Warrantless Surveillance Gone Postal

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Not to be outdone by the NSA good old fashioned snail mail snooping is going strong

Raw Story reports
The US postal service approves more than 10,000 requests from US law enforcement each year to record names, addresses and other information from the outside of packages, according to information released through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The warrantless surveillance mail program -- as it is known -- requires only the approval of the US Postal Inspection Service Director, and not a judge.


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