Dick Cheney, Privacy Advocate

by on October 10, 2007 · 8 comments

Here’s a satellite photo of Dick Cheney’s house, which I learned about on the Daily Show. He’s obviously very concerned about protecting his home from prying eyes. I’m sure he’s equally zealous in his defense of the privacy rights of ordinary Americans.

Update: One of Matt’s commenters notes that Mapquest doesn’t blur the observatory circle. Also, one of our commenters claims that although this is the vice president’s official residence, his family doesn’t actually live there. Still, I think it’s a safe bet that somebody from the government asked Google to blur the observatory circle. And I rather doubt they’d be so helpful if I asked them to blur my neighborhood.

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  • http://fluff.info/blog B

    I hate to defend Richard “Dick” Cheney on anything, but he doesn’t actually live at the Naval Observatory. I believe his house is the one at 34th and Mass with the semicircular drive, and it’s not obscured. Though, the general consensus seems to be that the Naval Observatory is Mr. Cheney’s “undisclosed location”, so maybe he hangs out there all day long.

  • http://fluff.info/blog B

    I hate to defend Richard “Dick” Cheney on anything, but he doesn’t actually live at the Naval Observatory. I believe his house is the one at 34th and Mass with the semicircular drive, and it’s not obscured. Though, the general consensus seems to be that the Naval Observatory is Mr. Cheney’s “undisclosed location”, so maybe he hangs out there all day long.

  • oilgrim

    That pixelating of the Naval Observatory is annoying, but if you really want to see it, try Zillow (which also might come in handy if Dick Cheney decides he’s like to buy it.)

    http://www.zillow.com/search/Search.htm?addrstrthood=37+observatory+circle+nw&citystatezip=washington%2C+dc+20007

  • oilgrim

    That pixelating of the Naval Observatory is annoying, but if you really want to see it, try Zillow (which also might come in handy if Dick Cheney decides he’s like to buy it.)

    http://www.zillow.com/search/Search.htm?addrstr…

  • http://www.techliberation.com/ Tim Lee

    oilgrim, if you look to the left, you see the same kind of pixelation. I wonder what’s going on in there.

  • http://www.techliberation.com/ Tim Lee

    oilgrim, if you look to the left, you see the same kind of pixelation. I wonder what’s going on in there.

  • http://enigmafoundry.wordpress.com/ enigma_foundry

    Yes, I had noticed the same thing near Warsaw Poland, in the suburb Kontstancin, which suddenly becomes blurry…

    I had heard that some money had to exchange hands to get the area ‘blurred out’ though.

    Does anyone know how that process works?

  • http://enigmafoundry.wordpress.com eee_eff

    Yes, I had noticed the same thing near Warsaw Poland, in the suburb Kontstancin, which suddenly becomes blurry…

    I had heard that some money had to exchange hands to get the area ‘blurred out’ though.

    Does anyone know how that process works?

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