Tag Archives: USPS
US Postal Service colludes in state spying effort
The Postal Service on Friday confirmed that it takes a photograph of every letter and package mailed in the United States — about 160 billion pieces last year — and occasionally provides the photos to law enforcement agencies that request them as part of criminal cases. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/us/postal-service-confirms-photographing-all-us-mail.html?ref=us The images are taken at more than 200 […]
Mail Isolation Control & Tracking the Prism of Snail Mail
The Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program was created after the anthrax attacks in late 2001. Highly secret, it seeped into public view last month when the F.B.I. cited it in its investigation of ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama. It enables the Postal Service to retrace the path of mail for law enforcement. No […]
Dirty Babylon 