Friday, January 05, 2007

Is Postal Reform Bill Signing Statement an Extension of Warrantless Surveillance?

On December 20, 2006, President Bush signed into law the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. In his signing statement, he asserted that the executive branch will interpret a subsection of the law to mean that it will be able to conduct searches of mail "in exigent circumstances". The ACLU is questioning whether this signing statement means that "warrantless surveillance of telephone calls and Internet communications extends to the U.S. Mail." Read the ACLU concern here. The White House, in a press conference, defended the signing statement.

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