Postal Service Surveilled Protesters with Pro-gun, Anti-Biden Agendas
According to records obtained by The Washington Times... The U.S. Postal Service monitored protesters across the country, snooping on Americans focused on issues involving guns and President Biden’s election. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/sep/22/postal-service-surveilled-protesters-pro-guns-anti/
Postal inspectors tracked the actions of gun rights activists gathering in Richmond, Virginia; people preparing to demonstrate against police in Louisville, Kentucky, after an investigation into the police shooting of Breonna Taylor; and far-right groups headed to the District of Columbia after Mr. Biden’s election.
Cato Institute senior fellow Patrick Eddington obtained the heavily redacted records detailing the postal inspectors’ spying from September 2020 through April 2021, including through covert social media surveillance called the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP).
A redacted situational awareness bulletin released in response to Mr. Eddington’s Freedom of Information Act request showed the U.S. Postal Inspection Service tracked “peaceful armed protests” by Virginians demonstrating at a Second Amendment rally for “Lobby Day” in Richmond on Jan. 18, 2021.
A YouTube video called "USPS spied on 2nd Amendment rallies?!... New document shows YOU may have been spied on by USPS..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9PfH-nnPY discusses this issue as well.
In February 2022, Snopes discussed the question "What Is USPS’s Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP)?" https://www.snopes.com/articles/393823/usps-icop/
Here in Cascadia we have seen that the Govt. Calls Survivalists and Preppers "Homegrown Violent Extremists" and monitors your social media accounts, as well as conducting physical surveillance of groups that protest government misconduct. https://cascadiasurvivalist.blogspot.com/2022/07/govt-calls-survivalists-and-preppers.html
Cascadia Survivalist tries to limit political commentary, but when government agencies are overstepping their lawful authority and monitoring groups and individuals who are simply exercising their Constitutionally protected rights, we have to ask... What will you do when Government Agents are at Your Door? https://cascadiasurvivalist.blogspot.com/2022/09/government-agents-at-your-door.html
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