US Postal Service Logs Mail for Law Enforcement

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WASHINGTON - Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home.</p>

<p>“Show all mail to supv” - supervisor - “for copying prior to going out on the street,” read the card. It included Pickering’s name, address and the type of mail that needed to be monitored. The word “confidential” was highlighted in green.</p>

<p>“It was a bit of a shock to see it,” said Pickering, who with his wife owns a small bookstore in Buffalo, N.Y. More than a decade ago, he was a spokesman for the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group labeled eco-terrorists by the FBI. Postal officials subsequently confirmed they were indeed tracking Pickering’s mail but told him nothing else.

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