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<p>Inside The Postal Mail Cover</p>
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<p>COPYRIGHT (C) 1991 BY FULL DISCLOSURE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</p>
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<p>A mail cover. What is it? How does it work?</p>
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<p>A postal mail cover is where a law enforcement agency makes arrangements with
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the Postal Inspectors to obtain a copy of the addressee, sender, return
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address, place & date of postmark and class of mail for all mail being
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delivered to a given address.</p>
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<p>No mail is opened in a mail cover program. Therefore, the government doesn't
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consider the Fourth Amendment Constitutional limitations on search and
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seizure to apply.</p>
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<p>A big concern, though is the delay of mail. Instructions to the postal
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employees preparing the Form 2009 reports stress that mail cannot be delayed.
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The postmaster is also required to certify that the mail recorded on the Form
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2009 was not delayed.</p>
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<p>The post office, is concerned about privacy in mail covers. Privacy about
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what they are doing. The Form 2009s have to be returned to the postal
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inspectors doubled enveloped in opaque envelopes, with the inner envelope
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marked "limited official use.''</p>
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<p>The postal inspectors then forward the forms to the requesting law
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enforcement agency. However, it is pointed out that the forms remain the
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property of the postal inspectors and that it is preferred that the
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information is not used in any court proceedings, ie: the post office wishes
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it to remain private that they are invading the public's privacy with mail
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covers.</p>
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<p>The above is reprinted from Full Disclosure Newspaper. Subscribe today and
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get interesting articles like the above, plus more... pictures, graphics,
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advertisement, and more articles. Full Disclosure is your source for
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information on the leading edge of surveillance technology. Print the
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following form, or supply the information on a plain piece of paper:</p>
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<p>----</p>
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<p>Please start my subscription to Full Disclosure for:</p>
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<p>[ ] Sample issue, $2.00</p>
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<p>[ ] 12 issue subscription, $18.00</p>
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<p>[ ] 24 issue subscription, $29.95
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With 24 issue susbcription include free one of the following:
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[ ] Directory of Electronic Surveillance Equipment Suppliers
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[ ] Citizen's Guide on How to Use the Freedom of Info/Privacy Acts
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[ ] Maximizing PC Performance</p>
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<p>Also available separately:</p>
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<p>[ ] Directory of Electronic Surveillance Equipment Suppliers, $6.00</p>
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<p>[ ] Citizen's Guide on How to Use the Freedom of Info/Privacy Acts, $5.00</p>
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<p>[ ] Maximizing PC Performance, $6.00</p>
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<p>Illinois residences, add 6.5% sales tax on above 3 items.</p>
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<p>Enclosed is payment in the form of:</p>
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<p>[ ] Check/Money order, [ ] Visa, [ ] Mastercard</p>
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<p>Card no:___________________________________ Exp date:_______</p>
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<p>Signature:__________________________________________________</p>
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<p>Phone:______________________________________________________
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(required for credit card orders)</p>
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<p>My name/address:</p>
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<p>Name:_______________________________________________________</p>
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<p>Street:_____________________________________________________</p>
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<p>City/State/Zip:_____________________________________________</p>
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<p>Return to: Full Disclosure, Box 903, Libertyville, Illinois 60048</p>
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