Posted on 06/22/2014 4:04:58 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: a handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home.
“Show all mail to supv” — supervisor — “for copying prior to going out on the street,” read the card. It included Mr. Pickering’s name, address and the type of mail that needed to be monitored. The word “confidential” was highlighted in green.
“It was a bit of a shock to see it,” said Mr. Pickering, who with his wife owns a small bookstore in Buffalo. More than a decade ago, he was a spokesman for the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group labeled eco-terrorists by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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USPS is surely not using film, thus they make digital images, and these are in electronic form.
The guy IS probably under scrutiny. I would be willing to bet that there I’d a court order somewhere too.
But as for the rest of us thinking the Post Office employees care even a little bit about what is in your mail....well, you haven’t worked at the post office.
The people inside the building don’t see any specific piece of mail along the way for anything more than a second. The people delivering the mail have neither the time or inclination to care about your coded letter from “Pappa Bear”
Then what I am saying is that the USPS may not keep the images for more than 30 days but it is a surety that it has been sent to the NSA and it has been retained. I have no doubt about that.
Your list is a little too restricted. Below are my editing suggestions:.
Tea Party or long time Republican Donor Member.
Life long active Christian involved with the local church he and his family attend on a regular basis. He and his spouse have been active a long time in the church’s governing body/bodies. Has problems with the national church’s politics and has helped to keep the local church out of liberal politics.
Honorable Discharged Vet with a sticker on his pickup truck showing his service.
Has owned SUV’s or 4 wheel drive pickups for decades. His sons follow the same pattern of vehicle ownership, and in many cases buy Dad’s vehicle or get an early inheritance.
Owns more than one legal firearm.
Is or has been a legal hunter with his legal firearms and taught his children and grandchildren how to safely hunt and to enjoy the game they harvest. Still has an active hunting license, and has belonged to Gun Clubs and ranges. Considered by those clubs/ranges, hunting buddies/family members to be a good shot and by the military branch he served under.
Clean arrest record with at the most a couple of speeding tickets. Probably had a high security clearance in his military service unlike the thugs in our outhouse today. Security clearance was based on a thorough back ground investigation of him, his wife and their families not being a person of color and rat party.
Has an excellent FICO credit rating well over 800.
Refuses to get into shouting matches with liberals, he knows or pyscho liberal strangers.
There are no liberals in his or his wife’s circle of friends. When pseudo conservatives in their group, have outed themselves in their later years as liberals. Any connections with them are over.
Doesn’t fly his American Flag made in America daily. He does fly it on specific holidays like the 4th of July, Veterans’s
Day and other honor days.
The 47 cats have gray stripes. The stairs have a loose floor board on the left side. It needs to be silenced. The greyhound will finish the race in Tulsa, with any cat without gray stripes to be avoided.
All government agencies, ISP’s, telephone service providers, delivery services, have been monitoring their customers’ use of their services. Too bad they never bothered to include that in their terms of service.
I've taken to writing FUBO! on the backs of every envelope and package I send out, have been doing that for at least 3 years now, probably longer.
Since I send alot of QSL cards (confirmation of contact for ham radio guys) out, I'm writing FUBO! on alot of envelopes that are going world-wide.
Most people know by now what it means.
Must be the final step before they lose it altogether.
Ping!
"Monitored" by monitor lizards who change their colors when Dems come to power!!!
FTA: Liberation Front, a radical environmental group labeled eco-terrorists by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
This guy is a terrorist, not some innocent. He belongs in jail.
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