Posted on 09/26/2022 11:55:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Do you get mail? Of course, you do. You have a mailbox for your house, apartment, or condo, or you have a post office box. Everybody gets mail. But does everybody get their mail monitored? Well, if you’re a Second Amendment supporter or you don’t like Joe Biden, you may have somebody watching your mailbox.
The Washington Times noted that Patrick Eddington of the Cato Institute obtained redacted documents showing that U.S. Postal Service inspectors monitored the mail of some American citizens. The impetus for the move? These people were gun rights activists and had issues with the election of Joe Biden. The office spied on gun activists who attended a gathering in Richmond, Va., what the Times calls “far-right” groups who went to D.C. after Biden’s election, and even those who gathered to protest the shooting of Breonna Taylor. This particular operation also included digital surveillance through the Internet Covert Operations Program. The documents Eddington obtained showed that the operation in question ran from September 2020 to April 2021. There were disclaimers on the reports that stated that the surveillance was not intended to infringe on anyone’s rights but to give law enforcement intel about potential violent or criminal activity. The post office inspector general said that the moves were outside the scope of law enforcement and may not have had legal approval. The inspectors disagreed. In the interim, the Postal Service has agreed to a full review and to make sure that future surveillance is properly authorized.
We need postal inspectors. Back in the wild west days of the internet, I covered cases in which postal inspectors played key roles in intercepting child pornography and working with local law enforcement to lock up offenders.
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Does the PO open and read the mail?? Or just monitor WHO sends the mail?
I get NRA magazines, GOA notification mail and various gunstore catalogs.
Yeah...I may be on some lists.
Happened to my dad in 1994. He wrote some scathing letters over tobacco legislation to the Whitehouse. For about six months his mail was held for an FBI review about once a week or two, then dumped on his porch in a bag all opened. It eventually stopped.
They even take pictures of the envelopes - which you can sign up to have them emailed to you or just log in and look at them.
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” the Postal Service has agreed to a full review and to make sure that future surveillance is properly authorized.”
“Nur Befehle befolgt.”
They are just following the Obama General Orders started for “Joe the Plumber.” There needs to be know orders from the command and the functionaries are perfectly happy to do what they can to destroy their political enemies. All this ridiculous statement from the Post Office says is that “YES, We will still spy on Americans but we just need to get approval and cover from the DOJ to make it all nice and legal..”
You are..
Just like I’m on various lists for getting Jews 4 Jesus letters and Christian Newsletters.
Although it should never be an issue, and they need the revenue to help futther the 2nd. I told folks five years ago to drop the Gun rag subscriptions. I saw this coming...
just woke up from a nap
did they suspend the constitution?
or are they no longer concerned about elections?
or both?
They may be issued guns and be asked if they’re willing to shoot citizens.
The USPS is incompetent in meeting it’s mission. They have to turn to Stazi tactics to ensure their existence. Shut the whole thing down, less than two post offices until the US Constitution is amended to eliminate a requirement for a post office. Then close the final two offices.
youll be ok as long as you paid cash for your MAGA hat
so sorry to hear about your boat accident
every gun was lost?
You’re right. Anybody can sign up for ISPS Informed Delivery and you will receive pictures of the envelope(s).
No warrant.
Subpoenas and arrests need to be made.
Every. Single. One.
Some Liberal mail carriers have been caught throwing away mail from conservative organizations/candidates.
Every piece of mail, electronic or otherwise, is recorded.
Much is tested for content.
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