The U.S. Postal service has confirmed that is photographs every letter and package mailed within the United States. While the images are used mainly to sort mail, and are not kept in any single database, according to Postmaster Patrick R. Donahoe, they have been "used a couple of times" by law enforcement. The program is called the Mail Isolation and Tracking system, and was created after the anthrax attack in late 2001, which resulted in the deaths of five people, including two postal workers.
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