Trevor Paglen (born in 1974) is an American artist, geographer, and author.

He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD in geography from the University of California at Berkeley, where he currently works as a researcher.

Paglen is the author of three books including Torture Taxi, (co-authored with investigative journalist A.C. Thompson) which was the first book to comprehensively describe the CIA's extraordinary rendition program (Melville House Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-933633-09-3), and I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me (Melville House Publishing, 2007, ISBN 1933633328), which is a look at the world of black projects through unit patches and memorabilia created for top-secret programs.

Paglen's most recent book, The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World is a broader look at secrecy in the United States.

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