Wrap that tin foil tight, "The US Postal Service Is Spying On Us"

[tuolumnejim]

Oh damn now they're going to find out the DUmmie gets catalogs from Crossdressers "R" us and Thanks for the bongload. 

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Star Member eridani (48,304 posts)

The US Postal Service Is Spying On Us


http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/33772-the-us-postal-service-is-spying-on-us

The U.S. Postal Service is spying on us. And they’re not doing a very good job at it. I’m not talking about peeking into letters or looking at how many mutual fund statements you receive. I’m talking about the systematic collection of information on every single piece of mail you send or receive, including the names and addresses of the sender and recipient, without a warrant or oversight and without any explanation to the person being targeted.

Indeed, the USPS Inspector General has even issued a report saying that the Postal Service “failed to properly safeguard documents that included the names, addresses, and financial information used by its law enforcement arm to monitor the mail of people suspected of criminal activities or for national security purposes.” The USPS “mail cover surveillance program” is poorly run, poorly managed, and could “reveal personally identifiable information and compromise the security of the mail,” the report said.

What makes this program particularly dangerous is that there is no judicial oversight, no appeals process, and no way of knowing why any one person is under surveillance or when the surveillance began or will end. I know. I’m under Postal Service surveillance.

I served 23 months in prison for blowing the whistle on the CIA’s illegal torture program. After having been locked up for two months, I decided to commission a card from a very artistically-inclined prisoner for my wife’s 40th birthday. I sent it about two weeks before her birthday. She never received it. Finally, about four months later, the card was delivered back to me with a yellow “Return to Sender – Address Not Known” sticker on it. But underneath that sticker was a second yellow sticker. That one read, “Do Not Deliver. Hold For Supervisor. Cover Program.”

Why was I under Postal Service Surveillance? I have no idea. I had had my day in court. The case was over. But remember, the Postal Service doesn’t have to answer to anybody – my attorneys, my judge, even its own Inspector General. It doesn’t need a warrant to spy on me (or my family) and it doesn’t have to answer even to a member of Congress who might inquire as to why the spying was happening in the first pla

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[Carl]

Gee mutts,who is President?

[Big Dog]

eridani

I suspect my postman is not who he appears to be. In all the years he has been delivering my Adult Baby Quarterly mail, he has never actually rang twice.

[DumbAss Tanker]

They don't need a warrant to do postal covers, i.e. monitor the externals of the mail in and out (A technique used in criminal investigations and police criminal intelligence gathering), just to actually open any of the mail.  On top of which, the primitive was apparently incarcerated at the time, which means the content of his mail was subject to surveillance anyway in most institutions.

[thundley4]

I just did a quick nadin of the phrase : “Do Not Deliver. Hold For Supervisor. Cover Program.” .  3 sources showed up and DU is one of them, but they all are the same piece of writing .

[USA4ME]

The U.S. Postal Service is spying on us. And they’re not doing a very good job at it. I’m not talking about peeking into letters or looking at how many mutual fund statements you receive. I’m talking about the systematic collection of information on every single piece of mail you send or receive, including the names and addresses of the sender and recipient, without a warrant or oversight and without any explanation to the person being targeted.

Is Lamond, the boy primitive, aware of this? This could certainly aid him in his valiant attempt to find the Bern-out who threatened the life of the poor bravenak primitive. That is, if he still cares, or ever really did.

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[SVPete]

Gee mutts,who is President?

Yeppers! or,

But backing up a bit, users of US Mail give possession of their whatever to the USPS. The contents may be protected by regulation, but the address information is in the open, for the USPS to use. It's kind of analogous to a police officer stopping a car for a burnt out tail light and spotting an open bottle of beer or spirits in the cup-holder next to the driver.

As for a prisoner's mail being scrutinized, you did the crime, now it's time to do the time. Suck it up!

And as for eridani's case, ummmm, dude, Obama has been President since January, 2009, nearly 7 years. He didn't commute your sentence, and he hasn't pardoned you. He's your guy, so,