The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged in a settlement made
public Tuesday that they were wrong to ban a leading custom-merchandise
retailer from selling t-shirts, mugs, and posters that poked fun at the
agencies.
The agreement puts to rest a First Amendment lawsuit against the federal government brought last year by a t-shirt designer, Dan McCall, who hawked merchandise on Zazzle.com
that parodied the official seal of the NSA with jokes referencing the
spy program disclosures. Another design imprinted on mugs featured a
look-alike Homeland Security logo for a “Department of Homeland
Stupidity.”
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