"The executive branch shall construe subsection 404(c) of title 39, as enacted by subsection 1010(e) of the act, which provides for opening of an item of a class of mail otherwise sealed against inspection, in a manner consistent, to the maximum extent permissible, with the need to conduct searches in exigent circumstances, such as to protect human life and safety against hazardous materials, and the need for physical searches specifically authorized by law for foreign intelligence collection."Do these words mean that postal inspectors or other government agents can open our mail because of their need to 'conduct searches in exigent circumstances'?
Thursday, January 04, 2007
More protection for us
Part of the signing statement that Bush appended to the latest postal reform bill included these words:
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They can lock you up for years without trial; listen in to your phone conversations......hell, compared to those, peeking into your mail seems almost trivial!
Gosh, down here in Nicaragua, opening mail is standard procedure. Most of our letters from the states are opened (looking for money maybe).
Ortega has promised that all US dollars being sent home by Nicaraguans working in the states will be confiscated as imperialist garbage. Ortega has not said what he will do with all this booty. Maybe buy himeself another Island off the coast of Costa Rica.
I realize in the United States, we have become used to the luxury of freedom, but in most of the rest of the world, it does not exist.
That is not an excuse, and I do not like the idea of anyone opening my mail, but any communication is subject to scrutiny, from emails to letters to telephone. Everything you do or say or buy is known.
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