Fascinating interview over at Gawker…

Gawker: Snowden told the Guardian that in leaking these documents he wanted to reveal the “architecture of oppression.” You’re both architects—what does that term mean to you?

Young: People take it metaphorically, but we think he means the actual, physical infrastructure. That’s how I took it, he’s waiting to tell us how this structure actually operates, not the historical version that goes before Congress and goes to the press. A number of people have written about the technology, [journalist James Bamford] and others have written about this so it’s not like it’s not out there, but I think he’s testing the waters for language.

The word “architecture” is terribly thrown around, like gravitas and everything else and I think it’s been taken that way without saying, “No, he’s actually talking about the architecture.” This building, these cable system, these hubs. These satellites dishes— actual physical structures. Without which you cannot do what they’re doing.

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