> warrant before opening any sealed letter. “There is no reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to information contained on the outside of mail matter,”

> warrant before opening any sealed letter. “There is no reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to information contained on the outside of mail matter,” Barksdale wrote. My goodness, this is madness. ... > In 1978, a circuit court judge said the mail covers could expose someone’s personal life “in a manner unobtainable even through surveillance of his movements,” rendering “the subject’s life an open book.” Nothing has changed on the postal front in this regard.