Unearths Secret U.S. Military Bases

[Ichingcarpenter]

Nobody owns the skies above secret bases, so there's no law that prevents privately-owned or public satellites from snapping pictures from space. But when it comes to publishing them, secrecy can still prevail.

Google Maps, for example, doesn't show an image for the secret drone base exposed by Wired. But Bing doesTake a look at the most interesting aerial views, as chosen by Begley himself, in the gallery below.


Begley has found the coordinates for 650 bases, and published pictures for 644 of them

http://mashable.com/2013/12/13/data-artist-satellite-pictures-military-bases/#_

[BellaKos]

1. Kewl n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

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[Bucky]

3. This is a good thing. This is how it should be. Freedom requires transparency.

The enemies of civilization--and there are plenty--will not really benefit from this.

Government, even government of a free people, has to get a little dirty sometimes, just to do its job. The government, even when a kindasorta liberal like Obama is in charge, is going to do some dirty things just to hold the empire together. That's the role it plays. That's the way it maintains its ability to kill a bin Laden or capture a Sheik Mohammed.

But the free press plays a role too. It plays the role of the dog's own who rounds up Rex out of the back yard and drags him into the bathtub once every couple of months and gives the critter the flea bath and the ear q-tipping that mutt needs to stay marginally clean and healthy.

So guard us as fiercely as you can, Rex. But we're still gonna scrub your hide when we need to. Exposing our "secret" bases is just the sponge Begley is using this month. Hopefully next month it'll be Julian Assange dragging you into the tub.

[Iterate]

4. Oh great. Now the Russians will know.

And I suppose the next thing will be some fool with a picture of the big board?

[NuclearDem]

5. Degenerate atheistic commie!