If the government didn't have the authority for prompt inspections, the mail -- particularly overnight delivery -- could become "a courier service for drug dealers or terrorists," Walsh said. Full Story »
Posted by David Patterson
Article on a presidential signing statement asseting the right to open private mail in emergencies, a right the Post Office claims is already provided in law. There doesn't appear to be much here that is newsworthy but it gets attention because of the Bush administration's other well publicized claims of a right to breach the privacy of citizens without obtaining warrants.
