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by reaperducer 1889 days ago
The USPS is running a 'covert' program to monitor Americans' social media posts

Of course it is. Why wouldn't it? Crazy people put all kinds of crazy things in the mail. Have we so quickly forgotten the Unabomber? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski

The next time anthrax or ricin shows up in a politician's mailbox, the same people gritting their teeth about this will bark about why more wasn't done to detect and prevent it.

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Why would you spend billions monitoring 300 million people when you could swab politicians' mail for anthrax?