by Anonymous on February 27th, 2007

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Is it legal for a postal employee to open my mail if I am not a prisoner & I am not a letter bomber or terrorist? If so, what gives them the right to do so if I or my package pose no harm 2 anyone & is being sent within the UNITED STATES of AMERICA?

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by LdyBg4N on September 25th, 2008
i always thought it was illegal to open anyones mail unless it posed harm to others..
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by tjatherton on February 27th, 2007
They have to have reasonable cause. They can xray the package and if it seems abnormal, can get the authority to open it. Granted this is not just the letter carrier, this is the postmaster general or higher.
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by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on February 27th, 2007
Technically, yes. They are a part of the US government and therefore are entitled to do whatever they damn well please if they can make even the flimsiest argument that it might possibly be connected to something that is connected to terrorism.

Thank you Patriot act!
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- Technically,the USPS is owned not by a government or even by our government. The USPS is privately owned by several fortune 500 billionaires. Our governement watches over it and the huge amounts of money the cash machine earns each and everyday.Our government gets richer,while shipping prices get higher and the american people get poorer & poorer and pushed around a little more and poor.
  
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