[News] BLF Strikes Again

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BLF Strikes Again

http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2008/02/blf_strikes_again.html


Posted February 28, 2008 by jmacphee in 
<http://www.justseeds.org/blog/general/>Political Art

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I've long thought that the 
<http://www.billboardliberation.com/>Billboard 
Liberation Front, beyond being one of the longest 
running billboard alteration groups, is also one 
of the smartest. Rather than simply playing off 
corporate logos, they often are able to use 
billboards to create a critique that cuts a 
little deeper, and yesterday they put up a good 
one in San Francisco. Here is an extended excerpt 
from their <http://billboardliberation.com/HQ.html>press release:
The Billboard Liberation Front today announced a 
major new advertising improvement campaign 
executed on behalf of clients AT&T and the 
National Security Agency. Focusing on billboards 
in the San Francisco area, this improvement 
action is designed to promote and celebrate the 
innovative collaboration of these two global communications giants.

“This campaign is an extraordinary rendition of a 
public-private partnership,” observed BLF 
spokesperson Blank DeCoverly. “These two titans 
of telecom have a long and intimate relationship, 
dating back to the age of the telegraph. In these 
dark days of Terrorism, that should be a comfort 
to every law-abiding citizen with nothing to hide.”

AT&T initially downplayed its heroic efforts in 
the War on Terror, preferring to serve in silence 
behind the scenes. “But then we realized we had a 
PR win on our hands,” noted AT&T V.P. of Homeland 
Security James Croppy. “Not only were we helping 
NSA cut through the cumbersome red tape of the 
FISA system, we were also helping our customers 
by handing over their e-mails and phone records 
to the government. Modern life is so hectic – who 
has time to cc the feds on every message? It’s a 
great example of how we anticipate our customers’ 
needs and act on them. And, it should be pointed 
out, we offered this service free of charge.”

Commenting on the action, and responding to 
questions about pending privacy litigation and 
the stalled Congressional effort to shield the 
telecoms from these lawsuits, NSA spokesperson 
[REDACTED] remarked: “[REDACTED] we [REDACTED] 
condone [REDACTED] warrantless [REDACTED], 
[REDACTED] SIGINT intercepts, [REDACTED] torture 
[REDACTED] information retrieval by [REDACTED] means necessary.”

“It’s a win-win-win situation,” noted the BLF’s 
DeCoverly. “NSA gets the data it needs to keep 
America safe, telecom customers get free 
services, and AT&T makes a fortune. That kind of 
cooperation between the public and private 
sectors should serve as a model to all of us, and 
a harbinger of things to come.”





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