From: "Brian B. Riley" <brianbr@together.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 01:25:59 +0800
To: "cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Frank Olson
Message-ID: <199712221720.MAA27987@mx01.together.net>
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On 12/22/97 4:46 AM, Bill Stewart (bill.stewart@pobox.com)  passed
this wisdom:

>Mail covers have been legal for a long time as well -
>as with pen registers on phones, they don't need a warrant to
>track your traffic.

 They do however need a formal letter from some LEA person to the
postmaster stating that your mail is of interest. Generally the USPS
guys are pretty specific on those counts; they have been burned in the
past. Further, if you should happen to be friendly with your
postmaster or one of your postal persons (the joys of living in a
small town) there is little to keep them from telling you that someone
is watching your mail; except of course; the displeasure of the LEA,
but its not covered by any laws, since they don't have a warrant. Of
course if you are really doing something nasty and illegal  being
anything more than 'the guy in Box 213' to your postmaster might have
its downsides.

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