How the Postal Service Fuels the Surveillance State
Commentary
When the United States Postal Service (USPS) was established in 1971, it dealt in nothing more than packages, parcels, envelopes, and stamps. Fast forward five decades and the Postal Service has changed dramatically. Just like the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), both of which have been weaponized by the current administration, the USPS has become yet another tool used by the establishment to target innocent citizens.
As first reported by The Washington Times, between September 2020 and April 2021, the Postal Service regularly surveilled protesters across the country. To be more specific, the USPS created the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP)—a social media surveillance program—to spy on U.S. citizens. According to Yahoo News, the program involved analysts trawling various social media sites and identifying “inflammatory” postings. These postings were then shared with several government agencies, including the DHS….