Posted on 06/25/2024 6:49:30 PM PDT by davikkm
Records reveal that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been sharing information from thousands of Americans’ letters and packages with law enforcement over the past decade. This practice, known as the “mail covers program,” involves conveying details from the outside of boxes and envelopes to federal agents and police officers without requiring a court order. Postal inspectors fulfill such requests primarily to aid in finding fugitives or investigating crimes. Notably, 97% of these requests were approved, covering days or weeks of mail sent to or from specific individuals or addresses.
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First the Liscence Plate readers tracked me to the Post Office.
Next the PO ratted me out.
I have a really good mailman. I give him a gift card Christmas gift each year. He delivers a lot of books to me.
On his day off the substitute claimed she delivered a package worth $59 to me. She did not. She stole it. Several people also had reported “lost” packages. The supervisor came out to talk to me. She traced a GPS and barcode record of the crooked woman having “delivered” the package to the place by my outdoor mailbox. Liar. I was home and could see the mailbox. Nothing was delivered. I couldn’t claim it since they have the GPS record.
The only mail I get from USPS are doctor statements, books, and a crapload of junk mail. Everything else is delivered by e-statement, which the buggers can probably still get access too.
What the USPS CANNOT DO is deliver mail on a timely basis anywhere near Atlanta GA. The lost and undelivered mail in Atlanta is a disgrace and probably related to wholesale theft by postal insiders.
If you send anything to Georgia, send it via United Parcel Service or FedEx.
First the Liscence Plate readers tracked me to the Post Office.
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I read that the article says that scrutinizing the outside of a letter or parcel in the postal system is legal, but it makes me very uneasy. The 4th Amendment test is whether it’s reasonable for a person to expect privacy from law enforcement or their surrogates with respect to information on the outside of a package or letter. My position is that once the item is deposited in the U.S. mail system, the sender has a reasonable expectation of privacy from law enforcement’s prying eyes or analysis of the exterior of the item. Indeed, the postal service has a duty to safeguard the item from any untoward or unnatural activity beyond the normal delivery activity. The government asking the USPS to conduct law enforcement scrutiny of the item is not normal or reasonable expected activity.
They should divert that time/effort into improving mail delivery.
Let the Po-Po do their job and you do yours.
The mailman who delevers my mail to my mailbox by my gate sees everything I get.
Political donation requests, magazines for my hobbies, bills, govt stuff like tax and DMV, etc.
I try to stay friendly with him.
The mailman who delevers my mail to my mailbox by my gate sees everything I get.
It’s unfortunate ,as a carrier, that I do know a lot about the 395 people I deliver to. I was schooled in the bylaws that I could not devulge any info gleaned from the mail. Everything from back taxes, bankruptcy, and disability status are all on the OUTSIDE of the letter. I would never discuss that with anyone. Especially with a neighbor. All postal carriers are not bad, lazy, or stealing things. As with any profession, there are always the bad guys and at almost the end of my career, I see the postal service hiring warm bodies. Dejoy and the powerful unions have been a disaster for the post office and I see it as non existent in 5 years or less.
The mailman who delevers my mail to my mailbox by my gate sees everything I get.
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It’s not that he sees what’s on the letter or the package, it has to do with whether he scrutinizes the information as a surrogate for law enforcement, which is an ulterior motive other than to deliver the item to the correct recipient. Would you feel comfortable in knowing your mailman also works for law enforcement? This is like the FBI cajoling social media to monitor postings on a their private website for law enforcement purposes. The rub is when law enforcement enlists civilians to do what the Constitution would otherwise prohibit them from doing without a court ordered warrant. I don’t know about you, but it smacks of Fascism to me - the unholy alliance between the government and private business.
At least 15 years ago, I bought a large bag of diatomaceous earth to sprinkle around the edges of my place to kill bugs.
It did not arrive and I contacted the post office and eventually it was delivered. It had a slice in the plastic bag.
I bet they thought it was cocaine.... The question is who opened the cardboard box to view the plastic bag contents in the first place then contacted the police? Or the police figure people use diatomaceous earth as a cover for cocaine.
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