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My packages, mailed within the United States, have been opened routinely since 2002. I don't believe any letter mail has been opened, but I really can't tell. I was accepting of the practice in the beginning, thinking it was due to the anthrax attacks, but no more.
Given that the anthrax found in that attack was a home grown germ of our US military, I have come to believe that it was useful to the government that we expect our packages to be opened. "We are Patriot's, dammit! Nothin' wrong with opening my packages, cuz our president is fighting terrorism and it's a hard job! I'm with him, not agin' him!" /dripping sarcasm
This has been going on for three years now. Just how many home decorating items, clothing, and dog biscuits do they need to check before a couple of senior citizens can be ruled out as a likely terrorist threat? The policy is illegal and obviously it is prone to abuse.
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