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Aug 26 5:30 PM

#NSAPickUpLines parody hashtag trends

by The Stream Team @ajamstream
General Keith B. Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command (L), shares a private word with John O. Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).(ANDREW BURTON)
2013 Getty Images

In response to recent revelations that the NSA illegally collected communications data, #NSAPickUpLines, #NSAromcom and #NSAlovepoems began trending online over the weekend. Thousands posted using the hashtags, mocking the NSA's surveillance measures with pop-culture references.

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