Louis DeJoy's postal inspectors are secretly monitoring social media accounts via a 'covert' program

[turbinetree]

By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
Published April 21, 2021

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An almost entirely undisclosed program under U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's purview is secretly monitoring social media posts under the guise of needing to protect U.S. Postal Service employees and "infrastructure." The effort is called the Internet Covert Operations Program, or iCOP, and it is raising civil rights issues that one expert calls "serious constitutional concerns."

"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 news site reveals. "The details of the surveillance effort, known as iCOP, or Internet Covert Operations Program, have not previously been made public."

https://www.rawstory.com/louis-dejoys-postal-inspectors-are-secretly-monitoring-social-media-accounts-via-a-covert-program-report/

Hey DeJoy, FU........why are you and your cronies / enablers still sitting in that position, instead of that honorable sign in front of you it should be saying f...ing DEPLORABLE ..........

[dalton99a]

1. Get rid of this criminal ASAP.

[Blue Owl]

2. Get this fuck outta our lives

NOW

[Deminpenn]

3. COINTELPRO

Proving that what is old can be new again.

[TwilightZone]

4. The original source is Yahoo News

and the story doesn't pass the smell test as many have noted in other threads on the subject.

It's not a secret program, for one. Yahoo doesn't seem to understand that "Covert" is part of the name of the organization, not an attempt to hide its existence. It was covered in the USPIS's 2019 Annual Report.

https://www.uspis.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019AR.pdf

[Hoyt]

5. If they stick to the stated purpose for the program, not sure it's some nefarious activity.

"The iCOP program protects the Postal Service and the public by facilitating the identification, disruption, and dismantling of individuals and organizations that use the mail or USPS online tools to facilitate black market Internet trade or other illegal activities."


Obviously, it could be abused. But if someone is planning to blow up a postal facility, and is stupid enough to announce or plan it on internet, think it would be nice to know before hand.

Maybe the Capitol Police and its Congressional Oversight members should have paid attention to social media before January 6th.

Besides, the program can hardly be called "covert" since it is right in the 2019 Annual Report of US Postal Inspection Service. I get the distaste for LaJoy, but first I've heard of hating on the Postal Inspection Service.

[TwilightZone]

7. Agreed.

I just linked the same report in my post. Yahoo is way off base on this one, but that's not a surprise. I don't consider them a source unless it's independently confirmed elsewhere (and I don't mean Raw Story).

[Hoyt]

8. +1. I missed your post on "yahoo" while looking things up. I should have looked before hitting post.

[TwilightZone]

9. No worries.

Multiple opportunities for accurate information to get exposure in a thread like this is always a good thing.

[msfiddlestix]

10. Thank you. I wasn't aware of this operation, but it makes sense.

The U.S.P.S. needs to be secured as THE courier service for the PUBLIC.

Bombs, deadly Bio Chemical agents substances etc need to be monitored, and any planning by militias, boogaloos, all terrorists including domestic terrorist threat needs to be monitored. (ETA: Any attempt to use the U.S.P.S for trafficking)


And when Covid-19 began shut downs etc, I learned of the option to enroll in the postal Informed Delivery service, since my letter box is locked inside our club house, only person at a time may enter the building. I decided to opt in so that I knew in advance whether to expect mail, and what that mail is. And oh, the image of each piece of mail is scanned and shown in my email. I love it. I don't feel at all that my privacy is any more invaded than before I opted in, because scanning each piece of mail has been in full operation for years.

I'm good with that.

[ananda]

6. Why isn't this grifting criminal gone by now?

???

[a kennedy]

11. I know, he needs to be gone NOW. 😡 😡 😡

[C_U_L8R]

12. How much 'cause' does it take to fire this miscreant?

[SheltieLover]

13. Why is this pos not in a steel cage?

[GoCubsGo]

14. Why has this fucking criminal not been removed yet???

[BComplex]

15. It is time to really raise our voices to get rid of this POS.

I don't know which part of this guy needs to be GONE has managed to slip through the media cracks???

[Duppers]

16. K & R

[UTUSN]

17. K&R for, wtf