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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Surveillance program of the United States Postal Service</div> <p><b>Mail Isolation Control and Tracking</b> (<b>MICT</b>) is an imaging system employed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> (USPS) that takes photographs of the exterior of every piece of mail that is processed in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-nytpickering_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytpickering-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Postmaster General has stated that the system is primarily used for mail sorting,<sup id="cite_ref-ap_confirm_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_confirm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though it also enables the USPS to retroactively track mail correspondence at the request of <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement" title="Law enforcement">law enforcement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_confirm_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_confirm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was created in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks" title="2001 anthrax attacks">2001 anthrax attacks</a> that killed five people, including two <a href="/wiki/Postal_worker" title="Postal worker">postal workers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_confirm_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_confirm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usps_confirm_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usps_confirm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The automated mail tracking program was created so that the Postal Service could more easily track hazardous substances and keep people safe, according to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Postmaster_General" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Postmaster General">U.S. Postmaster General</a> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_R._Donahoe" title="Patrick R. Donahoe">Patrick R. Donahoe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_confirm_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_confirm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> (FBI) revealed MICT on June 7, 2013, when discussing the Bureau's investigation of <a href="/wiki/Ricin" title="Ricin">ricin</a>-laced letters sent to <a href="/wiki/U.S._President" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. President">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City mayor">New York City mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytpickering_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytpickering-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HR-MA-14-002_foia_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HR-MA-14-002_foia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FBI stated in a criminal complaint that the program was used to narrow its investigation to <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Richardson" title="Shannon Richardson">Shannon Richardson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smokinggun_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smokinggun-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Postmaster General, Patrick R. Donahoe, confirmed in an interview with the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> the existence of this program on August 2, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_confirm_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_confirm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usps_confirm_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usps_confirm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WaPo_confirm_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo_confirm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In confirming the existence of MICT, Donahoe told the Associated Press that the USPS does not maintain a massive centralized database of the letter images. He said that the images are taken at more than 200 mail processing centers around the country, and that each scanning machine at the processing centers only keeps images of the letters it scans. He also stated the images are retained for a week to 30 days and then destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_confirm_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_confirm-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usps_confirm_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usps_confirm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Computer security and <a href="/wiki/Information_privacy" title="Information privacy">information privacy</a> expert <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Schneier" title="Bruce Schneier">Bruce Schneier</a> compared MICT to the <a href="/wiki/Mass_surveillance" title="Mass surveillance">mass surveillance</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (NSA), revealed in June 2013 by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Snowden" title="Edward Snowden">Edward Snowden</a>. Schneier said, "Basically, [the USPS is] doing the same thing as the [NSA] programs, collecting the information on the outside of your mail, the <a href="/wiki/Metadata" title="Metadata">metadata</a>, if you will, of names, addresses, return addresses and <a href="/wiki/Postmark" title="Postmark">postmark</a> locations, which gives the government a pretty good map of your contacts, even if they aren't reading the contents."<sup id="cite_ref-nytpickering_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytpickering-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>James J. Wedick, a former FBI agent, said of MICT, "It's a treasure trove of information. Looking at just the outside of letters and other mail, I can see who you bank with, who you communicate with—all kinds of useful information that gives investigators leads that they can then follow up on with a subpoena."<sup id="cite_ref-nytpickering_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytpickering-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said the program "can be easily abused because it's so easy to use, and you don't have to go through a judge to get the information. You just fill out a form."<sup id="cite_ref-nytpickering_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytpickering-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Postal Service almost never denies requests to track suspects’ mail on behalf of law-enforcement agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo_requests_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo_requests-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mail_Isolation_Control_and_Tracking&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Informed_Delivery" title="Informed Delivery">Informed Delivery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mail_cover" title="Mail cover">Mail 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