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Bush: We've Got Your Mail and We're Opening It

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Thu Jan 04, 2007 at 11:12:10 AM EST
Tags: privacy intrusions (all tags)
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A postal law enacted in December allows the Government to open our mail.

President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned.The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions.

This is but another example of Bush's unitary theory of Government, that he as executive can trump the will of Congress and the judiciary.

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