[ NNSquad ] U.S. Postal service admits that they photograph all mail they process

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

U.S. Postal service admits that they photograph all mail they process

http://j.mp/10YFO3o  (The Smoking Gun)

   "According to FBI Agent James Spiropoulos, investigators accessed a
    Postal Service computer system that "incorporates a Mail Isolation
    Control and Tracking (MICT) program which photographs and captures an
    image of every mail piece that is processed."

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Surprise level: Nil.  I'll admit, however, that this must be very
useful to track down terrorist cells that plan their attacks via
postcards.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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