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Is Law Enforcement Spying on You?

Cristal M Clark

According to the U.S. Postal Service, it has shared information from thousands of Americans’ letters and packages with law enforcement every year for the past decade, conveying the names, addresses and other details from the outside of boxes and envelopes without requiring a court order, which is the mail covers program.

Basically, when a request is sent the Postal Service rubber stamps it and someone writes down the information seen on the outside of the package or envelope then forwards it to whatever agency is requesting it. The obvious question here is are the requests all centered around criminal activity as it pertains to posing any kind of a threat to society? The USPS is under the impression that it does center around crime but what crime is the real question. If it’s not centered around someone or something that could pose a serious threat to society I personally do not think it should be allowed.

In an investigative report, The Washington Post reported that the US Postal Service officials have gotten more than 60,000 such requests since 2015; 97% of them were approved. Records show postal inspectors recorded more than 312,000 letters and packages between 2015 and 2023, the outlet reported. Not surprisingly, the IRS, FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were among the top requesters.

Chief postal inspector, Gary Barksdale said that “the program was not a large-scale surveillance apparatus and was focused only on mail that could help police and national security agencies carry out their missions and protect the American public.”

Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) “These new statistics show that thousands of Americans are subjected to warrantless surveillance each year, and that the Postal Inspection Service rubber stamps practically all of the requests they receive.”

Ron Wyden along with 7 other senators, have voiced their displeasure with the program, leaning towards the idea that this might be considered government overreach. Which makes for a good argument, Americans do not like being spied on by our own government.

Perhaps the biggest question of all here is who the hell is getting snail mail anyway these days through the USPS? Most individuals have opted to go paperless so aside from that card from Grandma or something from Amazon, most people are just getting junk mail, in which case the USPS can just forward mine to any government agency they want, it would certainly save me from having to shred it.

Cristal M Clark 
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