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goobster  ·  2690 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: DEA pays TSA employees to spy

So what about the employee who is coerced by the DEA to open the packages that are entrusted to them, and document the contents for anything "suspicious"?

The employee (UPS, FedEx, Post Office, etc) signed a contract that explicitly prohibits this type of activity.

The employee and the DEA both work within a country bound by the Constitution, which says everyone has an inalienable right to privacy, and any police agency needs Probable Cause to investigate anyone for any reason.

So now the DEA has compelled private individuals, private and public companies, and government employees, to commit unconstitutional acts.

NOW you should feel unsafe.