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<h2><b>BLF Strikes
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</a></font><h3><b>Posted February 28, 2008 by jmacphee in
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I've long thought that the
<a href="http://www.billboardliberation.com/">Billboard Liberation
Front</a>, 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
<a href="http://billboardliberation.com/HQ.html">press release</a>:<br>
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<dd>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. <br><br>
<dd>“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.”<br><br>
<dd>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.”<br><br>
<dd>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.”<br><br>
<dd>“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.” <br><br>
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