Minnesota man sues NSA, DHS after they try to quash his parody merchandise

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/30/minnesota-man-sues-nsa-dhs-after-they-try-to-quash-his-parody-merchandise/

Minnesota man sues NSA, DHS after they try to quash his parody merchandise
By Travis Gettys
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:02 EDT

A Minnesota man is suing for the right to continue selling merchandise online that parodies the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

Dan McCall sells T-shirts, hats, bumper stickers and other items that are printed by online retailer Zazzle.com and also sold on CafePress.com and his own website, LibertyManiacs.com.

Among other items, McCall sells a mug with the NSA seal above the words, “Spying On You Since 1952,” and a parodied NSA seal that reads “Peeping While You’re Sleeping” above the words, “The NSA: The only part of government that actually listens.”

The Sauk Rapids man filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court targeting cease-and-desist letters sent to Zazzle in 2011 by both federal security agencies saying that the merchandise violated the National Security Agency Act of 1959.

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1. “The NSA: The only part of government that actually listens.” nt