Postal interception

Postal interception is the act of retrieving another person's mail for the purpose of ensuring that the mail is not delivered to the recipient, or to spy on them.

For instance, the CIA and FBI were involved in numerous large-scale operations targeting U.S. activist groups, whose mail was opened and photographed. In one such program, over 215,000 letters were opened.^[1][2]

See also

• COINTELPRO
• Surveillance
• Church committee
• Black room
• Postal censorship

References

1. ^ "SUPPLEMENTARY DETAILED STAFF REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS: ... DOMESTIC CIA AND FBI MAIL OPENING PROGRAMS" (in English). SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES UNITED STATES SENATE. April 23, 1976. http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/churchfinalreportIIIh.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 
2. ^ Goldstein, Robert (April 23, 2001) (in English). Political repression in modern America from 1870 to 1976. University of Illinois Press. pp. 466. ISBN 978-0252069642.