Any warrants needed are obtained by parallel construction. Program the tracking website not to show the diversion. Open it up, look at it, and if it passes inspection, peel the yellow sticker off, tape it up and drop it back in the mail. They can put a yellow sticker on it and divert it to one of those 400 inspectors just like that. ItвЂ™s still en route, as far as the customer is concerned. If the package is flagged, and then it is scanned at some waypoint, there is no reason that that scan necessarily has to show up on the tracking website. Not just customs, but sorting and processing at various intermediate cities, etc. There are more points than just origin and delivery, especially for packages that come overseas, and then have to cross the continental U.S. Given a tracking number that has raised suspicion, that package could be flagged for further attention anywhere itвЂ™s sorted, processed, or scanned. Notwithstanding the Constitution, I donвЂ™t think it takes a warrant for postal inspectors to open mail, and I know it doesnвЂ™t take probable cause. It shows guilty knowledge and lessens the credibility of вЂњI donвЂ™t know a thing about that parcel you delivered, IвЂ™m just receiving it for a friendвЂќ. Getting an IP address is just icing on the cake. The parcels have to be identified on the originating end. How many drug parcels could maybe 400 Inspectors nationwide identify by having a computer spit out a parcel ID at one of 30,000 delivery units and they: respond to the delivery unit, locate the package, obtain a search warrant, open the parcel, put together a search warrant for the receiving address, assemble a team to serve the warrant, and execute the warrant in such a time that the addressee doesnвЂ™t suspect something is awry? None. There are only about 1,200 total Postal Inspectors, including management in the US and they cover external crimes, physical security of Post Offices, child exploitation, revenue fraud and mail fraud in addition to drugs in the mail. In transit the parcel loses its individuality in a container as large as a 53 foot trailer.

Either the mailer or the reciepient will query for a given parcel.ДЄssociating a physical package with a tracking number can be done at two places вЂ“ at the origin or the delivery point. Inspectors notify the USPS admins over the tracking database to capture IP data for inquiries. A federal search warrant is obtained and the package is opened.

You have it backwards вЂ“ the package is identified by Postal Inspectors first.

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