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Old 01-09-2006, 12:25 PM   #12 (permalink)
dksuddeth
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Location: bedford, tx
Quote:
Originally Posted by stevo
You could do everyone a big favor by pasting the entire article. I see you didn't post a link to the article either, wonder why.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10740935/
The missing link was just my forgetfulness, my apologies. As for not posting the entire article, I did not consider military members mail in a foreign country during active combat issues to be in the same purview or category as civilian based mail. That would be why I didn't post the entire article, no political subterfuge, obfuscation, vague representations, or otherwise nefarious intent.



Quote:
Originally Posted by stevo
So really this is nothing new. It has been going on since before the patriot act and before the creation of DHS. They aren't opening the mail I send to my mother in texas or my grandmother in florida, nor do they open the mail they send me. The only mail being opened is "originating outside the United States Customs territory that is to be delivered inside the U.S. Customs territory."

So you can relax now.
It has always been my understanding that Packages were subject to this type of possible inspection whether they were UPS, Fedex, or USPS but I was not aware of (I'm sure that most americans aren't either) the fact that mail, as in personal correspondence, originating from outside the US was subject to have someone open them, read them, put them back in, and reseal them before they are sent on their merry little way. Those of the mindset 'you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide' or 'go ahead and spy on me, you'll just be bored' seem to have missed the entire foundation of revolutionary war and the US constitutional restrictions on the government. I'm not relaxed. I'm actually quite irritated and really unnerved that you so called 'americans' are so non-chalant at the power grabs that a centralized government is taking and you are barely batting an eye.
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