The Postman Always Spies Twice

[btfc]

“ The Postal Service is running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts “


“ The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.

The details of the surveillance effort, known as iCOP, or Internet Covert Operations Program, have not previously been made public. The work involves having analysts trawl through social media sites to look for what the document describes as “inflammatory” postings and then sharing that information across government agencies. “


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolog...r-BB1fTKK1

[sekker]

Sigh - rooting out these issues from the last admin... And why they wanted control of the USPS...

[NewtonMP2100]

....they need to fix this......post.......haste.....

[C(-)ris]

I thought the post was a joke at first... The Post Office?

[Filliam H. Muffman]

After reading that, my impression is Cheeto's minions realized the Postal Inspectors are compartmentalized and wouldn't tend to report fascist type shenanigans because nobody would have had the big picture.

The U.S. dodged sooooo many bullets by getting rid of that cantaloupe buffoon after just one term.

[Ombligo]

The list of federal police agencies is scary long, each of those agencies listed below has law enforcement powers --

Department of Agriculture
Protective Operations Division (POD)[6]
Office of Inspector General (USDA-OIG)
United States Forest Service (USFS)
U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations (USFS LEI)

Department of Commerce
Office of Inspector General (DOC-OIG)
Office of Security (DOC OS)US DOC Office of Security
US Commerce Department Police
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Office of Export Enforcement (OEE)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Institute of Standards and Technology Police
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Office of Law Enforcement (OLE)

Department of Defense
Office of Inspector General (DOD-OIG)
Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)
United States Pentagon Police (USPPD)
Department of Defense Police (DOD Police) ("DOD Police" refers to any civilian engaged in police duties for the DOD and the US Armed Forces).
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency[7]
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
Defense Logistics Agency Police
National Security Agency (NSA)
National Security Agency Police
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Defense Intelligence Agency Police
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Police

Department of the Army
United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID)
United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI)
United States Army Military Police Corps
Department of the Army Civilian Police
includes Department of the Army Civilian Guards (DASG).
United States Army Corrections Command

Department of the Navy
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (USMC CID)
Master-at-arms (military police)
Department of the Navy Police (civilian police)
Marine Corps Provost Marshal's Office (military police)
United States Marine Corps Civilian Police (civilian police)

Department of the Air Force
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
Air Force Security Forces Center (AFSFC)
United States Air Force Security Forces (military police)
Department of the Air Force Police (civilian police)
includes Department of Air Force Civilian Guards (DAF Guard)

Department of Education
Office of Inspector General (ED-OIG)
Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Department of Energy
Office of Inspector General (DOE-OIG)
Office of Health, Safety and Security (DOE-HSS)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Office of Secure Transportation (OST)

Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG)
United States Food and Drug Administration (HHSFDA)
Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institutes of Health Police

Department of Homeland Security
CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents at a ceremony in 2007
Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG)
Federal Protective Service (FPS)
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)
Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO)
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
United States Coast Guard Police (CGPD)
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
United States Border Patrol (USBP)
CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO)
CBP Office of Field Operations (OFO)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center Police
Office of Chief Security Officer (OCSO)
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO)
Office of Intelligence
Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR)
United States Secret Service (USSS)
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division (USSS UD)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Office of Law Enforcement (OLE)/Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO)
Office of Inspection (OI)
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS)
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Seal of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Inspector General (HUD-OIG)
Protective Service Division (HUD-PSD)

Department of the Interior
Office of Inspector General (DOI-OIG)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Office of Justice Services
Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Office of Law Enforcement
United States Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)
Office of Law Enforcement
National Park Service (NPS)
U.S. Park Ranger
United States Park Police
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Office of Law Enforcement (FWS OLE)
Division of Refuge Law Enforcement

Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
FBI Police
Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
United States Marshals Service (USMS)
Office of Professional Responsibility (DOJ OPR)

Department of Labor
Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG)

Department of State
Office of Inspector General (DOS-OIG)
Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS)
Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
Department of Transportation
Seal of the United States Department of Transportation
Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG)
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Department of Public Safety (USMMADPS)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Odometer Fraud Investigation (OFI)

Department of the Treasury
Office of Inspector General (USDT-OIG)
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)
United States Mint Police (USMP)
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR)[8]
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP)

Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Inspector General (VA-OIG)
Veterans Affairs Police

Legislative Branch
Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
United States Capitol Police (USCP)
Office of Inspector General (USCP OIG)
Office of Professional Responsibility (USCP OPR)
Library of Congress (LOC)
Office of Inspector General (LOC-OIG)
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Office of Inspector General (GPO-OIG)

Judicial Branch
Marshal of the United States Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court Police
Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC)
Office of Probation and Pretrial Services (Federal Probation Officers)
Other federal law enforcement agencies
Independent Agencies and federally-administered institutions;

Central Intelligence Agency
Security Protective Service (CIA SPS)

United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Inspector General (EPA-OIG)
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
Criminal Investigation Division
National Gallery of Art
Office of Protection Services

NASA
Office of Inspector General (NASA-OIG)
Office of Protective Services (NASA OPS)
United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Office of Inspector General (OPM OIG)

United States Postal Service (USPS)
Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG)
United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)
U.S. Postal Police

Smithsonian Institution (SI)
Office of Inspector General (SI-OIG)
Office of Protection Services
National Zoological Park Police (NZPP)

Amtrak
Office of Inspector General (Amtrak-OIG)
Office of Security Strategy and Special Operations (OSSSO)
Amtrak Police Department

Federal Reserve System
Office of Inspector General (FRB/CFPB-OIG)
Federal Reserve Police
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Federal Reserve Board Police

Tennessee Valley Authority
Office of Inspector General (TVA-OIG)
Tennessee Valley Authority Police (TVAP)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Office of Inspector General (NRC-OIG)

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Office of Inspector General (NSF-OIG)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Office of Inspector General (NARA-OIG)

Peace Corps (PC)
Office of Inspector General (PC-OIG)

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
Office of Inspector General (RRB-OIG)

Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Inspector General (SBA-OIG)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG)

General Services Administration (GSA)
Office of Inspector General (GSA-OIG)

Social Security Administration (SSA)
Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG)

United States Agency for International Development
Office of Inspector General (AID-OIG)

Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
Office of Inspector General (CNCS-OIG)

[Speedy]

Seems duplicative, the NSA is monitoring every keystroke that they can.

[space-time]

Is that list for real? no wonder various agencies fail to coordinate with each other and attacks like 9/11 or 01/06 happened.

[Lizabeth]

Yikes! Now I'm getting paranoid...

[testcase]

Let me guess......


This "new agency" was first discovered on April 1st........