http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/10025/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/thomas_jefferson_used_encryption_protect_against_government_snoops <p>...In 1785, a resolution authorized the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs to open and inspect any mail that related to the safety and interests of the United States. The ensuing inspections caused prominent men, like George Washington, to complain of mail tampering. According to various historians, it also led James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe to correspond in code. That is, they encrypted their letters to preserve the privacy of their political discussions.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/thomas_jefferson_used_encryption_protect_against_government_snoops#comments encryption Jefferson News Article Police State police state post office Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:58:25 +0000 JoelG 23282 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_postal_service_nears_collapse <p>With the rise of e-mail and the decline of letters, mail volume is falling at a staggering rate, and the postal service's survival plan isn't reassuring. Elsewhere in the world, postal services are grappling with the same dilemma — only most of them, in humbling contrast, are thriving.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/us_postal_service_nears_collapse#comments bankruptcy collapse competition failure Incompetence mail monopoly News Article post office <