Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Peeping While You're Sleeping

That's kind of a cute parody when accompanied by the seal of the NSA and the words “The NSA: The only part of government that actually listens.”  Dan McCall sells a mug with such a parody.  The NSA does not like that.  It claims that selling the mug is in violation of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 that prohibits the “use [of] the words ‘National Security Agency,’ the initials, ‘NSA,’ the seal of the National Security Agency, or any colorable imitation of such words … in connection with any merchandise, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the National Security Agency” without the permission of the NSA.  The NSA has sent McCall cease-and-desist letters. He is fighting the NSA in court.

How anyone could think the mug "convey(s) the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the National Security Agency” is beyond me.  It smacks of Big Brother.

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