The Customs service opened and seized an unclassified FBI document that was sent via FedEx from a Miami based journalist to one in the D.C. area. This was done at FedEx's Indianapolis hub without a warrant and without notification to either journalist or to the AP.
The justification is that Customs has the right to inspect any random package coming into the United States, but, of course, this one was travelling internally.
So the questions are: why open it, and why seize an unclasified document? you be the judge...
Posted by Chris at March 18, 2003 04:35 PM