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[ PRIVACY Forum ] U.S. Postal service admits that they photograph all
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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--
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