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FBI opened and photographed mail in 1958 to 1970
A New York Times service report details an FBI operation code named Z covers. Agents opened and photographed foreign and domestic mail at several U.S. sites, mainly to Soviet bloc embassies and UN missions in New York and Washington, continuing possibly until 1970. The practice violated federal mail statutes and lacked judicial warrants.
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John M. Crewdson
New York Times Service
Washington
FBI
United States
New York Times
Justice Department
CIA
Clarence M. Kelley