Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul are urging the U.S. Postal Service to change its surveillance policies that enable its warrantless surveillance of people’s mail on behalf of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
The bipartisan duo is concerned that the postal inspectors set their own rules for the physical surveillance with little oversight, whereas any snooping on electronic communications is subject to laws and judicial review.
“USPIS’ mail covers regulations only require that the agency or postal inspector requesting a mail cover submit the request in writing. No court order is required,” the senators wrote to the chief postal inspector Wednesday. “In contrast, government agencies may only monitor Americans’ metadata associated with electronic communications, such as email or instant messaging, with a court order.”
The Postal Service’s website said its mail cover program is authorized to conduct the surveillance in pursuit of protecting national security, locating fugitives and obtaining evidence of someone committing a crime or attempting to do so.
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