In a strange twist of events, the United States Postal Service is now using its law enforcement sector to track Americans’ social media posts ahead of protests, a new report details.
A leaked bulletin describes how the U.S. Postal Inspection Service collected data as part of the Internet Covert Operations Program, the Daily Mail reports. Analysts are believed to have looked through Facebook, Parler and Telegram posts before flagging messages to other government agencies.
However, it remains unclear why the USPIS is funneling resources into surveillance, or how it’s funded.
“I don’t understand why the government would go to the Postal Service for examining the internet for security issues,” University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone said.
In a statement to Yahoo, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said: “The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is the primary law enforcement, crime prevention, and security arm of the U.S Postal Service. As such, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has federal law enforcement officers, Postal Inspectors, who enforce approximately 200 federal laws to achieve the agency’s mission: protect the U.S. Postal Service and its employees, infrastructure, and customers; enforce the laws that defend the nation’s mail system from illegal or dangerous use; and ensure public trust in the mail.”
But what does social media have to do with any of that?
“The Internet Cover Operations Program is a function within the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which assesses threats to Postal Service employees and its infrastructure by monitoring publicly available open source information. Additionally, the Inspection Service collaborates with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to proactively identify and assess potential threats to the Postal Service, its employees and customers, and its overall mail processing and transportation network.”
The bulletin, published by Daily Mail, reads: “Analysts with the United States Postal Inspection Internet Covert Operations Program monitored significant activity regarding planned protests occurring internationally and domestically on March 20, 2021.”
“Locations and times have been identified for these protests, which are being distributed online across multiple social media platforms, to include right-wing leaning Parler and Telegram accounts,” it continues.
“Parler users have commented about their intent to use the rallies to engage in violence,” it notes.
“ICOP analysts are currently monitoring these social media channels for any potential threats stemming from the scheduled protests and will disseminate intelligence updates as needed.”
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From “The Sound Of Music”: Von Trapp to Herr Zeller: “I was under the impression, Herr Zeller, that the contents of telegrams in Austria are PRIVATE! As least, the Austria…. I know”. How does everyone like the Gestapo in the United States?????
The “Socialist Democrat Party State” political officers, Gestapo, Woke and
Cancel Culture are just getting started. You will obey, be loyal and support the
“Socialist Democrat Party” or you will be classified as
“Enemies of the State”.
24 Aug. 2020 – Monday on MSNBC’s “Live,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
referred to President Donald Trump and his Republican allies as
“domestic enemies” and “enemies of the State”.
If WE the PEOPLE do not destroy this Democrat Party puppet Biden cabal.
We will be servants, subjects, slaves and wards of the
“Socialist Democrat Party State”. 🙁 🙁 🙁
I just want to know why Bezos and Amazon can ship heavy packages free to me on the USPS, but I get charged $13.00 to ship out a 5 lb pack to one of their competitors?,,,Oh, I forgot, Amazon is a heavy contributor to Biden and the democrats who have figured out a way to use and redistribute OUR money away from us to fund candidates with money we pay twice what Amazon is charged to ship on the post office, ultimately redistributing OUR money into Democrat election wins and facilitating stolen elections.
AND worse we pay for the USPS whether we like their service or not!
Hmmm. But not Portland?
I DOUBT they are worrying one iota, about a single member of BLM or antifa…
After all these years, they still can’t get a good grip on mail delivery. We already have security and law enforcement agencies in place—if they will just be allowed to do their jobs. Or is Obama instructing Biden to weaponize yet another government agency?
IS there any govt dept they have NOT YET weaponized??