An Open Letter to The President on Opening Mail

An Open Letter to The President on Opening Mail

5 January 2007 · No Comments

Eric Schmeltzer has an excellent post at HuffPo, written in response to the President’s signing statement asserting the authority to open and read private mail.

His punchline, after inviting examination of statements of his medical bills and the deluge of credit card offers:

So, Mr. President, PLEASE, I beg of you, open my mail! Open it all! Maybe you’ll learn a thing or two about what real people are going through these days, before you get out there and talk about how rosy the economy is, and how we’re just all chugging along. Oh, just please don’t open up and send back the Publishers Clearing House. I think I might really have a chance to win next time!

Tags: Privacy · White House