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How the Postal Service is helping law enforcement monitor snail mail
An internal audit of the U.S. Postal Service found that it approved nearly 50,000 requests from law enforcement to monitor personal mail. Gwen Ifill sits down with Ron Nixon of The New York Times, who has been investigating this story…
U.S. Postal Service approved nearly 50,000 law enforcement requests to monitor mail
Law enforcement agencies tracked the mail of tens of thousands of Americans in 2013 with the United States Postal Service’s approval.
UPDATE: U.S. Postal Service announces $2 billion spring loss despite uptick in revenue
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service lost $2 billion this spring despite increasing its volume and charging consumers more money to send mail, officials said Monday.
The postmaster general asked a Senate panel today to provide $5 billion to help the reeling U.S. Postal Service recover from terrorist attacks and to make the mail safe from bioterrorism threats.
