Digital surveillance programs require concrete data centres; intelligence agencies are based in real buildings. Surveillance systems ultimately consist of technologies, people, and the vast network of material resources that supports them.

Looking out at the photographic landscape that surrounds us - the world of images and image-making that we inhabit - it seems obvious that photography has undergone dramatic changes in its technical, cultural, and critical composition.

The dragon is a very consistent symbol of secret satellite iconography and signals intelligence satellites.

If we look in the right places at the right times, we can begin to glimpse America's vast intelligence infrastructure.

I wouldn't dare to speculate as to Cleopatra's falling in love. Her relationships are too convenient for that.

Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These books are not concerned with style or creativity - instead they are successful because they are repetitive and follow a template that readers enjoy.

I always feel stupid giving advice since I've been married, what, a year? I can say this: Be in it for the long haul and just know there are going to be rough patches. No two people are the same, there are going to be areas where you just don't click.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.