[SGVLUG] Re: ot - U.S. opening some private mail in terror fight

[Chris Smith]

On 1/10/06, Marsden MacRae <mmacrae at earthlink.net> wrote:
> matti wrote:
> > U.S. opening some private mail in terror fight
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/09/terrorism.mail.reut/index.html
> >
> > hmmmmm,..
>
> This can't be an entirely new policy. Mail sent from my father in East
> Pakistan to my Grandfather in Long Beach in 1962 was opened. Several of
> my parents' correspondents at the time noted that the mail had been
> opened, resealed, and sent on. It was clearly labeled as having been opened.

Yup, nothing new here. There is a reason why diplomats have
traditionally used specially designed and sealed envelopes for their
mail.

--
Chris