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Ricin Suspect Was Tracked Via Mail Scanners : Feds: Postal Service photographs every piece of mail it processes

Featured Photo: U.S. Mail Delivery, 1900’s. SOURCE: Jannette Fuller (Public Domain).

I’m glad they caught her, but the method used is just another peek at our ever  increasing government’s “Big Bro” system of spying on American’s. Scary stuff. . . . EDITOR

From the Smoking Gun JUNE 7, 2013

JUNE 7–A high-tech computer system that captures images of  “every mail piece that is processed” by the United State Postal Service was critical in helping federal agents track the Texas woman arrested today for allegedly sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

In a U.S. District Court complaint filed today against Shannon Guess Richardson, an FBI agent details how investigators traced the ricin letters back to NewBoston, Texas, where the 35-year-old Richardson (seen below) lives with her husband. . . .  Read Complete Report