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W Pushes Envelope on US
Spying
New postal law lets Bush peek
through your mail.
By James Gordon Meek
The New York Daily News
Thursday 04 January 2007
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Washington - President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned.
The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions.
That claim is contrary to existing law and contradicted the bill he had just signed, say experts who have reviewed it.
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