John Stewart referred to it as "A giant squid sucking on the face of America.". Someone wrote up the backstory to this NRO mission patch a few years ago. Wikipedia might have something ... it was jammed thru with resistance.

Then there's this little ha-ha: https://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/post/88289711499

On October 10, 2019 10:22:19 AM PDT, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
https://twitter.com/palewire/status/1181611182882353152
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21202600

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